1954 Smith Corona Sterling #5A531777
Status: Sightings
Hunter: Greg Mattesen (CoronaKid)
Created: 02-11-2025 at 02:54PM
Last Edit: 02-11-2025 at 03:02PM
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Description:
Purchased in December 2021 with two other typewriters. Initially the carriage was flying to the right, but I touched something in the escapment area and it fixed itself. Cleaned up nicely and worked well.
Sold January 2022.
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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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