SINGAPORE – A piece of Singapore’s history returns to the spotlight as a silver Montblanc fountain pen, once belonging to the personal collection of founding prime minister Lee Kuan Yew, is up for auction.
The Montblanc Meisterstuck No. 146 with the custom engraving “SM Lee Kuan Yew” traces its lineage to his years as senior minister, from 1990 to 2004. The pen is from a later chapter of his statecraft after his 31-year tenure as prime minister.
The writing instrument features a sterling silver cap and body accented by yellow-toned metal highlights, and an 18K gold nib.
It returns to the market under home-grown auction house Hotlotz, after it was originally sold more than two decades ago during the Sotheby’s landmark 2003 The Lee Kuan Yew Family Collection charity auction.
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