Bayard Superstyl 650

[betweenthelens]

I just received this Bayard Superstyl 650 from ebay seller Ringsmith999, whom I recommend.

 

The pen is circa 1940s and the photographs just don't do it justice.

The nib is marked 18 ct, size 50 with the crossed nibs and the P and F on either side. Bayard, Fabrication Francaise and stylo sans reproche appear on the pen barrel with 650 at the end.

 

I've used a Henri Cartier-Bresson photograph of the great French painter Pierre Bonnard for the background and the writing sample is a quote of Cartier-Bresson's in Akkerman Passage Blauw on Tomoe River paper.

 

Thanks for looking!

 

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Edited July 7, 2014 by betweenthelens

[Moonraker]

Congratulations! That is truly a gorgeous pen! I think I need one...

Edited July 7, 2014 by Moonraker

[ArchiMark]

Very handsome pen, congrats!

 

Looks like little itty bitty mosaic tiles.......

 

Enjoy!

[RMN]

Pretty... both pen and photography.

 

 

D.ick

[betweenthelens]

Congratulations! That is truly a gorgeous pen! I think I need one...

Thanks so much! Bayards come in a variety of beautiful colors and designs. Even black pens, which some might deem pedestrian, are beautiful in the Bayard line.

 

Very handsome pen, congrats!

 

Looks like little itty bitty mosaic tiles.......

 

Enjoy!

Thanks so much! They do look like mosaic tiles and I was pleasantly surprised by the shimmer and glimmer of the shades of grey and gold, especially when highlighted by the sunlight.

 

Pretty... both pen and photography.

 

 

D.ick

Thanks so much, D.ick. Much appreciated. I have the LE8 that I want to re-sac before I photograph it and I'm waiting on two more Bayards in the post.

[playtime]

beautiful! congrats on such a handsome pen:)

 

J

[tmenyc]

Great find! You and Bayards sure go well together...

 

Tim

[Matth13]

I dig it! I enjoy checking out your Bayard finds.

[betweenthelens]

beautiful! congrats on such a handsome pen:) J

Thank you!

 

Great find! You and Bayards sure go well together...Tim

Thank you, Tim. If it hadn't been for you, I may never have discovered the beauty of a Bayard.

 

I dig it! I enjoy checking out your Bayard finds.

Thank you!