1950 Smith Corona Silent #5S 275469
Status: My Collection
Hunter: Greg Mattesen (CoronaKid)
Created: 02-21-2025 at 09:41AM
Last Edit: 02-21-2025 at 09:43AM
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Purchased November 2022. One of the dirtier typewriters I've purchased, it was full of cobwebs and dead bugs. After a thorough cleaning, it turned out to be a great typewriter. So nice that I opted to have the platen refinished by JJ Short. Pica typeface.
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Hunter: Greg Mattesen (CoronaKid)
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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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