1948 Royal Quiet De Luxe #A-1565686
Status: Sightings
Hunter: Greg Mattesen (CoronaKid)
Created: 01-27-2025 at 03:18PM
Last Edit: 01-28-2025 at 05:58PM
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Description:
It was filthy and completely frozen when I bought it as part of a lot of 4 typewriters that must have spent years in a barn. It cleaned up pretty well, though, and went to a new owner in September 2021.
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Hunter: Greg Mattesen (CoronaKid)
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Status: Typewriter Hunter
Points: 300
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. 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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