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1935 Smith Corona Standard Serial # A1C25781 1935 Smith Corona Standard typewriter, Serial # A1C25781 Brian Decker's 1935 Smith Corona Standard typewriter. 2026-07-28 From the Virtual Typewriter Collection of Brian Decker: 1935 Smith Corona Standard Serial # A1C25781 2026-JUL-28, Gallery Creation. New listing of an old rarity: The elusive Smith-Corona Standard "flat top" portable typewriter with the animal keyboard. This one is a bit worse for wear, but definitely worth a gallery in TWDB. eBay Sighting 7-28-26. The seller, based in Rochester, MI, is looking for $1200 OBO. The seller is "li-563318" and does not seem to have any transaction history on eBay - caveat emptor! For reference, Darryl Rehr's book shows Corona Animal Keyboard #A1C32729, which was in Rehr's collection at the time he produced the book. Rehr mis-dated the typewriter to 1931, but I believe the "1C" notation and the TWDB serial number list indicates a 1935 manufacture date, with the "A" prefix naturally referring to the Animal Keyboard.

1935 Smith Corona Standard #A1C25781

Status: Sightings
Hunter: Brian Decker (bkdecker66)
Created: 07-28-2026 at 03:17PM
Last Edit: 07-28-2026 at 05:43PM

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2026-JUL-28, Gallery Creation. New listing of an old rarity: The elusive Smith-Corona Standard "flat top" portable typewriter with the animal keyboard. This one is a bit worse for wear, but definitely worth a gallery in TWDB. eBay Sighting 7-28-26. The seller, based in Rochester, MI, is looking for $1200 OBO. The seller is "li-563318" and does not seem to have any transaction history on eBay - caveat emptor! For reference, Darryl Rehr's book shows Corona Animal Keyboard #A1C32729, which was in Rehr's collection at the time he produced the book. Rehr mis-dated the typewriter to 1931, but I believe the "1C" notation and the TWDB serial number list indicates a 1935 manufacture date, with the "A" prefix naturally referring to the Animal Keyboard.

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Front view with paper inserted.
Front view with paper inserted.

Carriage and type basket.
Carriage and type basket.

Top cover lifted.
Top cover lifted.

Serial number.
Serial number.

Front edge.
Front edge.

Rear view.
Rear view.

Right broadside.
Right broadside.

Left broadside.
Left broadside.

Underside.
Underside.

Keyboard left.
Keyboard left.

Keyboard right.
Keyboard right.

eBay main listing page.
eBay main listing page.

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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