1958 Olympia SM3 #1280879
Status: My Collection
Hunter: Greg Mattesen (CoronaKid)
Created: 02-10-2025 at 09:43AM
Last Edit: 02-10-2025 at 09:46AM
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Description:
Purchased in September 2023. I wanted a high quality typewriter with script typeface, and this two-tone SM3 from 1958 seemed like a good choice. Other than a hard platen and squashed suspension grommets, it's in gorgeous original shape. I like when typewriters have a dealer tag or decal, so the Ansonia Typewriter Exchange decal on the rear is a bonus.
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Hunter: Greg Mattesen (CoronaKid)
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Status: Typewriter Hunter
Points: 1179
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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