1964 IBM Model C Executive #2168927
Status: My Collection
Hunter: Mark Rice (TypewriterNoob)
Created: 03-03-2022 at 05:32PM
Last Edit: 04-11-2022 at 08:43PM
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Description:
Purchased in February 2022 locally from Facebook Marketplace for $25 in Madison, Wisconsin. The cosmetic and operational condition is excellent. It looks as if it was only lightly used and then left untouched for over 50 years. It even came with a full box of carbon ribbons and user guide. The Executive model has proportional spacing. It also has a dedicated number 1 key and exclamation point, but is located on the second row down, far right side by P key.
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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 Unfortunately, I sold it 15 years later for $5.00 because I thought it was a useless, outdated boat anchor.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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