1957 Underwood SX #11-7984263
Status: My Collection
Hunter: Mark Rice (TypewriterNoob)
Created: 04-16-2022 at 07:50PM
Last Edit: 04-16-2022 at 07:52PM
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Purchased from a local thrift store in Baraboo Wisconsin in October 2021 for only $20. Overall condition was very good. Some slow keys, carriage returned fine. Light brown crinkle coat paint was lightly soiled and only a few minor scratch/wear locations. After a little cleaning this is one of my best typing machines. The advertisements back in the day claimed "World's lightest standard touch" and "Tests prove she'll type with up to 26% less effort". I don't know how they measured that, but who am I to disagree. As far as I can tell their claims were completely accurate!
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Hunter: Mark Rice (TypewriterNoob)
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I'm over 60 now, but bought my first typewriter (a 1920's Underwood) when I was a teenager for $5.00. Unfortunately, I sold it 15 years later for $5.00 because I thought it was a useless, outdated boat anchor. Fast forward 35 years and I bought a Smith Corona Tabulator at a garage sale for $5.00 to show my grandchildren what a manual typewriter is and how it works. A couple years later, I bought an Oliver No. 9 at an antique store for $54 because of its interesting design. Within a month, I had spent over $1,000 and bought 16 more typewriters from a 1905 Remington No. 6 upstrike to an electric Olivetti Praxis 48.
I'm pretty handy, so my plan is to clean and repair them. I'll keep some for my private collection and sell others to support my new typewriter addiction.
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