1940 Royal Aristocrat #B-957437
Status: My Collection
Hunter: Ted Munk (munk)
Created: 12-26-2013 at 04:55PM
Last Edit: 10-17-2021 at 08:39PM
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Description:
I rarely find glass-key portables in thrifts, but when I do, they tend to be in really great shape, but rarely super-affordable. This one was an exception, just days after the same store posted a $40 early-50's QDL, they popped this 1940 Aristocrat, and priced it at just $24.99
Elite typeface.
Typeface Specimen:
Links:
- Having a Royal Christmas Week (:
- The Aristocrat Returns Home and TWDB Hits 3500!
- Holsters, holsters everywhere – but where do all the guns go?
- Double-Strike Typewriter Bolding Tests, Part 1
- Fresh Feets for My 1940’s Royal Portables!
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Hunter: Ted Munk (munk)
Ted Munk's Typewriter Galleries [ My Collection ] [ My Sightings ]
Status: Curator
Points: 2786
I am a scoundrel without a cause, and my swank outshines the sun.
I am a casual Typewriter Hunter residing in the sweltering deserts of Arizona with a wife, three cats and about 50 typewriters. My main hunting ground is thrift stores, and I rarely pay more than $10 for a machine. My collection consists mainly of portables with cases, and they stay in the cases unless I am actively using it (usually more than one at a time). I do, however keep a handful of interesting Selectrics, including a Composer and a couple of large Nakajima Electronics to use as daisywheel printers for my vintage laptop collection.
RESEARCH NOTE: When researching the Royal Aristocrat on a computer with lots of screen real estate, you may find that launching the Royal Serial Number page and the Royal Aristocrat By Model/Year/Serial page in new browser windows can give you interesting perspectives on changes throughout the model series.
