1 - Spazmelda
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Typewriter Safari, St. Charles (MO) antique mall
We are visiting my parents in O'Falllon MO. Here are some of the typewriters we saw. They were all in relatively nice condition. I also took some pics of a few adding machines and a sewing machine if anyone wants to see those let me know.
Remington Streamliner ~$29
Royal KMM $165
Facit. Was nice, I looked in the case but forgot to take a pic. Almost got this, but $89 was more than I wanted to spend. 
One of the massively overpriced underwoods. I think tag said 1923. Wanted $400. 
Another overpriced Underwood. $525!
Olympia SM? ~$70 no case
Remington Letter Riter $24
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- ztyper
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Re: Typewriter Safari, St. Charles (MO) antique mall
Did you get the Remington Letter-Riter? I got mine at a flea market in Pasadena, California for $20 and it's a solid machine. Not my favorite, but a nice one nonetheless.
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Re: Typewriter Safari, St. Charles (MO) antique mall
At those prices I would have only considered the two Remingtons, and the Olympia SM7 - but only if there was $20 of bargaining room on it.
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- Spazmelda
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Re: Typewriter Safari, St. Charles (MO) antique mall
I got the Letter Riter. Not a stunning find, but like ztypr said, it seems to be a solid little machine. It is in very good shape as far as I can tell. the ribbons are weird. I'll have to see if a standard ribbon fits. I'm not sure. Anyway, I've got lots of ribbons at home I can re-spool if I need to.
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Thread Starter- BrianE
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Re: Typewriter Safari, St. Charles (MO) antique mall
Just trying to figure out the diff. in prices. Was it like an antique mall with different sellers?
- Spazmelda
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Yes, it was individual booths. So they price their own stuff,
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Thread Starter- malole
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Re: Typewriter Safari, St. Charles (MO) antique mall
I always enjoy seeing what other people are spotting, as I never find anything at all! Some wonderfully overpriced machines! Will be interested to hear how you get on with the Letter-Riter. I think they also take those wide hole spools for the Underwood Touchmaster or Imperial 70?
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Re: Typewriter Safari, St. Charles (MO) antique mall
I'm not sure, it looks like the spools that are in there now are just rings with a cover that snaps over. When I get home I can see if the wide spools fit. I haven't done any research on it yet as my parents are keeping us hopping, I'm surprised we even got a chance to go out looking, we are going to a ball game this afternoon if we don't get rained out.
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Re: Typewriter Safari, St. Charles (MO) antique mall
I'm sorry to say that these Remingtons don't actually take spools. They have their own that only they can fit into. There's a ring that keeps the ribbon in place and you have to take the ribbon off of the spool it came in and put into the spools of the Remington. It's a fustrating and dirty process, but the good thing is that regular ribbons fit into the machine.
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- Retro-Z
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Re: Typewriter Safari, St. Charles (MO) antique mall
Looks like you found a few machines on your safari! The little 1960s Euorpean-made Remington Streamliner actually isn't a bad little machine. I had one for a while, and while nothing about it was mind-blowing, it was certainly a capable little typewriter.
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