Montblanc Writers Edition 1996 Alexandre Dumas 1996

The Dumas Edition was released in 1996, and Montblanc made a small mistake with it: the signatures of Dumas father and son, both named Alexandre, were mixed up.
At first a variant with the son’s signature (the incorrect one) was produced. When the error was noticed, the writing instruments were withdrawn from the market as quickly as possible. A few had already been sold, however, and are now rare collector’s items.
So a look at the signature on the cap could be worthwhile.

Exact sales figures are not available, but one often finds estimates of 4000 writing instruments sold with the incorrect signature.

The Alexandre Dumas Limited edition was issued in 1996.

Dumas' best remembered historical novels are:

• - The Three Musketeers
• - The Count of Monte-Cristo

The cap is adorned with gold-plated fittings. Owing to a research error, Montblanc produced a small number of pens with the signature of his son, also named Alexandre.

Montblanc recalled all unsold pens bearing the incorrect signature, but some had already been sold – which makes this fountain pen extremely rare.

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The Dumas Set, here in the rare "Autograph Set" variant.

More information about the Autograph Sets can be found

The Dumas has the largest gold nib of all the Writers Edition fountain pens.

How the mistake was noticed

The intended signature was that of the father, Alexandre Dumas père; the first production run, however, carried that of his son, Alexandre Dumas fils. An attentive customer noticed it. Montblanc then recalled the edition and asked dealers to send back their stock. By then many pens had already been sold, and some dealers simply kept their remaining stock — which made the Dumas with the wrong signature an instant collector’s item.