1929 Remington Portable #V161848

Status: Sightings
Hunter: Brian Decker (bkdecker66)
Created: 05-09-2026 at 11:41AM
Last Edit: 05-09-2026 at 12:07PM

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Description:

2026-MAY-09, Gallery Creation. In my recent trawling of eBay with the search on "remington portable typewriter", I have encountered this very intriguing specimen. It is a German-language keyboard machine, with a black crackle paint finish, but otherwise with early 1st-generation Remington Portable features: Lever to raise the typebars, no typebar guards (as in Portable #2), and left-side only shift mechanism. My guess would be that this is a remanufactured 1st generation portable for the export market, given a new serial code to indicate a remanufacture date of 1929. This is assuming that the case belongs to the machine, because the eBay seller has not provided an image of the serial number stamped on the frame.

After a quick check in TWDB, I found a 1930 specimen (#V285702) in a gallery created by Alfred Kaltenecker in August 2017, which looks to be configured similarly (keyboard layout is somewhat different, though; see the linked gallery).

Typeface Specimen:

Links:

• Alfred Kaltenecker's similarly configured 1930 Remington Portable

Photos:

Main listing screen.

Typewriter in case.

Inside top case warranty label, showing a serial number for the machine of "v 161848".

Case brush and part of label.

Type basket and keyboard. The machine is finished in black crackle paint. This seems early for 1929, but the serial number implied on the warranty label suggests March 1929 per the TWDB serial number information for Remington 1-2-3 portables.

Rear decal.

Case, front-view.

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.