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   Anonymous on September 12, 2012 at 2:06 am

   ?!

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   Richard P on September 12, 2012 at 2:08 am

   You need an interrobang.

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   Mark on September 12, 2012 at 2:33 am

   Well done sir! Stunning machine! The typewriter I inquired about yesterday (it will appear on my blog after I clean it up a little, a daunting task) was offered to me for the $10 originally paid for it by the family. Looks like a good day for typewriters…

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   an *sshole with a typewriter. on September 12, 2012 at 2:42 am

   Craigslist has been kind to me lately as well, not that kind though.

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   notagain on September 12, 2012 at 2:51 am

   That is a sweet buy! My craigslist had a facit tp-2 in the place I happened to be and they stopped responding before I got there so it must be gone.

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6. 

   Dwayne F. on September 12, 2012 at 3:13 am

   Sweetness!

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   L Casey on September 12, 2012 at 3:17 am

   Can't beat that price! I will have a very similar find to post this coming weekend.

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   A.R.M.S. on September 12, 2012 at 5:03 am

   Wow, what a score! Nice find, Richard! I haven't had much luck on Craigslist with typers; ebay seems to be more my forte.

   Congratulations!

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   Ryan Adney on September 12, 2012 at 11:37 am

   What a find! Good job.

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10. 

    Ton S. on September 12, 2012 at 1:36 pm

    Yay, congratulations!

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11. 

    Ted on September 12, 2012 at 3:12 pm

    Excellent deal! Those Remmie 5's are beautiful! (:

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12. 

    mpclemens on September 12, 2012 at 11:27 pm

    Jealous! I love the styling of these machines with the round tops. Just lovely.

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13. 

    Bill M on September 13, 2012 at 12:35 am

    Congratulations! Fine looking machine.

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    rn on September 13, 2012 at 5:46 pm

    Interrobang indeed.

    Same machine, different deal: On Craigslist in NYC, I picked up an almost-mint Rem 5, it its case (with a working lock and two keys), for $50.

    If you're canny, NYC CL can be a reasonable typewriter resource. In the past year, I've scored a Groma Kolibri ($50), an early-30s Royal P-series 2nd design portable with the male/female symbols instead of fractions ($40), a 1918 Underwood 5 with some Spanish characters, (also $40), a German-keyboard 1914 Corona 3 in its case (again $40), and, my current fave, a 1937 Patria with a Czech keyboard (a lush $90).

    Not exactly 'Oh Yeah' territory … but machines I enjoy.

    Rob

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