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1957 Olympia SM3 Serial # 1087007 1957 Olympia SM3 typewriter, Serial # 1087007 Brenton Beck's 1957 Olympia SM3 typewriter. 2023-08-27 From the Virtual Typewriter Collection of Brenton Beck: 1957 Olympia SM3 Serial # 1087007 So you know how you have a plan for if a fire happens, grabbing loved ones, pets, and important documents? If there's a fire, this is getting saved as I'll likely never come across another one, and even if I do, not in this good a shape. It was likely custom ordered this way, as its a smooth, glossy white, and keys which I'd initially thought were black, are actually dark green.
When I say this is immaculate, pictures do not do it justice, especially the case. I wasn't around in 1957, but I imagine how the inside of this case smells is how it smelled when it was new. It came from an online estate sale lot, which I won, and went and collected. At the time, I suspected it was script but was surprised to find it not only was italic, but the desirable, and apparently rare, sans-serif "Professional Elite".
This machine included the "panzer" case, the case key, the manual, and the pouch with brushes and cloth, all immaculate. The ribbon even worked, but was single color so I swapped it with a new bi-color black/red as it deserved it. I did have to replace the body washers, as is very common with Olympias this age.

1957 Olympia SM3 #1087007

Status: My Collection
Hunter: Brenton Beck (ProblemUnit)
Created: 08-27-2023 at 05:37PM
Last Edit: 08-27-2023 at 05:39PM

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So you know how you have a plan for if a fire happens, grabbing loved ones, pets, and important documents? If there's a fire, this is getting saved as I'll likely never come across another one, and even if I do, not in this good a shape. It was likely custom ordered this way, as its a smooth, glossy white, and keys which I'd initially thought were black, are actually dark green.
When I say this is immaculate, pictures do not do it justice, especially the case. I wasn't around in 1957, but I imagine how the inside of this case smells is how it smelled when it was new. It came from an online estate sale lot, which I won, and went and collected. At the time, I suspected it was script but was surprised to find it not only was italic, but the desirable, and apparently rare, sans-serif "Professional Elite".
This machine included the "panzer" case, the case key, the manual, and the pouch with brushes and cloth, all immaculate. The ribbon even worked, but was single color so I swapped it with a new bi-color black/red as it deserved it. I did have to replace the body washers, as is very common with Olympias this age.

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