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2325 Points, Typewriter Hunter

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.


1972
Smith Corona
Super G

Serial #7YP-12347

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1958
Royal
Quiet De Luxe

Serial #AD-3817119

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1979
Silver Reed
Silverette S

Serial #10158335

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1XXX
Empire
Model 1

Serial #2547

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1960
Olympia
SG1

Serial #7-606332

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1968
Hermes
3000

Serial #3499863

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1964
Royal
Empress

Serial #MCE-11-7931113

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1960
Optima
Super

Serial #1120246

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1965
Olympia
SM9

Serial #2898638

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2007
Olivetti
MS 25 plus

Serial #231535

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