1953 Smith Corona Sterling #5A430912
Status: Sightings
Hunter: Brandon T (GarageBay9)
Created: 09-05-2025 at 10:51AM
Last Edit: 09-05-2025 at 10:59AM
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Description:
Seen at the local thrift store, early Sept 2025. Asking price was $50. Had its case (even the key!), and typed well although it definitely needed cleaning. Had a ribbon installed but I didn't have any paper and wasn't able to get a typeface sample.
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Hunter: Brandon T (GarageBay9)
Brandon T's Typewriter Galleries [ My Collection ] [ My Sightings ]
Status: Typewriter Hunter
Points: 44
Somewhere deep in the northwestern Cascade Mountains, deep in the back behind 3D printers, computer parts, vintage airplane artifacts, thousands of books, and some potentially sentient blackberry vines, is a person who has been accused of bearing a suspicious resemblance to Sasquatch but has not yet found precisely who leaked that information.
I did not start collecting typewriters. It just happened. I'm told this is normal, and possibly the result of exposure to typewriter ink. I have promised the smarter half of my marriage that I am not going to get any more typewriters; we're out of room in the house.
...on second thought, I don't really NEED to sleep LYING DOWN, now, do I? That seems like a profligate waste of space...
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