1962 R.C. Allen VisOmatic A #A-2232083-11
Status: My Collection
Hunter: Mark Rice (TypewriterNoob)
Created: 03-04-2022 at 05:59PM
Last Edit: 03-04-2022 at 06:46PM
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Description:
Purchased in February, 2022 at ShopGoodwill.com. I was the only bidder at $9.99 + $22 for shipping, handling and sales tax for a grand total of $32. It arrived very well wrapped up in multiple layers of bubble wrap and undamaged.
Worked great with a little lubrication and just needed a little exterior cleaning. It came with an original RC Allen cover which was so covered in tobacco tar it appeared brown. After cleaning, it's a vibrant silver/gray. The cover really did its job as the typewriter inside and out was remarkably clean.
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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 Unfortunately, I sold it 15 years later for $5.00 because I thought it was a useless, outdated boat anchor.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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