This was the Reynolds Rocket, the first ballpoint pen in the United States. Retailing at a steep $12.95 (about $200 today), it sold out by the end of the day, raking in a whopping $100,000 (about ...
It travelled well in the Wagon-R. It is a Reynolds 045 carbure pen and is priced at Rs 10 per piece. Like the roaming salesmen on Delhi buses would say while trying to pitch their "gold chains ...