The decal on the cover was in great condition with cover-nuts present as well as original spools.
This may actually be a pre-pre-war machine; the serial number was I think 4-digits and that'd make it a pre-1914 specimen. (Serial number 6639 ? -should've taken a better picture.)
The drawband was disconnected (still present) and one keylever had been mistreated (bent?), but overall the machine looked complete and rustfree. The nickel should polish up fine, and the wide ribbon looked usable too.
Overall a decent machine with lots of potential to be a very fine ancient typewriter; at 45 Euro an entirely reasonable asking price too. (Left on their shelf :)
Overall a decent machine with lots of potential to be a very fine ancient typewriter; at 45 Euro an entirely reasonable asking price too. (Left on their shelf :)



In the US, this would have been an amazing find! Of course they're much more common in Europe. Still, I might have had trouble resisting the low price.
ReplyDeleteWell, at this price and in this condition not too common here either!
DeleteBut; these big Adlers don't appeal to me -plus : am simply out-of-shelfspace ;)