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An employee of Swiss luxury stationery maker Caran d'Ache displays the company's 20 million yen (174,000 USD) fountain pen "1010" made with 18-karat gold and studded with a diamond and a ruby, at the Swiss Embassy in Tokyo, 17 October 2007. Caran d"ache produced 10 limited edition models with one piece made available for the Japanese market. AFP PHOTO / Yoshikazu TSUNO (Photo credit should read YOSHIKAZU TSUNO/AFP via Getty Images)

An employee of Swiss luxury stationery maker Caran d'Ache displays the company's 20 million yen (174,000 USD) fountain pen "1010" made with 18-karat gold and studded with a diamond and a ruby, at the Swiss Embassy in Tokyo, 17 October 2007. Caran d"ache produced 10 limited edition models with one piece made available for the Japanese market. AFP PHOTO / Yoshikazu TSUNO (Photo credit should read YOSHIKAZU TSUNO/AFP via Getty Images)
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