Hello Tony,

Thank you for such a great website. It is the same, I've attached a few pics.
Do you think it compares well?

Thanks!
Jeff

From: TYPEWRITERS@yahoogroups.com [mailto:TYPEWRITERS@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf
Of mrtypewriter
Sent: Sunday, July 12, 2009 1:00 PM
To: TYPEWRITERS@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [TYPEWRITERS] Re: auction vs. eBay?





To the best of my knowledge there has never been a private auction for a Sholes
& Glidden on Ebay, therefore it may be a good time to sell one here. For the
Imperial Visible, if it's the one manufactured by the Visible Typewriter
Company, earlier this year one sold for $8,000. + on Ebay. One in comparable
condition sold in the Breker auction (also earlier the year) for a hammer price
of 3000 Euros ($4200). So, in this case, Ebay was clearly a better venue for the
seller.

Tony Casillo
www.typewritercollector.com

--- In TYPEWRITERS@yahoogroups.com<mailto:TYPEWRITERS%40yahoogroups.com>,
"Vanevenhoven, Jeff P" <vanevenj@...> wrote:
>
> Hello all,
>
> To save a very long story and make it short - I've got a typewriter collection
that I'm selling. I've committed to donating at least $10,000 to my school, and
because of the commitment I made, I'm looking to maximize the amount we can
realize. If you're interested in the long story, I'm glad to elaborate, but for
now I'm wondering what is the better path - Breker's (or another auction house),
or eBay? I will be selling some gems:
>
> S&G Perfected s/n A530 (1st year!)
> Visible Imperial
> World I (Caps only)
> Franklin
> Williams 4
> Demountable
>
> And a dozen or so more common items. These have been in glass cases for
decades, and overall are in really decent shape. I've been quite afraid to kick
the tires, simply because I don't want to damage anything. That brings about
another question - should I stick some paper in there and try to type on these?
>
> I understand that this group probably has most of the people who would
purchase these beauties on it - so I thought I would ask your collective
expertise - auction or eBay? If it makes a difference, I live near Milwaukee, WI
USA.
>
> I would like to thank Richard Polt publically for his endless patience to my
questions. I would also like to thank all of the other editors to ETCetera
(Darryl Rehr, Kevin McGowin, Chuck Dilts and Rich Cincotta, - I've read hundreds
of pages, subscribed to the journal and downloaded the first 49 editions!
>
> Well, what do you think?
>
> Best regards,
> Jeff Vanevenhoven
>
>
>
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