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Posted by Platenboy
14-1-2017 10:57:47
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That is some serious dedication.  I just couldn't start with something that bad, I'd have to try and find something much less rusty but poor condition still.

You obviously really like a challenge.

Amazing job

 
Posted by Uwe
14-1-2017 17:36:16
#12

It's more than just the work; in most cases a proper restoration of a common model doesn't make financial sense because it represents a significant outlay of cash, especially when you have metal parts replated and rubber replaced. And it's certainly far more difficult to find a buyer for such a machine, one who understands what a restoration entails and is willing to pay for the costs associated with it. 


The pronoun has always been capitalized in the English language for more than 700 years.
 
Posted by TypewriterKing
14-1-2017 19:59:52
#13

In the 35 years I've been in typewriter repair, I had thought I'd found the machines that would classify as "rare" or "collector," only to have these defined as lesser machines.  And, as was said, to "properly" restore a typewriter--to re-rubber, dismantle, re-assemble, re-chrome, repaint, re-decal--everything to make that machine look as though it had NEVER been touched by human hands in its whole 100+-year-old life--would take a wad of cash so big it could wipe out the National Debt.  Now, I ask, what typewriter out there--made by humanity, has achieved the record of being the MOST expensive, rarest, most highly sought-after, Tom-Hanks-couldn't-even-afford-it title?  What machine out there extant today would, if you took one to the Antiques Road Show, would make the emcee go "WOW!!!  Have fun in Cancun!!"


Underwood--Speeds the World's Bidness
 
Posted by mre12ax7
15-1-2017 13:44:17
#14

Hansen Writing Ball.
Last one sold for over $130K!


My blog - Just Typewriters
 
 
Posted by TypewriterKing
16-1-2017 00:31:35
#15

I wonder if Tom Hanks bought that one.


Underwood--Speeds the World's Bidness
 
Posted by TypewriterKing
28-1-2017 00:13:31
#16

I don't know why, but that thing always looked to me like some hors d' oeuvre--or a fondue set.


Underwood--Speeds the World's Bidness
 
Posted by SquireDante
30-4-2017 22:10:27
#17

1940 Royal KMM

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Posted by SquireDante
27-6-2017 15:44:23
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1963 Smith-Corona Classic 12
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Posted by SquireDante
13-7-2017 16:33:35
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1940 Royal KMM       

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Posted by SquireDante
13-7-2017 16:37:39
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1963 Smith-Corona Classic 12
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