{
  "id": 1453348,
  "title": "Lee Kuan Yew’s pen sold for S$461,500 at auction in S’pore",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/17/lee-kuan-yews-pen-sold-for-s-461-500-at-auction-in-spore",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-17T09:12:50.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Mothership",
    "slug": "mothership",
    "url": "https://mothership.sg/2026/08/lee-kuan-yew-pen-sold/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A pen once owned by Singapore's first prime minister, Lee Kuan Yew, fetched S$461,500 at a Hotlotz Interiors & Collectibles auction in Singapore, surpassing its expected sale price by over nine times. The silver Montblanc Meisterstuck fountain pen, engraved with \"SM Lee Kuan Yew,\" was part of a collection of 88 items accumulated by Lee and his family, which included a black Waterman's fountain pen used to sign the 1957 constitutional agreement with Britain, eventually selling for S$350,000. The pen itself had a pre-sale estimate of S$30,000 to S$50,000, and the auction also saw a Chua Mia Tee painting, \"Singapore Chinatown, Temple Street\" (1976), setting a new auction record for the artist, selling for S$107,900.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}