BEAUTIFULLY DECORATED RARE ANTIQUE FOX 23 TYPEWRITER SER 30436 MADE IN 1908
Item History & Price
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THIS IS A VERY NICE FOX #23 1908 VINTAGE TYPEWRITER. IT'S DECALS ARE REMARKABLY NICE FOR A TYPEWRITER THAT IS 111 YEARS OLD. IT IS A PICA TYPE AND IT HAS TWO DIFFERENT LENGTHS OF TYPEBARS AS CAN BE SEEN IN THE PICTURE OF THE TYPE BASKET. THE MACHINE IS FREE OF ANY MECHANICAL DAMAGE AND ALL OF THE KEYS AND FEATURES ARE WORKING.
I PURCHASED THIS TYPEWRITER IN THE FALL 0F 1986 JUST OUTSIDE OF TULSA, OKLAHOMA. I HAD ARRIVED IN THE AREA FOR A FUNERAL AND HAD A DAY... BEFORE A FAMILY GATHERING IN PAWHUSKA, OKLA. WITH A RENTAL CAR I STARTED HITTING ALL OF THE FLEA MARKETS AND ANTIQUE SHOPS THAT I COULD FIND. IN A VERY OLD RED COW BARN, WITH AN ANTIQUE SIGN HANGING ON THE FRONT LOFT DOOR, I WAS DIRECTED TO A RECENTLY CLEANED MILKING STALL WHERE I FOUND MORE TYPEWRITERS THAN I COULD COUNT. THE ONLY ONE I DID NOT RECOGNIZE WAS THE FOX. IT WAS IN IT'S TIN CARRYING CASE AND I FELT THAT I HAD JUST FOUND THE ONLY ONE LEFT IN THE WORLD. ON THE PLANE TRIP BACK TO ALBUQUERQUE I HAD TO CARRY THE MACHINE ON MY LAP SO IT WOULD NOT GET DAMAGED IN THE LUGGAGE COMPARTMENT. BACK THEN YOU COULD DO THAT, BUT NOT ANY MORE. EVERY PERSON THAT PASSED MY ISLE SEAT ASK ME TO SHOW IT TO THEM, INCLUDING ALL OF THE FLIGHT CREW AND PILOTS. NEEDLESS TO SAY, IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN ONE OF MY FAVORITES. IT HAS BEEN ON DISPLAY IN MY PERSONAL MUSEUM UNTIL I CLOSED IT A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO. NOW IT IS TIME FOR SOMEONE ELSE TO ENJOY IT.
THE MACHINE WILL BE SHIPPED, UPS, IN A DOUBLE WALLED BOX MEASURING 21X21X21 INCHES AND WEIGHING 38 POUNDS, FROM ZIP CODE 87110.
I ADDED MORE PUICTURES TO SHOW THE PAPER HOLDERS THAT WERE NOT IN THE FIRST PICTURES. ALSO, ADDED IS A TYPE SAMPLE AND PICTURES FO THE MACHINE CARRY CASE LID.
I PURCHASED THIS TYPEWRITER IN THE FALL 0F 1986 JUST OUTSIDE OF TULSA, OKLAHOMA. I HAD ARRIVED IN THE AREA FOR A FUNERAL AND HAD A DAY... BEFORE A FAMILY GATHERING IN PAWHUSKA, OKLA. WITH A RENTAL CAR I STARTED HITTING ALL OF THE FLEA MARKETS AND ANTIQUE SHOPS THAT I COULD FIND. IN A VERY OLD RED COW BARN, WITH AN ANTIQUE SIGN HANGING ON THE FRONT LOFT DOOR, I WAS DIRECTED TO A RECENTLY CLEANED MILKING STALL WHERE I FOUND MORE TYPEWRITERS THAN I COULD COUNT. THE ONLY ONE I DID NOT RECOGNIZE WAS THE FOX. IT WAS IN IT'S TIN CARRYING CASE AND I FELT THAT I HAD JUST FOUND THE ONLY ONE LEFT IN THE WORLD. ON THE PLANE TRIP BACK TO ALBUQUERQUE I HAD TO CARRY THE MACHINE ON MY LAP SO IT WOULD NOT GET DAMAGED IN THE LUGGAGE COMPARTMENT. BACK THEN YOU COULD DO THAT, BUT NOT ANY MORE. EVERY PERSON THAT PASSED MY ISLE SEAT ASK ME TO SHOW IT TO THEM, INCLUDING ALL OF THE FLIGHT CREW AND PILOTS. NEEDLESS TO SAY, IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN ONE OF MY FAVORITES. IT HAS BEEN ON DISPLAY IN MY PERSONAL MUSEUM UNTIL I CLOSED IT A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO. NOW IT IS TIME FOR SOMEONE ELSE TO ENJOY IT.
THE MACHINE WILL BE SHIPPED, UPS, IN A DOUBLE WALLED BOX MEASURING 21X21X21 INCHES AND WEIGHING 38 POUNDS, FROM ZIP CODE 87110.
I ADDED MORE PUICTURES TO SHOW THE PAPER HOLDERS THAT WERE NOT IN THE FIRST PICTURES. ALSO, ADDED IS A TYPE SAMPLE AND PICTURES FO THE MACHINE CARRY CASE LID.
