1957 Groma Combina #1005101
Status: Sightings
Hunter: Greg Mattesen (CoronaKid)
Created: 01-27-2025 at 02:40PM
Last Edit: 01-31-2025 at 12:47PM
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Description:
Purchased from the original owner in December 2020, this Groma was in excellent condition. Wide carriage. Basket shift combined with very smooth carriage return and precise-feeling keys made for a great typing experience. I'd put this one above an Olympia SM3 in terms of the feel.
Sold to another collector from Texas in August 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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