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Garden City, NY

Personal Website: typewritercollector.com

My first experience with an antique typewriter took place in the late 1970s. While employed as a repairman for a typewriter company in New York City, I noticed an oMy first experience with an antique typewriter took place in the late 1970s. While employed as a repairman for a typewriter company in New York City, I noticed an old, dusty, Oliver typewriter, sitting on a shelf, just waiting for me to claim it. This was, without a doubt, the strangest typewriter I had ever seen and after carefully packaging the machine and carrying it on the NYC subway system, my Oliver had found a home. I quickly discovered there wasn't much information available on the subject, not to mention finding others who were interested in these machines. A Blickensderfer soon followed and I was hooked. A collector was born! It's now over thirty years later and the Great Typewriter Hunt continues... (Read more)

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