There wasn't much new in the antique mall since last month's safari, but I did see the following typewriters. Can you guess which one(s), if any, I bought? The first person to guess correctly will receive a genuine typewriter-themed postcard.
Brother Charger Correction, $25 (on sale for 20% off). You can't make it out in this photo, but where the red ribbon color selection mark usually is, on this typewriter it's white; the stencil mark is not white but silver. So this typewriter was intended to be used with a ribbon that includes a correction strip.
L.C. Smith no. 8, $99:
Remington Portable no. 1:
Price tag on the Remington. The staff at the antique mall said, "People come in and buy them for the keys, to make jewelry ..." I replied, "Isn't that a shame?!"
Royal P, $45:
Underwood Universal, $75:
By the way, these are among the first photos I've taken with my new iPhone. Yes, I have joined the hordes. It was time for a change after I dropped my old dumbphone, didn't notice that the SIM card popped out, and (as best I can reconstruct the events) vacuumed it up while cleaning house.
I need all the help with smarts that I can get!
You bought the Brother and the Remington Portable 1 for Urban Legend.
ReplyDeleteOne less member for the league of non-smartphone owners. How could you. ( :
I would say you bought the Remington. I'd love to find one of those locally.
ReplyDeleteooo sorry about your phone. I still use a plain old dumb phone.
At that amount and with that text on the tag the Portable #1 definitely. Maybe the Royal as a restoration challenge, the LC SMith seems a bit expensive (though it'd probably clean up well).
ReplyDeleteBut definitely the #1 (well, I would have :-)
I am guessing you bought the Charger and Remington #1 for Wordplay, and the Royal Model P for yourself (such a steal, I'd have bought it in a heartbeat!)
ReplyDeletePersonally, I would have gone with the Remington, the Royal, and the Brother. I have never seen prices that low for those typewriters (except the Brother)
ReplyDeleteWell, I hope you snatched up all those that landed in the dreaded Keychop Butter Zone. I noticed that my own surplus glass-keyed machines were the first to be re-homed in the typosphere. Beyond that, the Brother is a secretly excellent machine, even with the funny "correction" switch. I turned the plastic version of this into my Pimpwriter, and except for the dead key used for correction, it's a perfectly fine two-color typer.
ReplyDeleteSince you were short on funds having just bought an iPhone, you settled for just the Charger?
ReplyDeleteRoyal P only.
ReplyDeleteI'm guessing you bought the Remington and the Royal, probably for Wordplay.
ReplyDeleteIf I bought a typer in Cincinnati and Fedexed it home, it would STILL be cheaper than our local prices! Are you taking orders? :)
Thanks to all who guessed, both here and by e-mail. Mark was the first to guess right about which typewriters I bought: the Brother, the Remington, and the Royal (which is cleaning up quite nicely). They'll all be refurbished and will go to WordPlay. Your card is on its way, Mark!
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