$15 Thrift Shop Find

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Posted by OregonJim
21-1-2023 00:09:38 		#1

Every once in a while, a good deal is still possible to find.  This was in my local thrift shop today for $15:

1946 Smith-Corona Silent.  Perfect mechanical condition, just a slight moldy smell from the otherwise pristine case.

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Posted by colrehogan
21-1-2023 10:46:50 		#2

Well done! I thought I had a similar find last year, but the seller cranked up the price at the last minute.  I was annoyed but bought it anyway since I had not seen it in that model and typeface locally.

Smith Premier typewriters are cool!
 
Posted by OregonJim
21-1-2023 12:20:58 		#3

Jacking up the price after someone shows interest isn't cool.  Anyway, this one is in plain old pica.  Still, it was a nice treat.

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Posted by Uwe
21-1-2023 13:09:20 		#4

Bargains - or normal prices as I like to call them - are still out there. I really like the Smith-Coronas from that era; they represent a nice balance of vintage aesthetics and useable performance. Great find!

The pronoun I has always been capitalized in the English language for more than 700 years.
 
Posted by keystriker
30-9-2024 22:17:51 		#5

I love the round keys. I have a Silent-Super from the '50s, and while the body still has that rounded '40s/'50s shape, the keys are rectangular. Just not the same. But it writes so beautifully and has those automatic tab sets, so I can live with it and not even cast a, ah, wistful eye -- boy, those round keys sure are purty -- at that '46 Silent. Sigh. 1946 is the year I was born.  No, Must. Be. Strong. Must. Must must must...

“Don’t be too harsh to these poems until they’re typed. 
I always think typescript lends some sort of certainty: 
at least if the things are bad then, they appear to be bad with conviction.”  
~ Dylan Thomas
 
Posted by ShadyDaze
06-7-2025 14:40:22 		#6

colrehogan wrote:

Well done! I thought I had a similar find last year, but the seller cranked up the price at the last minute. . .

That happened to me when buying a bicycle once. A Schwinn Super LeTour 12.2 for $100. I looked at it, talked to the guy for a while, and bought the bike. While I was loading it on my scooter (I don't have a car), he mentioned that the price was $150. So I said I understood, and started unloading it until the price came back down.
He has some other nice bikes, but I haven't gone back to see them.
Some people I just won't deal with.
 

 


 
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