Hi,
Aesthetics of course are subjective, but the Balance is one of the iconic old pens, no doubt. It is the second most represented in my collection. I probably have 200+ different variants, including perhaps one of the top 1-2 most comprehensive hoards of funky off-catalogue cap-band variants. I've put a couple articles about Balance into PENnant Magazine. So, I can relate to your appreciation of Balance. They can be found at reasonable price, starting around $100 restored, retail. Oversized excellent grade pens start at retail around $250. I have so many freshly restored, I don't know where to start (eep, let's not mix business with hobby...)
I'll have to put the following into our fresh "mini collection" thread at some point, but here are some Eye Candy shots.
Balance in Carmine (most shown here having off-catalogue or non-USA features)
Ebonized Pearl Balance, a popular color again most in this case relatively and absolutely scarce pens mostly with off-catalogue features
regards
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