1899 Chicago Closed Frame Model ##24793
Status: My Collection
Hunter: Reinier Verkleij (DonaldDutchie)
Created: 03-29-2026 at 12:48AM
Last Edit: 03-30-2026 at 02:22PM
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Description:
Chicago typewriter
The Chicago 1 typewriter, a closed and decorated Munson(sort of). I and another collector were going after this machine and drove up the price quite a bit. Let it go to them and they weren't happy. Carriage was broken and the machine didn't work. He sent it back and it was relisted, which came as a pleasant suprise. Got it for alot less than the original sale price. Repaired the carriage and now the machine works again.
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Hunter: Reinier Verkleij (DonaldDutchie)
Reinier Verkleij's Typewriter Galleries [ My Collection ] [ My Sightings ]
Status: Typewriter Hunter
Points: 2397
22 year old Dutch collector. Interested in any era of typewriters except for most post 1980's machines.
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