1923 Remington Portable #NL34985
Status: Sightings
Hunter: Brian Decker (bkdecker66)
Created: 07-28-2026 at 03:52PM
Last Edit: 07-28-2026 at 03:56PM
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Description:
2026-JUL-28, Gallery Creation. Another eBay sighting of a 1st-generation Remington portable; #NL34985 indicates March 1923. This one has been on eBay for at least a few days, maybe a week, but I finally decided to add a gallery. Seller "marszus" out of Chicago, IL, is asking for $125 OBO. The listing has a few images of the type slugs; not very sharp, but enough to tell that most of the type slugs have the pica foundry marks. To me, it looks like a few of the slugs, e.g., for the "H", "I", "D", and "E" keys, do not have foundry marks. It may be that there was a long tail off in the inventory of slugs without the foundry marks at the factory from 1922-1923.
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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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