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08-4-2019 08:53:24  #181


Re: Possible Acquistions Thread

Here is a Monarch Pioneer with LOWERCASE key caps and no right shift key consistent with this online guide: http://machinesoflovinggrace.com/rems.htm.  https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-1930-s-Monarch-Pioneer-Typewriter/153443765246?hash=item23b9f60bfe:g:mCUAAOSweEFcqm3p

 

08-4-2019 09:01:18  #182


Re: Possible Acquistions Thread

Here is a nice looking Noiseless from the 1920's.  https://www.ebay.com/itm/153443626360?ul_noapp=true.  Check out the extended paper support off the back of it!

 

29-4-2019 09:26:35  #183


Re: Possible Acquistions Thread

Here is a nice 1930? Merz Typewriter with Fraktur font up for auction on ebay. https://www.ebay.com/itm/163668799011?ul_noapp=true

 

29-4-2019 14:40:27  #184


Re: Possible Acquistions Thread

Too bad the keytops aren't in a regular typeface -- I can't tell offhand what some of those letters are! (I realize it's a QWERTZ keyboard, but still.)

 

30-4-2019 10:00:07  #185


Re: Possible Acquistions Thread

Here is an interesting Olympia Traveller with nautical/maritime signs and NATO call letters painted on it.  https://www.ebay.com/itm/OLYMPIA-typewriter-Navigation-Nautical-Maritime-Code-of-Signals-Keyboard-UNIQUE/133032545367?hash=item1ef95b8c57:g:gc8AAOSwbg5cwFab

 

30-4-2019 16:38:32  #186


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noahwrote wrote:

Here is an interesting Olympia Traveller with nautical/maritime signs...

A bizarre arts & crafts project.  Looks like that seller specializes in transforming nice portables into personal statements. Not for me, but I will give the seller credit for how he prepares each machine for shipping.
 


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01-5-2019 07:59:28  #187


Re: Possible Acquistions Thread

noahwrote wrote:

Here is an interesting Olympia Traveller with nautical/maritime signs and NATO call letters painted on it.  https://www.ebay.com/itm/OLYMPIA-typewriter-Navigation-Nautical-Maritime-Code-of-Signals-Keyboard-UNIQUE/133032545367?hash=item1ef95b8c57:g:gc8AAOSwbg5cwFab

Interesting. It appears to have been professionally done via silkscreening. Could it have been a one-off sample from the factory, since the seller is in Belgrade? Or perhaps some limited edition swag for a yachting or NATO event?
It any case, if you're not a touch-typer you'd have to learn the international signal flags to use it.

 

01-5-2019 08:02:53  #188


Re: Possible Acquistions Thread

noahwrote wrote:

Here is an interesting Olympia Traveller with nautical/maritime signs and NATO call letters painted on it.  https://www.ebay.com/itm/OLYMPIA-typewriter-Navigation-Nautical-Maritime-Code-of-Signals-Keyboard-UNIQUE/133032545367?hash=item1ef95b8c57:g:gc8AAOSwbg5cwFab

No idea what this is - but nothing to do with the Royal (or any other) Navy, IMO.  There is no point in adding the ICoS etc. to a typewriter, since it is used for typing, not signalling.  I guess it's just a fantasy creation just for the novelty of it.  Seems well done though!
 


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02-5-2019 18:23:08  #189


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Gabby Johnson wrote:

… Could it have been a one-off sample from the factory, since the seller is in Belgrade?

Definitely not. If you look at the seller's inventory you'll see that there are other weird attempts at dressing up typewriters. And as beak pointed out, it's a nonsensical treatment given that the machine has a standard keyboard and typeface.

 


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03-5-2019 17:56:37  #190


Re: Possible Acquistions Thread

I wouldn't claim that decimal tabs are so unique as the seller states, uncommon yes statistically, unique? ummmm  and the price is quite high, but all depends on how typewriters are prices where you live... not my type ;) 

 

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