1961 Olympia SM5 #1961301
Status: Sightings
Hunter: Greg Mattesen (CoronaKid)
Created: 01-29-2025 at 10:13AM
Last Edit: 01-29-2025 at 10:14AM
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Description:
Purchased as a "barn find" without a case in December 2020. It had a good amount of dust and dirt, and the platen was hard as a rock, but it cleaned up and functioned well.
Sold December 2022.
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Hunter: Greg Mattesen (CoronaKid)
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Status: Typewriter Hunter
Points: 300
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. 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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