1959 Olivetti Lettera 22 #740865
Status: My Collection
Hunter: Greg Mattesen (CoronaKid)
Created: 02-11-2025 at 12:42PM
Last Edit: 02-11-2025 at 12:46PM
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Description:
Purchased in October 2021 as a non-working machine, but it actually worked. The seller just didn't want to misrepresent it. It had a hard platen, but otherwise was in very nice shape. I did some cleaning, replaced the cushion for the type bar rest, and spooled new ribbon onto the original Olivetti spools.
Since November 2022 my daughter has it.
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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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