1920 Remington Portable #NA00317
Status: My Collection
Hunter: Brian Decker (bkdecker66)
Created: 05-16-2026 at 09:57AM
Last Edit: 05-16-2026 at 10:03AM
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2026-MAY-16, Gallery Creation. This is the third typewriter I have purchased from the eBay seller "fairfaxoldstuff" since 5/3/26, just a couple weeks ago. He appears to have mostly Remington items. He told me that he's retiring soon, and planning to move away from the Fairfax, VA area where he is currently; so, he's clearing out his collection and other items. He told me that he had a 1920 Remington Portable specimen that he was planning to list, so I have been on the lookout for. Today, he listed it for $150 "Buy It Now" (again with the same extremely reasonable $12.71 shipping to me), and I grabbed it. These initial images are from the eBay listing. I'll post my own images after it comes to me.
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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.
In late 2024, I started up again, working on my machines and having some of them serviced professionally by New England Typewriter (NET) LLC (Merrimack, NH), until they closed their doors in December of 2025. Since mid-2025, I have been adding to my collection again, first with a Hermes 3000 purchase from NET, then with various auctions and purchases on eBay, when I find something that catches my eye.
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