1953 Smith Corona Sterling #5A494019
Status: Sightings
Hunter: Greg Mattesen (CoronaKid)
Created: 02-10-2025 at 09:58AM
Last Edit: 02-10-2025 at 09:59AM
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Description:
Found at the local historical society tag sale May 2013. The mainspring drum froze up and the drawband came off, but it didn't break. I cleaned things up and got it working well. Typical 5-series robustness.
Sold May 2023.
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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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