Things I own not for their monetary value but their value to me.
1919 National Typewriter No. 3
4 thoughts on “1919 National #3 & Twilight Zone Magazine”
These aren’t great typewriters; I’m impressed that you can get yours to type a page. But your point about “force my focus in new ways” is good — every typewriter is different and creates a new kind of engagement for us.
TR’s price estimates were always more accurate than DR’s — you have to multiply those by about a factor of 4.
Man. I can see with your output on that machine that you really had to endure some pain-in-the-arse’edness. I’d heard that these machines basically turned to tinned poo as they aged, and I have to take my hat off to you for persisting.
That said…. $250? I guess a working machine isn’t necessarily worth the value of the usefulness of the item, but rather the collectable nature of it. A machine that is working like this implies that is still in fair condition.
These aren’t great typewriters; I’m impressed that you can get yours to type a page. But your point about “force my focus in new ways” is good — every typewriter is different and creates a new kind of engagement for us.
TR’s price estimates were always more accurate than DR’s — you have to multiply those by about a factor of 4.
Richard:
If one page impressed… check out page two!
Man. I can see with your output on that machine that you really had to endure some pain-in-the-arse’edness. I’d heard that these machines basically turned to tinned poo as they aged, and I have to take my hat off to you for persisting.
That said…. $250? I guess a working machine isn’t necessarily worth the value of the usefulness of the item, but rather the collectable nature of it. A machine that is working like this implies that is still in fair condition.
Scott:
It improved a great deal with use. And it looks great to me. I’m happy to own.