1937 Underwood Champion #G1101197
Status: Sightings
Hunter: Greg Mattesen (CoronaKid)
Created: 11-13-2025 at 09:06AM
Last Edit: 11-13-2025 at 09:11AM
Description:
I found this one at a local antique show, and I snapped it up due to the beautiful glossy black finish and the unusual case with built-in stand.
Update: sold to another collector November 2025.
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Hunter: Greg Mattesen (CoronaKid)
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Status: Typewriter Hunter
Points: 1359
I "accidentally" started collecting typwriters in the fall of 2020. After my daughter got one cheap at a junk shop, and hearing that she intended to use it to write some old fashioned snail-mail letters to friends, I decided to get "a" typewriter myself to do the same. The first one was a real lucky break: a pristine 1950 Smith-Corona Sterling in perfect condition. From there I got interested in other brands and in refurbishing dirty and forgotten machines. I've had 65+ typewriters at this point, passing many along to excited new owners to keep my collection hovering around 20 machines.
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