Touring around in the Westy last week I saw a goodly number of typewriters for sale in thrift shops and antique malls. I bought the portable Royal Quiet Deluxe, and would have bought the Oliver and the Corona folder had their prices not been so high!
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Did you really pass up that Triumph? and the Oliver? If they were priced too high I could understand of course.
If I had the money, and the space it would be a different world here.. but the Triumph was $65, the Oliver $75. At $45 for the Royal it was a stretch but I splurged!
Sounds like a very nice trip. And that were some nice findings, I can’t believe you left a Corona 3 behind!
The person who owned it had it consigned in a shop out in the country where my guess is it will never sell for the ridiculous price of $600. It was certainly in fine shape and an amazing little piece of engineering.