Antique Typewriters
&
Office
Related Antiques
We can help you sell Antique
Typewriters, Antique Office Equipment and Related Antiques!!
We are active antique dealers in early and unusual
antique typewriters and other early 
office
related antiques.
We deal in many different office antiques and collectibles from near the turn of the last century
in addition to antique typewriters.
Vintage office antiques such as early antique staplers, mechanical pencil sharpeners,
antique check protectors,
antique calculators, vintage slide
rules and more are now considered quite collectible and are of interest.
I have provided addition specific information on some of
these other categories of office antiques on other
pages at this site and have attempted to lay out the criteria or
guidelines for the age or vintage and condition of the types of things we
deal in and can help you sell..
Please contact us at LCM@AntiqBuyer.com
if you have EARLY PRE 1900 office related antiques that are for sale providing us with as
many details as possible.
In general, with collectible typewriters
and other office collectibles the earlier
the bette
r
and the more unusual the better. The condition of these antiques is
critical to their value as well.
There are few typewriters or any other office antique that
date from later than the 1930's that are considered desirable or command
good prices. Underwood,
Corona, Remington, Oliver and many other later typewriters from the 1930's and
later unless they are the first model of that typewriter do not sell for
much, and most collectors show little interest in them. .
Antique typewriters and early office machines
that have a different appearance from the norm are usually of interest an
d if you will look at the
pictures that I have provided here you will get a sense of what I mean.
These features would include unusual indexing devices instead
of standard keyboards (like the machine to the right),
or keyboards that do
not spell out QWERTY as the first six keys on the top left side of the
keyboard.
Typewriters
that have double keyboards (one each for upper and lower case) or curved keyboards,
or keys that are made of wood, or antique typewriters that have
keys that strike the paper from below or behind are desirable and collectible. In other words old typewriters that have different features from those that you see on most
machines that you find at the thrift store or in most garages these days.
The picture at the top of the page on the left above is of a
vintage typewriter
called the New Franklin and is an 
example of an
antique typewriter that has
a curved keyboard. Another well known
machine that had this feature on its earlier models is the Hammond
typewriter.
The Hammond is a good example of the types of changes
that a typewriter could go through during its production period over the
years, and different models of it have different values.
The first model Hammond had a curved keyboard with wooden
keys that almost looked like small piano keys. This is the most
valuable and as expected hardest to find model. Later models
were offered with either curved or straight keyboards, and the keys
themselves developed into something very similar to those on most later machines
found today. The typewriter on the right is a #12 Hammond and is
considered a relatively common machine and can be found quite
easily. They also produced what is know as the Multi-Plex another
relatively common machine
Names of some other desirable curved keyboard
typewriters include the Polygraph, Imperial, Salter,
Columbia Bar Lock and Crandall to name just a few.
T
he next few pictures are of the style
typewriter known as index typewriter, or keyless machines. Many
of
the machines or typewriters that have this patented feature
instead of the typical keyboard are good collectibles and in demand. One of
the best known of this style of typewriter is the Odell which was first
patented in 1887. These came in several models numbers, each having subtle
differences from the first model. Again the first model is
considered the hardest to find. Their value can range from just a
couple hundred for well used beat up models to $1000.00 or more for nice
ones in their original box like the one above.
It should be noted that there are
other index typewriters that are very similar in appearance with different
names on them that were produced either under
license from the patent holder, or as with some models of calculators and
other office devices, as knockoffs or copies of the real thing that were
offered on the market in competition to the real version.
There is a
lot of room for further research and documentation to find out all the
history of many of the different typewriters. While the Odell
and the French Virotyp pictu
red above were based on a round design, other
typewriters with an indexing feature were straight like the Merritt
index typewriter. These typewriters were
very popular
as attested to by the number of machines that have survived today. It must
have been a combination of low cost and the notion that most people's
handwriting was so bad that they needed to spend the time fiddling
with one of these contraptions in order to have their thoughts understood
on the receiving end. I wonder how many words a minute were possible
with one of these.
Some other names of early patented typewriters that operate
in a similar mode and that I would be interested in buying are The
Hall, Champion, Peoples, Columbia, and Crown, to name just a few.
For more detailed information, and a
more complete history of the Typewriter, plus a look at an extensive
collection and some more views of nice examples of some other rare typewriters,
visit The
Virtual Typewriter Museum. It is one
of the best typewriter sites on the web. And if you are looking for
tips on restorations or a source for those worn decals and even more
typewriter information visit Paul Roberts website
The Typewriter Restoration Site.
If you have any antique typewriters or other office
related antiques similar to the examples
shown below that you want to sell, please contact us at
LCM@AntiqBuyer.com
with complete details and any written information that is on them.
Antique Typewriters & Office
Antiques Previously Sold
The typewriters
below are an
example of the
caliber, condition and quality of office antiques that I am primarily interested in.
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If you have similar quality office related antiques to those that you see
on this page that you want to sell, please contact us at
LCM@AntiqBuyer.com
providing me with as many details as possible. Thank you!!
To see examples of office related antiques
that I currently have for sale please go to our sister site
at www.Patented-Antiques.com.and
visit the numerous sale pages you will find there.
