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Here's my Cleaned up 1935 Royal KH. This is the after for this before thread
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That counter in front of the serial number: what is it geared to; what action causes it to advance?
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guitarmasta12 wrote:
I seen these go for fully restored $1000 to $2000. Unrestored I saw $500
Where did you see these prices? And were they asking prices, or what the machines actually sold for? Somone would have to be insane to spend $500 on a KH, never mind $2000!
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Listed prices. Is this even rare or is it semi-rare? or is it not at all.
Last edited by guitarmasta12 (28-7-2014 17:01:33)
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M. Höhne wrote:
That counter in front of the serial number: what is it geared to; what action causes it to advance?
It's geared to every time you return the carriage back to the side to type again.
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I just got one very similar to that, except mine is a Royal KHY. Looks very much the same as yours except that it doesn't have the glass windows in the sides and mine is matte finish instead of shiny. I got mine for $44 at an antique store. Works 100 percent fine!
I've seen those online for $1,400, but I can't imagine anyone actually paying that. I'm not sure where the seller is getting his/her information.
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The typewriter might have been a rental. Ray Bradbury wrote about renting machines like that, then paying by the line.
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RWWGreene wrote:
The typewriter might have been a rental. Ray Bradbury wrote about renting machines like that, then paying by the line.
Huh interesting. I'll look that up. I also never see or hear anything about KH's. Mostly KHM's.
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Very nice machine! It reminds me a bit of the Royal 10 of the 1920s.
I agree with Uwe, the asking prices you saw are too high for a typewriter mass-produced by a very well-known manufacturer like Royal. That would be the kind of price you'd ask for something quite older and rarer, like, say, a Ford typewriter from the late 1890s. Again, everything boils down to supply and demand, and there were plenty of typewriters made from the 1910s onwards, so there are still a lot of old machines around.
The other machine in the photos is indeed a 1947 - 1948 Royal Quiet De Luxe. I have one like that, and I can tell you, that's one beautiful machine to work with!
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Well from the typewriterdatabase.com, the KH was only made for one year. How many do you know exactly were made?