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While purging my house of unwanted junk I came across an old Olympia typewriter and was wondering if there's any collectors market for old typewriters? I know people collect all sorts of stuff so before I throw it away I want to be sure its not worth any money | ||
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Perhaps. If it is clean and good working order. You could always put it on Ebay. | |||
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| Little ray of sunshine  |
Yes. There is a market. You won't get rich, but they do sell. Look at eBay, and there are typewriter sites, too. As always, condition is everything. Tom Hanks is a collector of typewriters. The fish is mute, expressionless. The fish doesn't think because the fish knows everything. | |||
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Baroque Bloke |
By God – I have an old Olympia portable (with carry case) that I bought in 1956. Made in W. Germany, it’s a beautiful piece of junk. I doubt that it would bring enough to justify the hassle of selling it. Serious about crackers | |||
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Only the strong survive |
As people get older, their writing goes to hell and they can use a typewriter to fill out their checks to pay bills. I would list it on Craigslist. 41 | |||
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| Big Stack |
Who fills out paper checks and mails paper bills any more. It's more likely old people will figure out the internet and use on-line banking.
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blame canada |
I still have 2 office leases that require a paper check. 1 of my regular 7 bank clients still pays with a paper check every time. About 1/2 of my private clients pay with a paper check when told we don't accept credit cards. I myself have 1 regular personal bill that I can only pay with a paper check. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "The trouble with our Liberal friends...is not that they're ignorant, it's just that they know so much that isn't so." Ronald Reagan, 1964 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Arguing with some people is like playing chess with a pigeon. It doesn't matter how good I am at chess, the pigeon will just take a shit on the board, strut around knocking over all the pieces and act like it won.. and in some cases it will insult you at the same time." DevlDogs55, 2014  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ www.rikrlandvs.com | |||
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I donated an electronic typewriter that uses ink cartridges a while back but I won't get rid of my Olympia Deluxe.    | |||
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| Big Stack |
I have payees who need to get paper checks. I still pay them through the online bill pay. The bank sends them a check. If I get paper checks, I deposit them by scanning them in on my phone.
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| His diet consists of black coffee, and sarcasm.  |
I see typewriters from time to time in antique shops, typically in the $50-$75 range. No idea if they work or not. Can you find ribbons these days? Really old typewriters didn't have a key for the numerals 0 and 1 or exclamation point. To type a 0 or 1, you hit the capital O and the small l, respectively. For an exclamation point, you typed a period, backspaced and typed an apostrophe over it. | |||
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Happily Retired |
Old typewriters are cool. I've got several. This one is a 1964 Royal sitting down in my basement.  .....never marry a woman who is mean to your waitress. | |||
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| Dances With Tornados |
I would love love love to have an IBM Selectric II, but I don't know if there is any way to get them serviced and repaired nowadays, or if ribbon availability is a problem. . | |||
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| Only the strong survive |
How many you want??.................ebay 41 | |||
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I think my parents still have the old Selectric IBM typewriter I used to type out my book reports on. God I used a lot of White Out using that thing.... | |||
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IBM Selectrics are still used by businesses that require forms with multiple sheets/carbon paper in between. Keeps everything neat and legible. | |||
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If they're only selling for 50 bucks or so it's not worth my time trying to sell it. I was hoping maybe it would be worth a couple hundred bucks. | |||
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Optimistic Cynic |
My on-line bill payer bank (USAA) will post a paper check if the payee does not accept an ACH. I sent one of these to myself just to see what it looked like, and it resembles very closely something you'd tear out of a checkbook. I'd be surprised if other banks didn't do something similar. | |||
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| Little ray of sunshine |
Look them up on eBay. Many models sell for well over $50. Google for typewriter collector sites. This information is readily available - it won't take you five minutes to find it. There are '50s, '60s, and '70s Olympias on eBay ranging from $50 to $900. They seem clustered arounf $300 to $500 for good condition, working machines.This message has been edited. Last edited by: jhe888, The fish is mute, expressionless. The fish doesn't think because the fish knows everything. | |||
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Artists love reusing the old round style typewriter keys. This style might have value for that purpose. https://t3.ftcdn.net/jpg/00/00...M6H1TnGVFLacI25X.jpg --Tom The right of self preservation, in turn, was understood as the right to defend oneself against attacks by lawless individuals, or, if absolutely necessary, to resist and throw off a tyrannical government. | |||
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When the grid goes down rent it to the government for $1,000 a day. U.S. Army 11F4P Vietnam 69-70 NRA Life Member | |||
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