1924 Remington Portable #NC43214
Status: Sightings
Hunter: Brian Decker (bkdecker66)
Created: 09-21-2026 at 04:03PM
Last Edit: 09-21-2026 at 06:24PM
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Description:
2026-SEP-21, Gallery Creation. I am back to documenting a new listing of a Remington portable (1st generation) on eBay with its serial number provided: NC43214 is October 1924. This is a garden-variety late example of the 1st generation 4-bank portable by Remington. The seller, "Vintage Beyond", claims to know nothing about typewriters, and does not extend the typebars in the video provided to show machine operation. The machine was listed just yesterday, auction-style, with a low starting bid. The machine looks to be in decent condition.
One notable observation might be the foundry marks, which indicate Elite typeface. I am starting to get the impression that more Elite machines than Pica were produced for this model later in the series run. I have not compiled any statistics to verify that, as yet.
Another item of interest, perhaps, is the ephemera behind the image of the case key. It appears to be a newspaper article of an interview with Paul Lippman. Unfortunately, only part of the article is visible, but in that part, Paul lists some of the name-variants of the Chicago typewriter ("Yale", "Draper", "Cleveland"), and also some of the name-variants of the Pittsburg Visible ("Schilling ", "Wall-street", "Broadway").
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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.
RESEARCH NOTE: When researching the Remington Portable on a computer with lots of screen real estate, you may find that launching the Remington Serial Number page and the Remington Portable By Model/Year/Serial page in new browser windows can give you interesting perspectives on changes throughout the model series.
