1950 Smith Corona Sterling #5A267976
Status: Sightings
Hunter: Greg Mattesen (CoronaKid)
Created: 01-30-2025 at 01:04PM
Last Edit: 01-30-2025 at 01:07PM
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Description:
My first typewriter on my collecting journey, purchased in October 2020. I wasn't looking to start a collection, but this Sterling was so nice that it had me hooked on finding other nice machines. Super clean when I purchased it with exceptionally nice rubber; I literally put a new ribbon on it and started using it and never had to do anything else. Typically robust 5-series Corona mechanicals made it a pleasure to use.
Sold (with mixed feelings) to an enthusiastic new young owner January 2025.
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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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