Hi Uwe (and others)!

True, the other Colored Keys typers do show up frequently, be it the Bantam (has similar to Remette body), Remington 5 and some others. The Remette does not traditionally have colored keys, though I saw one a while back.

I should've clarified my statement-- that the Corona Color Keys typers don't show up that often, and I've been keeping an eye out for over 5 years as part of my research on teaching typewriters. The Corona Animal Keyboard typer makes an appearance even less so, though one did show up on ebay-- about January of this year after 3 year hiatus... to the best of my knowledge. 

Thanks for pointing out the FAQs of this forum to me-- I am so very, very new to this forum, so naturally I have to learn a few things to get my bearings! If anything, I was hoping for the drag and drop version for my pics, to make things easy for me. I see that can't be done here. 

I will try to upload my images to these photo services tonight, as I need a bit of help with my hubby overlooking the process. I think he has an account with Flickr, it so happens. ;o)

I'm also on the lookout for a Fraktur typer... and wish you the best of luck in finding one! They would be tricky to find... I may have to take a trip to Germany to locate one, as they seem to come from there, if at all-- right? ;o)

Quick question: did I meet you, Uwe, at the International Typewriter Collectors Convention last year? I seem to recall that.

Take care.

Warmly, Gigi 

Gigi's comment:
 

Uwe wrote:

ritualsart wrote:

While the Colored Keys typer is not as rare as the Animal Keyboard, it is still hard to find in the wild...

Uwe's comment:
In my experience coloured key typewriters turn up on a fairly regular basis, far more often than say the Fraktur equipped machine that I've been trying to find for years now (at a reasonable price). I've seen many locally, and far more online, manufactured by a wide variety of companies; an antique shop in my area happens to have one right now - I think it was a Remington portable, perhaps a Remette.

Just WOW!
I thought this one was interesting
didn't know how interesting though

$102.50. Really, not much considering... That's only about £65 - there are people charging more than that for bog-standard Letteras... 

Greetings everyone,

Don't feel so bad for missing this auction! ;o)

This may be a one time moment that I think you might be better off waiting for a better condition one.

In my experience collecting these teaching typers, I think this particular typer's keyboard is quite faded.

Speaking of which, I still need to upload my images (oh, darn! moment) as my hubby was supposed to assist with the upload last night. I wanted to show you all what a good condition one looked like. The typer is in storage right now, so I can't verify if the keyboard has diecut tops surrounded with metal rings or actual celluliod keys with aforementioned metal rings.

If it is in fact, diecut (I'm changing my earlier opinion, in case I'm mistaken) cardboard tops with metal rings, you wouldn't be able to restore the keyboard to it's former glory with a mere cleanup. Trust me, that typer needed a clean up big time. The pastel color keytops were quite washed out, and that alone bothered me a lot. (This is why I quickly joined this forum to help you all out with your debate of purchase-- with information I've been able to glean from the last 5 years spent researching the teaching typewriters. Trust me, that information was a bit tough to find!)

Nevertheless, it isn't fair for me to discuss this typer in detail without the images... Let me go bug my hubby right now and get those images posted stat! ;o)

Be back soon, hopefully with links for the images!

Ciao for now!

Warmly, Gigi

Here is an interesting post on reddit if anyone is still in the market for a colored key typewriter.  The poster seems interested in selling, but doesn't want to post on eBay for fear of key choppers.

http://www.reddit.com/r/typewriters/comments/39tckt/corona_colored_key_1936/