1963 Smith Corona Sterling #5AX-176879
Status: My Collection
Hunter: Matt Watkins (Ignaciob)
Created: 10-06-2024 at 11:34PM
Last Edit: 10-06-2024 at 11:38PM
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Description:
Bought on FB Marketplace in September 2024 for $85 and $30 shipping. Body and interior in exceptional condition. Carriage return works, but doesn't return and one bit missing off end of platen rod. Otherwise completely functional. Case has some screws through it to reinforce handle.
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Hunter: Matt Watkins (Ignaciob)
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Status: Typewriter Hunter
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First hunt and pecked on a 60's Smith Corona Sterling my mother had and Took typing class in 1982 on an IBM Selectric as a means to get into the computer class my sophomore year. Probably reached 60wpm. Once I moved over to computers I never really went back to typewriters, but 40 years later I find myself enjoying the sound, feel, and smell of a now-vintage Selectric 2 and just picked up a 1955 Silent Super. We'll see how far down the rabbit hole I go....
Update: July 2024. I have 26 typewriters at this point including an identical Selectric I used in high school. The collection kick started in April when I bought 16 in one purchase from a collector on his way out of the hobby. I've also had the good fortune of helping my local air museum find several period-correct WWII typewriters and even gave away a pristine 50's Smith Corona Silent Super to a 19 year old that was enamored typewriters.
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