1953 Olympia SM3 #391528
Status: Sightings
Hunter: Greg Mattesen (CoronaKid)
Created: 01-31-2025 at 12:37PM
Last Edit: 01-31-2025 at 12:38PM
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Description:
Purchased in July 2023. Pretty dirty, full of cobwebs and with the signature collapsed suspension bushings typical of an Olympia. Also typical of an Olympia: it was pretty easy to get it working beautifully, and it cleaned up well. Elite type.
Sold to another collector March 2024.
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Hunter: Greg Mattesen (CoronaKid)
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Status: Typewriter Hunter
Points: 1181
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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