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Hello,

I found this bird cage stand a few months ago and noticed it made an excellent floor crane for my Edison home. I am more than happy to deliver it to you at the Wayne show on saturday or sunday, within a reasonable distance of central New Jersey, or just pick it up at my house! This would look pretty good with an early machine that has a massive horn. Heck, I think it looks pretty ok with my edison home. Open to trades for parts, etc. First to mark SOLD gets it!

Thanks for looking!

A good deal on a good stand, congratulations to the future buyer whoever that may be. Also, nice Oliver No. 9 on the bookshelf. I have one of those someplace. That's probably one of the more eye-catching early typewriter models and still fairly accessible if you collect.

SOLD. I’ll email you with payment/pickup details. Thanks.

Raphael

Raphael wrote: Sun Mar 05, 2023 8:18 pm SOLD. I’ll email you with payment/pickup details. Thanks.

Raphael

Thanks Raphael! SOLD

VanEpsFan1914 wrote: Sun Mar 05, 2023 7:11 pm A good deal on a good stand, congratulations to the future buyer whoever that may be. Also, nice Oliver No. 9 on the bookshelf. I have one of those someplace. That's probably one of the more eye-catching early typewriter models and still fairly accessible if you collect.

Yeah, I really do love that oliver, works great. I got it for $40 a few years ago but had to drive to long island to pick it up!

Ben the phono man wrote: Mon Mar 06, 2023 11:48 am

VanEpsFan1914 wrote: Sun Mar 05, 2023 7:11 pm A good deal on a good stand, congratulations to the future buyer whoever that may be. Also, nice Oliver No. 9 on the bookshelf. I have one of those someplace. That's probably one of the more eye-catching early typewriter models and still fairly accessible if you collect.

Yeah, I really do love that oliver, works great. I got it for $40 a few years ago but had to drive to long island to pick it up!

That was a really good deal; they aren't getting any cheaper. I think I paid $120 for mine, which came with the spool covers but was missing the thumbscrew for the pencil holder. It's supposed to have a pencil holder that swings down from the right-hand type tower, and that works as a sort of graph plotter function if you push the carriage left and right, and turn the platen to make vertical lines. Still easier to use than Microsoft Excel.

If there's one problem with the Oliver, it is that the design produces tremendous downward force--but the platen rubber they used on them is about like a pencil eraser. It shreds over time. I think I'm going to have to have new rollers made for my own Oliver if I'm actually going to use it. That, and they're kind of fragile considering all the works are on the outside & the frame is a rather brittle cast-iron pan. But they are definitely beautiful with their green paint and bright nickel. I also love the "Printype" font found on many Olivers after 1912--a good approximation of the lettering from a Victorian printing press. Still not the fastest little typewriters in the world but I think every collector should at least try one out.