Buying GuidesBuying Typewriters at Auction: A Bidder's Practical GuideAuctions move typewriters that estate sales and shops do not — rare variants, large lots, machines with no reserve. They also move them fast, with no return right and a buyer's premium that can add twenty-five percent. Here is how to bid without overpaying.Tag
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Buying GuidesBuying Typewriters at Auction: A Bidder's Practical GuideAuctions move typewriters that estate sales and shops do not — rare variants, large lots, machines with no reserve. They also move them fast, with no return right and a buyer's premium that can add twenty-five percent. Here is how to bid without overpaying.
Community NewsReading an Estate Sale for Typewriters Before Anyone Else DoesEstate sales still surface the best machines at the best prices, but only if you know how to read the listing before the sale opens. Here are the signals that separate a productive drive from a wasted morning.
Parts & AccessoriesChoosing a Ribbon: Cotton, Nylon, Silk, and What Each One Costs YouThe label just says 'universal typewriter ribbon'. In practice, the material — cotton, nylon, silk — changes the impression, the lifespan, and whether you can re-ink at home.
Buying GuidesIn-Person Inspection: The Ten-Minute Checklist That Prevents RegretThe seller is watching. The other customers are watching. You have ten minutes with a machine you may take home. Here is a routine that fits those constraints and misses nothing that would kill the deal at home.
Buying GuidesSpotting Fake Glass Keys and Restored-Not-Original TypewritersA repainted machine with reproduction glass keys is not, in the collector's sense, the same object as an original. Neither seller nor market always makes the distinction. Here is how to make it yourself.