tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3195869989354907758.post2808417108372774195..comments2024-03-01T15:21:50.710-08:00Comments on Davis Typewriter Works: The ABC in Detail - 3Will Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04371377137844175320noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3195869989354907758.post-12221204600910488952011-11-02T05:28:33.606-07:002011-11-02T05:28:33.606-07:00Hello Everybody,
I live in Berlin and yesterday I ...Hello Everybody,<br />I live in Berlin and yesterday I bought by chance an abc-machine at the corner from a junk-dealer.<br />It is olivegreen in an green plastic case and it works perfectly. Unfortunately I can't find a serial number. Could you help me to find out if it is something special? Then I would sell it, I just need one machine for my Kids to play, in that case I would find another....<br />Thank You,<br />P.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3195869989354907758.post-15308746372134595572011-02-01T13:51:03.297-08:002011-02-01T13:51:03.297-08:00Hello again Will,
Thanks for the detailed respons...Hello again Will,<br /><br />Thanks for the detailed response. I agree that if you wait till all the information becomes available, nothing will ever be published! I'm grateful for the clarification that whenever you use "known" in your articles, you mean listed in your database, with serial number information.<br /><br />As for the price of the pink Cole Steel, I guess "...!!!" says everything we're all thinking! And to think it has been sold! Ah, well. <br /><br />Thanks as always for the nice comments about the blog :)Adwoahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00457285629002149759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3195869989354907758.post-72309645408337295182011-02-01T04:56:13.550-08:002011-02-01T04:56:13.550-08:00Hello Adwoa! Nice to hear from you again. The lo...Hello Adwoa! Nice to hear from you again. The lowercase logo is coming very soon to the article series and you'll get to see a lot of it - and on more machines than you might realize!<br /><br />Getting to your inquiries about the pink machine and the data on hand... we do have quite a number of machines that are known to have been sold online in the database, but only where the serial numbers are also known; for this type of project, the serial number is essential to delineate changes and help with dates. Of course the machine you mention would be the third pink machine KNOWN to exist overall, but it isn't in the database.<br /><br />I've tried to be clear when making statements about what's in the database being just that; this is from experience gained writing many articles in this field where, as soon as the ink is dry, so to speak, more machines pop up to contradict data. This is why I'm saying things like "two pink machines in the database" instead of "two pink machines in the world."<br /><br />A project like this always has outlier data points and naturally immediately after it's published, other data comes in that might either help it or contradict it. The problem is that if you wait forever until you have all the possible data ever in history the project never gets published! So at some point you have to go to press with what you have and wait to see what comes up. For many years, the original article I did on the Cole-Steel on my site was adequate until these wonderful looking machines really started to get a major following; that is partly why this new project exists. So after having asked for a worldwide survey of known machines, with serial numbers and certain features, Thomas and I looked at the data, and exchanged many e-mails last year until we had a clear understanding of the whole progression of the product line and manufacturing and design changes. A brief time for any further reflection was allowed by the busy holiday time, and now we are going to press!<br /><br />For whatever it's worth, I don't look at that shop which you mentioned and didn't see that Cole-Steel. What a price.... !!!<br /><br />At one point I will be placing a link to your blog in this article series, Adwoa, since your blog is one of the few great places on the internet where one can also see ABC machines! We all enjoy your blog very much around here.Will Davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04371377137844175320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3195869989354907758.post-2764181535184716562011-01-31T22:42:26.535-08:002011-01-31T22:42:26.535-08:00Hi, Will! I'm eagerly awaiting the appearance ...Hi, Will! I'm eagerly awaiting the appearance of the lowercase abc logo, which was minimalist and yet elegant. <br /><br />My favorite color has to be the two-tone beige and light blue; it's very pretty. I noticed the red triangle on mine too, and didn't know what it was for! I'm still not sure how to use it despite the explanation in German :(<br /><br />Anyway - one question about your research procedure: do you count among "known" models the typewriters which are sold online by various sellers? Because I would think that no matter where they end up (i.e. not necessarily with an established collector), they are still somewhat "known". Although I suppose it would be a lot of work to keep track of all the typewriter listings around the world. I mention this because there was a pink typewriter sold on an online shop a couple months ago: http://www.vintagetypewritershoppe.com/catalog/item/3807439/5283481.htm<br /><br />So I was curious to know if this would count as the third known pink ABC, or not count at all.Adwoahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00457285629002149759noreply@blogger.com