1912 Royal 5 #114031-5

Status: My Collection
Hunter: Brian Decker (bkdecker66)
Created: 12-09-2025 at 05:18PM
Last Edit: 12-09-2025 at 05:23PM

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I purchased this machine, along with an Oliver 9, S/N 740020, from Bob Aubert back in September of 1998, in my first full year of typewriter collecting. I paid $50.00 each for these two machines, plus $20.00 shipping for both; so, effectively, the cost to me for this 1912 Royal 5 was $60.00. It is clearly a project machine, but it's complete or mostly so (needs at least a spring or two). I purchased a set of Royal 5 waterslide decals from Paul Robert in the Netherlands in 2025 (very nice decals!), and I aspire to tear down this machine and overhaul it, and apply the decals as I put it back together. The typeface is Pica, and all the keys work except the "A" key, which does not appear to advance the line; so I shall have to troubleshoot that.

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Links:

• Link to my other 1912 Royal 5, S/N 100332-5

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Hunter: Brian Decker (bkdecker66)

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My interest in typewriters started in 1997, when I was in graduate school at the University of Georgia. I purchased and read Darryl Rehr's book, joined ETC, and started reaching out to known collectors. I had several email interchanges with Richard Polt dating from that period. I also bought some of my first machines from Bob Aubert, and visited him at his home twice. After marriage and relocation to New England, I continued visiting antique shops and eBay, until other priorities put my typewriter hobby on hiatus around 2008. I still have my collection of around 57 machines, and now I have a renewed interest in getting some of them in good working and cosmetic order.