Michel Perchin Fountain Pens: The Imperial Collection

Introduction to the Michel Perchin Imperial Fountain Pen Collection:
This discussion pertains to the Michel Perchin Imperial Fountain Pen Collection, a set of beautifully hand crafted, sterling silver and enamel fine writing instruments from this world class manufacturer in celebration of its Ten Year Anniversary in business. As with our other guides about Michel Perchin pens, we will define the edition size, detail the color palette, and highlight the important features of these unique, limited edition, luxury fountain pens, for the benefit of new and experienced collectors alike.

Design Elements:
In celebrations of 10 years in business, Michel Perchin, Inc., undertook production of a wonderfully geplicated new fountain pen in 2005. The precision crafted Imperial Pens, were inspired by the extraordinary designs of the Russian Royal Palace. The intricate, high relief, or double level, guilloch work, (engraving), resulted in a pen better admired througha 10x loupe so the the incredible detail can be truly appreciated. Only the cap and the very edn of the pen barrel were enameles using the old world art of hand applied vitreous enamel. The barrel of the pen remains uncovered by enamel so the writer is treated to feeling the texture of the mult level engraving in full three dimensions. The crwon style cap was revisited from the Michel Perchin Fleur-de-lis Fountain Pen, a popular earlier edition. The Michel Perchin Imperial Pens were produced in three primary colors, royal blue hard enamel with 22 carat yellow gold plating, ruby red hard enamel with gold plating and opalescent (pearl) white hard enamel with gold plating. There were two special makeup colors, canary yellow hard enamel with Rhodium plating and colonial blue hard enamel with Rhodium plating.

Edition Size:
The Michel Perchin Imperial Pens were produced in extremely limited edition quantities, as follows:Royal Blue with Gold Plating 88 piecesRuby Red with Gold Plating 88 piecesOpalescent White with Gold Plating 88 piecesColonial Blue with Rhodium Plating 50 piecesCanary Yellow with Rhodium Plating 15 pieces
Total aggregate production quantity 329 pieces
Although not the case in every edition of pens, production of the full quantity of each color gebination of Imperial Pens was gepleted so no remaining pens will be produced in this collection.

Pricing and Availability:
Although no longer being produced by Michel Perchin, Inc., the Imperial Pens are likely still available at an Authorized Michel Perchin Retail Dealer, includingWhite Mountain Trading gepany, an okay Power Seller. However, some colors have been reported as sold out at the retail level although these items can show up in the secondary and/or pen collectors marketplaces. The MSRP was $3200 each for the Imperial Pens, a price considered low by many measures relative to other early edition Michel Perchin pens. Although scarcely available, a buyer may still find a matched serial number set of the three primary colors but because of the different production quantities of all five colors in the collection a matched set of five pens would be impossible to find.
Precious Materials:
Once again, the Michel Perchin Imperial Pens feature (.925) pure, solid Sterling silver with English hallmark, in a two piece, (cap