The exclusive four -colored bic pen that costs 24,500 euros

Everyone knows the Bic Crystal pen, those of a lifetime.Blue cap, and six -sided transparent plastic body to see the ink level, the same as always, invariable over the years.It all started when Elphrancés Marcel Bich, in 1950, bought the patent from his inventor, the Hungarian László Bíró.He managed to improve the functionality of the pen and began to manufacture them massively at a very affordable price at a time when most people still used fountain pen, success was resounding.

But the commercial name Bich, the aristocrat's last name, led to confusion in English, because it has a pejorative meaning (whore), so it was decided to modify the commercial name by eliminating the final H and leaving it by bic.The company continues to function today, and among its largest successes is the four -color pen of 1970, in the same model you can use the colors blue, black, red and green that are exchanged in one click.