In 2007 the Meisterstück 149, the large piston filler of the range, sold for roughly 480 to 520 euros in German specialist shops. The higher figures circulating in press reports at the time generally refer to special versions with precious-metal bodies, to auction results for historic pieces, or simply to careless research.
The price is not explained by the material of the body, since the 149 is made of black precious resin and not of metal. What determines it is the hand-ground and run-in gold nib, the piston filling mechanism and the depth of manufacture. The classic version has gold-plated trim; a version with platinum-plated trim, of the kind the Platinum Line offered on the smaller Meisterstück models, was not available for the 149 at that time.
Prices of this sort always have to be read against their year: the list price of the 149 has risen considerably since the 2000s.