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Article: Demise of typewriter piques collectors' search for rare models; CURRENT PRICES Current prices are recorded from antiques shows, flea markets, sales and auctions throughout the United States. Prices vary in different locations because of varying local economic conditions. "Bettina's Best Desserts" cookbook: 194 pages, 1923: $25. James Bond figure: "Moonraker," original box, 1979, 121 2 inches: $170. Fostoria punch bowl and cups: American pattern, 14 pieces: $295. Shakudo fan brooch: gilt overlay design, copper background, circa 1880: $320. Glass candy container: Santa Claus, fur beard, black wicker basket on back with feather tree, 1920s, 12 inches: $595. Chippendale tip table: pie-crust edge, mahogany, floral carved standard, three cabriole legs, 301 4 inches: $770. Sampler: flowers above verse, Margaret A. Reed, 1835, silk on linen, 243 4 x 163 4 inches: $805. Pontiac pedal car: yellow with maroon wheel arches, Steelcraft, 1935, 36 inches: $1,725. Galle vase: water lilies, lily pads, gray, pink, chocolate brown overlay, circa 1900, 7 inches: $2,580. Simon & Halbig doll: 719, two faces with one crying and one smiling, original dress, 13 inches: $4,200. Cambridge glass toothpick: inverted feather, circa 1910: $30. The Boy Scouts Yearbook: 1916, hardcover, edited by W. McGuire and F. Mathews, 269 pages: $40. Partridge Family Susan Dey paper doll: Saalfield, 1972, uncut: $55. "Hotel St. Francis Cookbook": 432 pages, 1919: $100. Celluloid rattle: man in the moon, winking: $160. Advertising counter-top cigar cutter: Vermero Cigar Mfrs., York, Pa: $195. Figurine: three Snow Babies on sled, Germany, circa 1910, 3 inches: $225. Silver-plated bowl and pitcher set: Victorian, marked "Simpson Hall Miller Co.," 16 inches: $525. Bathing suit: tunic, belt, cotton, plaid red, navy and green, fastening at shoulders, 1950s, Claire McCardell, size medium: $1,955. Bueche Girod watch: elongated, 18-karat yellow gold case, black roman numerals and hands, circa 1960s: $3,800.
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- December 29, 1996
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With typewriters virtually replaced by computers now, some
collectors are now searching for old and rare examples that explain
the history and evolution of the typewriter.
The first successful production typewriter in the world was made
in 1874 by E. Remington & Sons Co. of Ilion, N.Y. By that time more
than 100 other writing machines had been invented; most were
patented and a few were sold in small numbers.
Christopher Latham Sholes, Carlos Glidden and Samuel Soule created
the first practical machine in the 1860s in Milwaukee. Sholes, a
former editor of the Milwaukee Sentinel, patented the machine in
1868. After several improved models were made, the machine was
taken to Remington, a ...
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