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19XX Simplex Model A Serial # no serial number 19XX Simplex Model A typewriter, Serial # no serial number James Gifford's 19XX Simplex Model A typewriter. 2016-09-06 From the Virtual Typewriter Collection of James Gifford: 19XX Simplex Model A Serial # no serial number I picked up at a salvage shop in the southeast end of the city. The store had a number of beat-up typewriters for sale at exorbitant prices. I talked to the woman running the shop and she said that the store doesn't care if they sell the typewriters, as they rent them out to movie companies as props at a daily rate that's higher than what the machines are worth. I left the rusty Underwoods behind but bought this little guy. The woman gave me a discount because I'd kept her company for a half hour talking about typewriters. It's now the smallest machine in my collection.

19XX Simplex Model A #no serial number

Status: My Collection
Hunter: James Gifford (giffer)
Created: 09-06-2016 at 05:43PM
Last Edit: 09-06-2016 at 05:45PM

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I picked up at a salvage shop in the southeast end of the city. The store had a number of beat-up typewriters for sale at exorbitant prices. I talked to the woman running the shop and she said that the store doesn't care if they sell the typewriters, as they rent them out to movie companies as props at a daily rate that's higher than what the machines are worth. I left the rusty Underwoods behind but bought this little guy. The woman gave me a discount because I'd kept her company for a half hour talking about typewriters. It's now the smallest machine in my collection.

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Hunter: James Gifford (giffer)

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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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