This article appeared in the Australian Antique Trader Magazine issue of September-October 1986. It was kindly sent to me by Richard Amery in May 2008. (Sadly, the editor had run all the photos twice each, presumably by mistake.)
Author Ken Turner's value estimates are particularly interesting and, in most cases, would be fairly accurate today. Perhaps prices have dropped in the intervening 28 years and come back to where they were in 1986?
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Kenneth E. Turner (1928-) ran an antiques store called The Cobweb at 1361 Malvern Road, Malvern, Melbourne, and wrote several articles and books on collecting (but, apart from this article, no others on typewriters). Typewriters, nonetheless, sparked his passion for antiques and led to him opening his store in 1975. It no longer exists. A two-part article and photo of Turner which appeared in The Age in August 1980 can be seen here.
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Author Ken Turner's value estimates are particularly interesting and, in most cases, would be fairly accurate today. Perhaps prices have dropped in the intervening 28 years and come back to where they were in 1986?
