1968 Olivetti Lettera 32 #1720352
Status: Sightings
Hunter: Greg Mattesen (CoronaKid)
Created: 01-31-2025 at 11:19AM
Last Edit: 01-31-2025 at 11:25AM
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I found this one at the Brimfield (Massachusetts) Antiques Flea Market in September 2024. Spanish production. At first I thought it was new/unused due to the amount of original accoutremants it had, including the cardboard shipping piece that wedged under the typebars. On further inspection, it showed signs of very minor use. The platen was in great shape, the typewriter was quite clean, and the case zippers were fully intact. A nice example of a Lettera 32.
Sold December 2024.
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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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