Singapore’s Lee Kuan Yew’s fountain pen valued at US$23,000-US$39,000 up for auction

A silver Montblanc fountain pen owned by Singapore’s founding prime minister Lee Kuan Yew is up for auction with a starting bid of S$20,000 (US$15,600).Singapore auction house Hotlotz said on Wednesday that the pen, engraved “SM Lee Kuan Yew”, was previously sold at the Lee Kuan Yew Family Collection charity auction in July 2003.Hotlotz has valued the silver Montblanc-meisterstuck-no-146" class="entity-link entity-topic" data-entity-id="178534" data-entity-type="topic">Montblanc Meisterstuck No 146 fountain pen at S$30,000 (US$23,000) to S$50,000 (US$39,000). At the 2003 charity auction, it was estimated at S$4,000 to S$6,000.