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I am always surprised how reasonable the S&H costs are from sellers in Canada to me here in Idaho - USA.
Some are even less expensive that what a USA seller wants to charge for shipping only 4-5 States away to my home.
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Looks like a couple of collections have gone live:
1) Ebay has a personal collection of 9 typewriters, 8 of which seem in decent condition, including a Torpedo 18b, two SM3s, a Rocket, and a few royals and SCMs. I've any of these so will just be watching.
Vintage Typewriter Collection of 9 - Incl. German Torpedo, Hermes, Olympia SM-3 | eBay
2) Liveauctioneers has about 30 lots (most of them multiples) of early European and American typewriters. (Sholes & Glidden, Caligraphs, Remingtons, Dactyle, Musicwriter, American, Empire, American,...) I'm not sure they're from a single European collector, or a museum, or that the auction house that has simply collected many. They're located in Köln, Germany, so shipping costs to Seattle will likely keep me on the sidelines (nevermind a lack of space). Not that I needed a set of 3 Blick's, 1 Rem-Blick, and 1 Postal all in one go... (5 American and English Typewriters (#0281) on Sep 17, 2022 | Auction Team Breker in NRW (liveauctioneers.com))
Science&Technology/MechanicalMusic/Fairground Auction on Sep 17, 2022 by Auction Team Breker in NRW (liveauctioneers.com)
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The 'Auction Team Breker' has been going in Germany for at least two decades. They gather antique typewriters from all over Europe, including England, and have auctions of them every so often. They are well-known amongst serious European collectors.
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If anyone is looking for an Underwood 21 with cursive script...
One is running on eBay at a good price...even with shipping. Seller even allows Returns.
Paint on machine looks good and the case appears in great shape as well.
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If anyone is looking to buy an Olympia SGE-35...there is one running on eBay.
Not a great bargain...but not a bad price. Seller even offers a 3-day return. Coming out of Utah State.
(Not affiliated with the sale...)
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And if anyone is looking for a Facit T2 standard with a normal-width carriage...there is one offered out of NY State on Face Book Marketplace. Asking price only $ 100. Looks to be in nice shape and seller says it works.
(Not affiliated with sale.)
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Interesting IBM machine on eBay - UK....with lots of neat photos.
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That is NOT an IBM It is based on an Imperial Electric typewriter from before the days of the Litton Industries takeover (when Royal electrics were re-branded as Imperials). The clues are in the details like the platen knobs (Imperial 70 manual) and the ribbon spools and mechanism (rather like the Imperial 80), but the biggest clue is in the photo of the electric motor which is labelled 'Imperial Electric' ! I can see why the seller thinks it is an IBM 'B' since the overall shape is similar, so maybe an easy mistake to make for a non-typewriter person. Even without the modifications, it must be an incredibly rare machine. I was offered one to take home when I was an apprentice in the mid-1970's and had to refuse it because my mother would have gone spare if I had dragged something this size home !
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Thanks, Tom...I should have looked more closely.
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Olympia SGE-40 (Electric) on eBay in the UK. Not wired for USA power.
Not too often you see these for sale.