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FS: 34 Antique Typewriters
A generous donor has gifted Farm Sanctuary with this beautiful collection of antique typewriters — by bidding on and winning one of these items, you will make a long-lasting contribution to farm animal protection. Thank you for your support of Farm Sanctuary, North America's leading farm animal rescue and protection organization.
The typewriters can be found at the link below:
1.Imperial "The Good Companion" Antique Typewriter - Made in Liechester England.
2.Underwood 3 Bank - Antique Typewriter (1920). Decal: "Licensed under Gubelmann Patent November 9, 1915". 3 row keyboard.
3.Frolio 5 - Antique Typewriter. Serial #414000. Super Activated Type. German. Other name: Gundka
4.Corona, Folding Model 3 - Antique Typewriter
5.Remington Noiseless - Antique Typewriter Serial #NS44575
6.Remington Noiseless - Antique Typewriter Serial #01471. Metal Platen
7.Royal - Antique Typewriter Serial #E103612. Beautiful Decals
8.Remington Portable Model 5 - Antique Typewriter. No serial number.
9.Royal Quiet Deluxe - Antique Typewriter (Black). Serial #A1169229
10.Royal - Antique Typewriter (2 tone - Red). Serial #P168812. Nice decals.
11.LC Smith Corona - Antique Typewriter. Serial #1016114 D
12.Corona Wide Carriage (Portable) Antique Typewriter
13.Remington Rand Noiseless Antique Typewriter
14.Remington (2 tone lavender) Antique Typewriter (Not Rand)
15.Remington (2 tone green) Antique Typewriter. Gold leaf. No case. Beautiful Decals
16.Remington Portable (Raising Platform Model) Antique Typewriter. Serial #N344575
17.SCM 'Silent' Antique Typewriter. Serial #2570845
18.Comptometer, Very Old - Antique Typewriter. Serial #231981
19.Smith Corona Tower - Antique Typewriter. Serial #1177-041. Tan with 2 tone green keys
20.Comptometer, Gold Leaf, Felt & Turrant Mfg. Antique Typewriter
21.Naumann Erika Model 5 - Antique Typewriter. Gold leaf. European keyboard
22.Olympia (Raised Silver Script) Antique Typewriter. Serial #491361. Wood case
23.Remington Portable Antique Typewriter. Keys raise
24.Hammond Folding Multiplex - Antique Typewriter. Standard size. Serial #24053702. Very old
25.Oliver #9 - Antique Typewriter. Green. Standard size. Very old. Serial #880808
26.LC Corona & Smith, Silent - Antique Typewriter. Gold leaf. Serial #1526758. Immaculate
27.Royal Arrow, Elite - Antique Typewriter. Gray. With case. Serial #C1687475
28.Summira 7 - Antique Typewriter. Serial #58908, W. Germany
29.Hedman Check Writer - Antique Typewriter. Serial #70425, Model C, 1915
30.Royal Standard #5 - Antique Typewriter. Serial #158301-5. New York (1911)
31.Olivetti 'Lettera 32' - Antique Typewriter. Serial #5351385, blue, portable, zipper case
32.Corona Silent - Antique Typewriter. Gold Leaf. Elite Floating Shift. Black Case. Serial #2S70845
33.Olympia DeLuxe - Antique Typewriter. Light Green, portable, raised silver script, gray leather case
34.Naumann Erika - Antique Typewriter. Serial #891136/S. Black case, international keyboard
- Uwe
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Re: FS: 34 Antique Typewriters
Good luck with your auction. I think it's a great cause and I hope it helps your organization. However, I have to question the approach of selling these machines as a group. Perhaps even more disturbing, there aren't any detailed photos to review, just tiny thumbnails; without decent multi-angle photos there's no way for a potential buyer to roughly assess each machine's condition or glean more specific details concerning the features of each model.
It's this lack of information, plus the very vague shipping details accompanying the auction, which will keep a serious collector like myself from bidding. And that's a shame because I would have been interested in a number of machines within that group.
The pronoun I has always been capitalized in the English language for more than 700 years.
- beak
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Re: FS: 34 Antique Typewriters
Yes, I fully agree. To get anything like the best from this sale, someone needs to photograph them and list them individually on a big on-line auction site such as eBay. The machines as a job lot have such a limited market, whereas the market for individual machines will be far greater. I should think the only offers for the lot would likely be from dealers intending to sell them on, and they cannot pay market value whereas individual buyers perhaps will. Best too would be for someone who knows something of the subject to desctibe their condition and show a type sample from each machine.
You will certainly realize more for your cause this way. Good luck.
Last edited by beak (30-7-2015 18:41:39)
Sincerely,
beak.
- TypewriterGuy
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Re: FS: 34 Antique Typewriters
Well if there were seperate listings I probably would have considered. I would reccomend seperating them. If you like the group idea, at the very least seperate them into groups of like 5.
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- Retro-Z
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Re: FS: 34 Antique Typewriters
You have some nice typewriters. Unfortunately, your pictures and descriptions are absolutely horrible. You are asking a substantial amount for a group of typewriters without providing potential buyers the ability to actually get a reasonable idea of what they might be buying. I strongly advise you re-evaluate your sales strategy if you wish to bring in the maxiumum amount of funds for your organization.
When you aren't looking for it... you ALWAYS find it!!!
- brikhaus
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Re: FS: 34 Antique Typewriters
I agree with the others. Separate auctions would make you more successful.
- FarmS
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Re: FS: 34 Antique Typewriters
**Update Post regarding Farm Sanctuary Typewriters**
Due to the volume of typewriters we have for auction we are unable to post all photos/ descriptions. We are happy to provide any bidders with further information. For serious inquiries please contact: kkasprzak@farmsanctuary.org, subject line: Typewriter Inquiry. All prices are negotiable. Thank you for your interest!
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Last edited by FarmS (16-9-2015 10:21:03)
