1921 Remington Portable #NM10853

Status: Sightings
Hunter: Brian Decker (bkdecker66)
Created: 08-12-2026 at 03:59PM
Last Edit: 08-12-2026 at 04:06PM

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Description:

2026-AUG-12, Gallery Creation. Exactly one month ago, on August 12, 2026, I posted a gallery for my last sighting on eBay of a Remington Portable with most of the early features (June 1921); however, that one did not have the cotter-pin foot attachments and the case with a rimmed base (see linked gallery). This one is fairly early, February 1921. It was listed yesterday, auction-style, by Seller "rmghia", based in Pittsfield, MA, starting bid at $49.99. As of this gallery posting, it already has one bid. Based on a ball-park calculation, I expect Rem Portable #1s with the earliest set of features (1920-June 1921) to appear on eBay at a rate of one every 1-2 months on average. This is based on very limited data so far. It might be interesting to model this with a Poisson distribution.

Typeface Specimen:

Links:

• Gallery for #NS13180 (June 1921) first sighted on eBay on 7-12-26

Photos:

Front view, in case.

Type basket and carriage.

Right broadside view.

Booty.

Left broadside view.

Serial number. I messaged the seller to get this image, and they provided it in the reply; but so far, they have not added it to the eBay listing gallery.

eBay main listing page.

Hunter: Brian Decker (bkdecker66)

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My interest in typewriters started in 1997, when I was in graduate school at the University of Georgia. I purchased and read Darryl Rehr's book, joined ETC, and started reaching out to known collectors. I had several email interchanges with Richard Polt dating from that period. I also bought some of my first machines from Bob Aubert, and visited him at his home twice. After marriage and relocation to New England, I continued visiting antique shops and eBay, until other priorities put my typewriter hobby on hiatus around 2008.

In late 2024, I started up again, working on my machines and having some of them serviced professionally by New England Typewriter (NET) LLC (Merrimack, NH), until they closed their doors in December of 2025. Since mid-2025, I have been adding to my collection again, first with a Hermes 3000 purchase from NET, then with various auctions and purchases on eBay, when I find something that catches my eye.