1941 Royal Quiet De Luxe #A978446

Status: Sightings
Hunter: Brian Decker (bkdecker66)
Created: 08-01-2026 at 08:52AM
Last Edit: 08-01-2026 at 09:00AM

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Description:

2026-AUG-01, Gallery Creation. Another sighting on eBay. It's not every day that one gets to see a Certificate of Guarantee card with hand-typed provenance on the sale date and address of the business that sold the typewriter. The card also connects the "A Model" designation to the "Quiet De Luxe" designation. This one is listed by seller "garysal" in Jordan, MN. The Certificate of Guarantee shows a sale location of Minneapolis, MN, so it didn't travel far. Initial bid price is $75, and there's a "Buy It Now" option for $125. The typewriter looks to be in pretty good condition.

Per the current TWDB serial number data, #926862 corresponds to 1940, and #995728 corresponds to 1941. I have been assuming that these are BEGINNING OF YEAR estimates, which would make this a 1940 example. However, it was sold a few months before the Pearl Harbor attack in 1941. If it's a 1940 machine, it took at least 9 months to sell it, which seems a long time.

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Front view with machine in its case.

Certificate of Guarantee.

Paper table closeup, showing Quiet De Luxe badging.

Case front.

Case back.

Case top.

Case bottom.

eBay main listing 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.