SINGAPORE \u2013 A piece of Singapore\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n
The Montblanc Meisterstuck No. 146 with the custom engraving \u201cSM Lee Kuan Yew\u201d 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.<\/p>\n
The writing instrument features a sterling silver cap and body accented by yellow-toned metal highlights, and an 18K gold nib.<\/p>\n
It returns to the market under home-grown auction house Hotlotz, after it was originally sold more than two decades ago during the Sotheby\u2019s landmark 2003 The Lee Kuan Yew Family Collection charity auction.\u00a0<\/p>\n
While that event raised $2.04 million for charity, the winning bid for the Montblanc pen was not detailed in public records. At the time, it carried a modest estimate of $4,000 to $6,000.<\/p>\n The silver Montblanc Meisterstuck No. 146 fountain pen with an 18K gold nib was originally auctioned by Sotheby\u2019s in 2003.<\/p>\n PHOTO: HOTLOTZ<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n Hotlotz has placed an updated estimate of $30,000 to $50,000 for its current release of the pen.<\/p>\n The pen (Lot 51) will be showcased at the Hotlotz Saleroom in Bukit Merah for bidders wishing to view it in person. The online auction is open for bidding and closes on Aug 16 at 6pm.<\/p>\n Lee\u2019s pen headlines Hotlotz\u2019s sale, called Interiors & Collectibles \u2013 August, Fine Art Focus, which includes works by three of Singapore\u2019s master painters: Chua Mia Tee\u2019s Singapore\u00a0Chinatown, Temple Street; Chen Wen Hsi\u2019s Gibbons; and two\u00a0ink works by Lim Tze Peng, Unabating and Dragon.<\/p>\n A stoneware pot\u00a0by Cultural Medallion recipient Iskandar Jalil is also among the highlights.\u00a0<\/p>\n View the Interiors & Collectibles catalogue and register to bid at str.sg\/N6jo<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n SINGAPORE \u2013 A piece of Singapore\u2019s history returns to the spotlight as a silver Montblanc fountain pen, once belonging to the personal collection of founding…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":74415,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2611],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-74414","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buzz-headlines","wpcat-2611-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74414","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=74414"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74414\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/74415"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=74414"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=74414"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=74414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/picture><\/div>
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