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During the '50s the company the company suffered a continuous decline in sales caused by the growing market share of the ballpoint pen. It sought the relaunch in in [[1956]] with the [[Souverain]] model, a streamlined [[hooded nib]] pen with [[accordion filler]], produced also later with a metal cap as [[Souverain de Luxe]]. But at the time the writing instruments market was dominated by ballpoint pens; smaller models were introduced, such as the [[Dauphin]], the [[Bayard 20]], the [[Bayard 30]] and the [[Karting]], a [[cartridge filler]] pen, but the decline continued inexorably until the final closure in the mid of '70s.

During the '50s the company the company suffered a continuous decline in sales caused by the growing market share of the ballpoint pen. It sought the relaunch in in [[1956]] with the [[Souverain]] model, a streamlined [[hooded nib]] pen with [[accordion filler]], produced also later with a metal cap as [[Souverain de Luxe]]. But at the time the writing instruments market was dominated by ballpoint pens; smaller models were introduced, such as the [[Dauphin]], the [[Bayard 20]], the [[Bayard 30]] and the [[Karting]], a [[cartridge filler]] pen, but the decline continued inexorably until the final closure November 5, 1973.<ref>according to  [https://web.archive.org/web/20130601100021/http://paperandco.com/blog/2011/10/stylo-plume-bayard-sans-peur-et-sans-reproche this page].</ref>