1969 Webster XL-5000 #M9420158
Status: My Collection
Hunter: James Gifford (giffer)
Created: 12-04-2016 at 10:09AM
Last Edit: 12-05-2016 at 06:59PM
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Description:
Does anyone know the distinction between an XL-500 and an XL-5000? Is my XL-5000 simply ten times better than the XL-500? Because if it is, that doesn't say much for the 500s. I only bought this machine to help my brother negotiate on a clock he was buying from the same vendor--he got a better price on the clock if I took the Webster, too. I wish I had the clock.
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Hunter: James Gifford (giffer)
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Status: Typewriter Hunter
Points: 2325
I am a writer and book editor as well as a collector of typewriters. It started with an Hermes 3000 desktop, which I stupidly sold last year, but now another sits on my desk for typing envelopes with a beautiful sans serif typeface. I type every day on different machines in my collection, which stands at about 60 at the moment. Favourites include my two 3000s, a 1930s Smith-Corona Silent, the Olivetti Studio 44 (red case), and a crinkle, chrome-encircled Royal Quiet Deluxe. I have also been finding very inexpensive Royal 10s of late; I currently own three, two from the 1910s and the other a later model, and another (1931) I sold to a friend at cost for his son, who appreciates vintage things. I am always on the lookout for new and interesting machines and often trade or sell to try new models. Living and working in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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