In a move which I’m sure will garner cries of “Big deal,” I’ve amended the almost every pen entry on the site. Previously, I had given a set value, looking rather like:
Production Run: 1948 – 1960
Cost When New: $2.00 initially, up to $2.95 by the end of the run (in modern funds, somewhere around $18.00 to $23.00).
This now looks like this:
Production Run: 1948 – 1960
Cost When New: $2.00 initially, up to $2.95 by the end of the run (for modern value, try this calculator).
Why the change? Because the previous version would become increasingly wrong as it got older. I know my limitations in the areas of paying sufficient attention and outright laziness to realize that the regular updating required likely wouldn’t be done (and all the moreso as I keep adding new pens to the list), so this puts the tools in the visitor’s hands and makes my bouts of lazy inattention less damaging.
As part of this updating, I’ve also added some price data to the Waterman Ligne 60-– if you care about the preceding, this may interest you.