The Pelikan Company was founded in 1838 in Germany. Carl Horne Mann started this company by producing paints for artists. It has grown multifold and has reached the class of being one of the foremost pen companies in the world. The brand Pelikan shows the nature of the company; elegant, sleek, poised and graceful. Pelikan moved to Fountain pens and introduced their first legendary black and green striped fountain pen in the year 1929. Since then, Pelikan has never looked back and has been a key player in the fountain pen market.
Pelikan has a huge range of fountain pens in regular and limited edition series. Fountain pens start from a modest price range and go up to expensive limited edition range. The Pelikan “50” series is very famous. Some of the most popular pen series from Pelikan are Souveran, Toledo, Tradition Demo, Hercules, Moon Goddess, Olympiad, Concerto, White Gold, Golf, Kuala Lumpur, and so many other models and the list is simply endless.
The Souveran series starts with Souveran 200 at a cost of around $100 and goes up to Souveran 1000 at $400.
The Tradition Demo range starts with prices as low as $50. It has Red, Anthracite, Green, Blue, and Amber traditional colors and the prices are around $70.
The 50 series starts with the M350 pen at $225 and goes up to the M1050 pen which goes up to $490. It is the most affordable choice in this category and meant for general writing.
The Chicago 620 pen is very famous among the 620 series and it is smoke gray marbled in clear base. It comes with 18-K gold two tone nib. It is priced around $350.
`Pelikan is one of the very few companies in the world to have an extensive range of fountain pens, even in the limited edition version. The Pelikan Genesis of the Olympiad is a commemoration for the origin of Olympics. It is gold vermeil with athlete engravings. It costs around $2000.
The Pelikan Moon Goddess comes with handcrafted 18-K gold nib and M1000 sized Pelikan built and costs around $2300.