1954 Smith Corona Tabulator #4AR31169
Status: My Collection
Hunter: Mark Rice (TypewriterNoob)
Created: 02-08-2022 at 06:36PM
Last Edit: 02-08-2022 at 06:42PM
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Purchased at a garage sale in Madison, Wisconsin in July 2019. Negotiated from $10 down to $5. This is the second typewriter I have ever owned, but the first I have bought since the 1970's. I bought this typewriter just to show my grandchildren something interesting and thought they might like to try typing on it for fun.
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Hunter: Mark Rice (TypewriterNoob)
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Status: Typewriter Hunter
Points: 730
I'm over 60 now, but bought my first typewriter (a 1920's Underwood) when I was a teenager for $5.00. Unfortunately, I sold it 15 years later for $5.00 because I thought it was a useless, outdated boat anchor. Fast forward 35 years and I bought a Smith Corona Tabulator at a garage sale for $5.00 to show my grandchildren what a manual typewriter is and how it works. A couple years later, I bought an Oliver No. 9 at an antique store for $54 because of its interesting design. Within a month, I had spent over $1,000 and bought 16 more typewriters from a 1905 Remington No. 6 upstrike to an electric Olivetti Praxis 48.
I'm pretty handy, so my plan is to clean and repair them. I'll keep some for my private collection and sell others to support my new typewriter addiction.
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