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1887 Crandall New Model (Serial Number 4937)....

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"The Writing Machine of the Period"

1887 Crandall New Model (Serial Number 4937). 12 1/2" (L) x 14" (W) x 7 1/2" (H); on a wooden platform 13" x 14 1/2" x 3/4". Black ribbon. Normal wear from use.

The Crandall Typewriter, named for its inventor Lucien S. Crandall, is among the most beautiful in The Collection. It's exquisite decorations include mother-of-pearl inlay, hand-painted floral arrangements, and gold leaf. Although the only typewriter without a famous-person provenance in The Collection, it is included because of its significance: Upon patenting the so-called "type-sleeve" machine in 1879 and bringing it to market shortly after, the Crandall Machine Company of Groton, N.Y., claimed it made a "strictly first-class two-handed Typewriter, inferior to none in utility, range of work, speed, and convenience." It cited among the machine's myriad benefits: The user could always see what they were typing - a first! - and its ability to type in eight styles in English. It was also affordable; one could purchase the typewriter for $50 less than its $100 competitors. It was, Crandall boasted, "The Writing Machine of the Period."

Provenance: From The Soboroff Typewriter Collection

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2023 December 15 Historical Platinum Session Signature® Auction #6280 (go to Auction Home page)
Auction Dates
December, 2023
15th Friday
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