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How rare is a Fox No.4 Upstrike?
I recently heard in a YouTube video that there are only 50ish known Fox no. 4 Upstrike typewriters in existence??? Are they really that rare? I know someone selling one for a pretty penny, but if it’s that rare I might snap it up lol. Thank you for any help you can give me.
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Re: How rare is a Fox No.4 Upstrike?
One just sold on eBay for $150 USD, and there was only one bid.
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Re: How rare is a Fox No.4 Upstrike?
Uwe wrote:
One just sold on eBay for $150 USD, and there was only one bid.
Dang. I wish I could have grabbed that one lol.
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Re: How rare is a Fox No.4 Upstrike?
It's a different type of collector than myself who buys those machines. I'm not at all interested in early machines, but that's because I prefer the more practical, mid-century models. On the flip side, there's a guy in my area who only buys the early and perceived-to-be-rare models. I think he predominantly displays his typewriters behind glass whereas I prefer to use what I buy. Suum cuique...
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Re: How rare is a Fox No.4 Upstrike?
It's a different type of collector than myself who buys those machines. I'm not at all interested in early machines, but that's because I prefer the more practical, mid-century models. On the flip side, there's a guy in my area who only buys the early and perceived-to-be-rare models. I think he predominantly displays his typewriters behind glass whereas I prefer to use what I buy. Suum cuique...
Don’t get me wrong, when I get this typewriter going, I don’t care how old it is, I’m going to use it lol. My current “daily driver” typewriter is a 1914 L.C. Smith model 5 I bought from a thrift shop and fixed up, and I love it. I only hope I’ll be able to get used to the upstrike action and not being able to see what I type, and in the case of my Smith Premier No. 4, it having separate keyboards for upper and lower case letters 🤣
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