I'm slowly closing in on a completist collection of Royal standard typewriters.
Here's most of my collection so far. Only a few major must haves left, but also still a few to finish refurbishing. Seven are fully refurbished, though two still need some small tweaks; all type but two need some reasonable work, and the rest need a full clean/oil/adjust.
From bottom to top, left to right: 1935 H (with 5 key decimal tabulator), 1935 KH, 1936 KHM; 1945 KMM, 1946 KMM-18 (with a 10-key decimal tabulator), 1950 KMG-P; 1950 KMG-E, 1955 HHE, 1954 HHS (pica double gothic); 1957 FPP (cameo pink smooth), 1961 FPE (sandstone), 1959 FPP (sea blue smooth); 1960 FPE (light green smooth), 1961 FPS-18 (clarion double gothic, pearl light gray smooth).
Anyone with a nice Royal 10, please inquire within.
Two new additions to the Royal FP collection this year give me most of the major colors. Anyone want to join me for a type in?
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1971 was a year of change. It brought out boxier typewriter designs like the dense plastic body shells of this French manufactured Hermes 3000 and a very similar, but rarer Sears Newport, which was manufactured by Messa in Portugal.
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We took the Rivian to Carmax and got a super low offer. After some research I stumbled on BidBus.com and took a chance on selling via their auction platform. It was a phenomenal experience. I uploaded photos and information about the car, they had it in an auction two days later, and it sold for nearly four grand more than Carmax’s offer. 👍🏻
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Finally unloaded our Rivian. We bought a BMW iX instead a few months ago and have been waiting for the Rivian to be repaired as it was in an accident. It took fully three months because it’s a PITA to source parts from Rivian. Happy to be rid of it!
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Purchased from from Jan M. Macho in Pasadena, CA. This was the personal typewriter of his father John J. Macho, Sr., an émigré from Czechoslovakia who was in regional sales for Paillard in America and sold millions of Hermes typewriters.
Jan Macho, Sr.'s grandson Chris Macho eulogized his grandfather on Instagram:
This is a Hermes 3000. My grandfather, Jan Macho, "Deda" to me, made a living and a small fortune as an exec at Hermes Typewriter Co., and he sold a million of these. I admit, I don't think of him as often as I should, and it takes hints like these in the wild to remind me of him. Fuck me, he was just so legendarily amazing, kind, generous, and plain THE SHIT in how he carried himself (and now I'm tearing up as I write this). I mentioned him and the Hermes thing to the people at this place here and they gave me a beer. So here he is, still hooking me up from the other side. Love you, miss you Deda.
Generally his typewriter is in solid condition aside from some cosmetic issues in the rear body plastic possibly due to heat exposure. It'll need a full C/O/A and some new rubber, but will be resurrected to be a spectacular little portable typewriter for a few more generations.
I was so enamored of the provenance of the typewriter that I barely managed to get through a preliminary check of the functionality before buying. I completely didn't even notice the Epoca typeface until I got it home. Somehow I've always been the bridesmaid when it comes to Hermes machines, but it seems I've jumped right over the bride title straight to princess.
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"text": "Purchased from from Jan M. Macho in Pasadena, CA. This was the personal typewriter of his father John J. Macho, Sr., an \u00e9migr\u00e9 from Czechoslovakia who was in regional sales for Paillard in America and sold millions of Hermes typewriters.\u00a0\n\nJan Macho, Sr.'s grandson Chris Macho eulogized his grandfather on Instagram:\n\n\nThis is a Hermes 3000. My grandfather, Jan Macho, \"Deda\" to me, made a living and a small fortune as an exec at Hermes Typewriter Co., and he sold a million of these. I admit, I don't think of him as often as I should, and it takes hints like these in the wild to remind me of him. Fuck me, he was just so legendarily amazing, kind, generous, and plain THE SHIT in how he carried himself (and now I'm tearing up as I write this). I mentioned him and the Hermes thing to the people at this place here and they gave me a beer. So here he is, still hooking me up from the other side. Love you, miss you Deda.\n\n\n\n\nGenerally his typewriter is in solid condition aside from some cosmetic issues in the rear body plastic possibly due to heat exposure. It'll need a full C/O/A and some new rubber, but will be resurrected to be a spectacular little portable typewriter for a few more generations.\n\nI was so enamored of the provenance of the typewriter that I\u00a0 barely managed to get through a preliminary check of the functionality before buying. I completely didn't even notice the Epoca typeface until I got it home. Somehow I've always been the bridesmaid when it comes to Hermes machines, but it seems I've jumped right over the bride title straight to princess.\n\nResources\n\nHermes 3000 manual via Richard Polt.\u00a0\u00a0\n Hermes typefaces from the 1964 NOMDA Blue Book via Ted Munk\n The Hermes 3000 and Media 3 Typewriter Repair Bible",
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From bottom to top, left to right: 1935 H (with 5 key decimal tabulator), 1935 KH, 1936 KHM; 1945 KMM, 1946 KMM-18 (with a 10-key decimal tabulator), 1950 KMG-P; 1950 KMG-E, 1955 HHE, 1954 HHS (pica double gothic); 1957 FPP (cameo pink smooth), 1961 FPE (sandstone), 1959 FPP (sea blue smooth); 1960 FPE (light green smooth), 1961 FPS-18 (clarion double gothic, pearl light gray smooth).
Anyone with a nice Royal 10, please inquire within.
Two new additions to the Royal FP collection this year give me most of the major colors. Anyone want to join me for a type in?
Generally his typewriter is in solid condition aside from some cosmetic issues in the rear body plastic possibly due to heat exposure. It'll need a full C/O/A and some new rubber, but will be resurrected to be a spectacular little portable typewriter for a few more generations.
I was so enamored of the provenance of the typewriter that I barely managed to get through a preliminary check of the functionality before buying. I completely didn't even notice the Epoca typeface until I got it home. Somehow I've always been the bridesmaid when it comes to Hermes machines, but it seems I've jumped right over the bride title straight to princess.
