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23.9.08

A Waterman for the price of a cup of coffee

In 1919, long before I was born, but a date that has some significance to me, a Waterman fountain pen sold for what I pay now for a bad container of coffee in nearby Narrowsburg.

What inflation rate is that?

And how did a fountain pen, a utilitarian object, made of plastic and metal, turn into a collector's item?

Life is beautiful!

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