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Monday, August 26, 2024

August '24 typewriter safari

I stopped by the Ohio Valley Antique Mall today and checked out the latest crop of you-know-whats.

I'll tell you right now that I didn't buy any of them. But I can still create a quiz: Which of these models is the rarest? Do you know? Write your guess in the comments below.







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6 comments:

  1. I am guessing the 1964 Olympia SM9. Only made with the green logo for a year. Someone close should go nab that one. A great typewriter.

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    1. I'd agree with that, but it's also possible that JC Penney didn't brand a *whole bunch* of those Coronamatics - probably fewer than Olympia made of 1st-year SM9's worldwide. I certainly see a lot more of them than the JC Penney branded machines.

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    2. Good point. Just as rare is that hunk of early styrofoam. Ha.

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    3. Yuh, I've only seen that a couple times before in a Galaxy case. Those are the people that also keep all the documentation and the key in the case as well. :D

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  2. I also think the rarest is the JC Penney branded SCM.

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  3. Yes: In my experience, the JC Penney "Electric Cartridge Typewriter" is the rarest model here. I don't think I've ever seen one before, and there is only one on The Typewriter Database—this one, which I just uploaded!

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