Share your favorites on Show & Tell

Hermann Osterland Printers Cabinet

In Office > Printing Equipment > Show & Tell and Furniture > Cabinets > Show & Tell.
Printing Equipment159 of 1881950s Printers Blocks from NH NewspaperPolhemus? HAMILTON MFG. CO. Typeset desk top?
13
Love it
3
Like it

ttomtuckerttomtucker loves this.
Collectables59Collectables59 loves this.
AnikAnik loves this.
pw-collectorpw-collector likes this.
RadegunderRadegunder loves this.
AimathenaAimathena loves this.
mrmajestic1mrmajestic1 loves this.
mikielikesigns2mikielikesigns2 loves this.
packrat-placepackrat-place loves this.
flyrod16flyrod16 loves this.
vetraio50vetraio50 loves this.
vintagemadvintagemad loves this.
austrohungaroaustrohungaro likes this.
Purpleisafruit6Purpleisafruit6 loves this.
ThriftStoreAddictThriftStoreAddict likes this.
officialfuelofficialfuel loves this.
See 14 more
Add to collection

    Please create an account, or Log in here

    If you don't have an account, create one here.


    Create a Show & TellReport as inappropriate


    Posted 13 years ago

    typography…
    (1 item)

    Hi,

    Picked this unit up at a Floh Markt here in Germany. I'm Scottish and have a great passion for typography but what I'd like to know is if anyone has any information on this type of unit ie what it's potentially worth, age, wood and lettering materials - I know some are wood but some others are darker colour and heavy.

    It has 40 drawers all full of typesets - mainly Swiss - Helvetica, Grotesk, Fanfare and some retro looking types.

    Top left marking is a stamp that says Linder.

    Top center plaque has the name Hermann Osterland on it.

    Look forward to any comments.

    Unsolved Mystery

    Help us close this case. Add your knowledge below.

    logo
    Printing Equipment
    See all
    Vintage Variety Of Metal letterpress type. Letters Bold, Gift Box
    Vintage Variety Of Metal letterpres...
    $50
    Vintage Lg Ludlow WOODEN PRINTERS DRAWER LETTERPRESS TYPE SET TRAY 29x25
    Vintage Lg Ludlow WOODEN PRINTERS D...
    $43
    Variety Of Italics Metal Letterpress type. Letters, Numbers, Punctuation.
    Variety Of Italics Metal Letterpres...
    $50
    Vintage Small Letterpress Printing Block Monogram Initial Letter M Ornate Floral
    Vintage Small Letterpress Printing ...
    $10
    logo
    Vintage Variety Of Metal letterpress type. Letters Bold, Gift Box
    Vintage Variety Of Metal letterpres...
    $50
    See all

    Comments

    1. typographylover typographylover, 13 years ago
      Just want to correct a detail. The name stamped on the top left is Lindner and not Linder.
    2. flyrod16, 13 years ago
      There' s guy in Toronto named Don Black that sells font sets and drawers of wood type for hundreds of dollars each, some as much as $550/drawer.
      If all those drawers are full, you're sitting on a gold mine.

      http://www.donblack.ca/fast2.asp?keyword=Wood%20Type

    Want to post a comment?

    Create an account or login in order to post a comment.