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My collection of typewriters and more
SOLD
Olivetti Valentine
Year 1971. I bought her as a small investment to resale. But I am using her at the same time. And the more I use her, the more I am having second thoughts about selling her...
Checked, clean and restored.
Year 1971. I bought her as a small investment to resale. But I am using her at the same time. And the more I use her, the more I am having second thoughts about selling her...
Checked, clean and restored.
FOR SALE!
Olivetti lettera 32 Japanese keys, FULLY WORKING but not cleaned yet!
SOLD
Smith Corona Clipper, Korean Keys. You can write in Hangul if you know Korean. She was really requested! Restored and cleaned.
SOLD
Maruzen 270 Japanese keys.
A nice machine and very easy to type, year 1975.
#maruzen #japanese #typewriter #maruzen270 #japanesekeytop #1975 #madeinjapan #macchineperscrivere #bianca #scrivereamacchina #nero #palstica #metallo
A nice machine and very easy to type, year 1975.
#maruzen #japanese #typewriter #maruzen270 #japanesekeytop #1975 #madeinjapan #macchineperscrivere #bianca #scrivereamacchina #nero #palstica #metallo
FOR SALE
Underwood Olivetti Studio 44.
The name Underwood and Olivetti come together because Olivetti in 1952 bought Underwood. This model is also from the same year. It's one of the double-named portable typewriter. It's a heavy duty purpose, like my Celestina down below. And she is also heavy but easier to move around.
The slogan used to say back in the day...Condition is pristine, and comes with the original case. Checked and cleaned by Luca Facchini.
Contact for purchase or further information, world wide shipping.
#Olivetti #Underwood #typewriter #Olivettistudio44 #studio44 #1952 #madeinbarcelona #macchineperscrivere #celeste #scrivereamacchina
The name Underwood and Olivetti come together because Olivetti in 1952 bought Underwood. This model is also from the same year. It's one of the double-named portable typewriter. It's a heavy duty purpose, like my Celestina down below. And she is also heavy but easier to move around.
The slogan used to say back in the day...Condition is pristine, and comes with the original case. Checked and cleaned by Luca Facchini.
Contact for purchase or further information, world wide shipping.
#Olivetti #Underwood #typewriter #Olivettistudio44 #studio44 #1952 #madeinbarcelona #macchineperscrivere #celeste #scrivereamacchina
SOLD
Olivetti Lettera 33 or Olivetti DL (De luxe), around the 70's. Very good conditions come with the silver and black original case, the case is showing signs of the wearing of time. Restored and cleaned.
Contact for purchase or further information, world wide shipping.
#Olivetti #Underwood #typewriter #Olivettilettera #lettera33 #letteradl #madeinbarcelona #macchineperscrivere #nero #scrivereamacchina #aluminium #plastic #ribbon #grey #red
Contact for purchase or further information, world wide shipping.
#Olivetti #Underwood #typewriter #Olivettilettera #lettera33 #letteradl #madeinbarcelona #macchineperscrivere #nero #scrivereamacchina #aluminium #plastic #ribbon #grey #red
Hermes Choco Mint
Originally called Hermes Baby. Around 1957.
After I saw this beautiful portable machine I
had the idea of taking out the old dark grey mat underneath the caps and after almost three years of thinking while using this beauty I decided to add a chocolate brown color for the new mat.
Because I call her "Choco Mint".
It's lovely to write with, the caps are definitely more comfy to my fingers than the older edition, my Starship. yes I have also an Hermes Rocket.
But both are super portable and very neat and well done designed typewriters.
Checked and cleaned.
Not for sale.
After I saw this beautiful portable machine I
had the idea of taking out the old dark grey mat underneath the caps and after almost three years of thinking while using this beauty I decided to add a chocolate brown color for the new mat.
Because I call her "Choco Mint".
It's lovely to write with, the caps are definitely more comfy to my fingers than the older edition, my Starship. yes I have also an Hermes Rocket.
But both are super portable and very neat and well done designed typewriters.
Checked and cleaned.
Not for sale.
Celestina
She is Celestina. The second typewriter I bought in 2020. An insuperable machinery. Heavy weight, she is indestructible and wonderful on the inside. I love the touch and the sound that my "Celestina" makes when used. Is definitely not portable, but in case of emergency it can be of a great use, like in case of self defence kind of situations. You know what I'm talking about...
Underwood Touch Master II around 1952, from the U.S. but not really, because Olivetti already bought the Underwood company in those years. For some models I guess they still kept the original name "Underwood" instead of Olivetti for a while.
I got closer to Underwood's thanks to Sean Connery, the way he was typing and writing, and the shape of his hand on the Touch Master Five, just love it. Finding Forrester it's a movie and a beauty for all senses. The typewriter is not the same model (I will buy the touch master 5 as well in time).
I loved that movie so much that I bought a similar typewriter.
Checked and cleaned.
Underwood Touch Master II around 1952, from the U.S. but not really, because Olivetti already bought the Underwood company in those years. For some models I guess they still kept the original name "Underwood" instead of Olivetti for a while.
I got closer to Underwood's thanks to Sean Connery, the way he was typing and writing, and the shape of his hand on the Touch Master Five, just love it. Finding Forrester it's a movie and a beauty for all senses. The typewriter is not the same model (I will buy the touch master 5 as well in time).
I loved that movie so much that I bought a similar typewriter.
Checked and cleaned.
Pantera
Royal Quiet De Luxe around 1948. "Pantera" is a New Yorker. I use my Pantera a lot, because I like the design. I like the font as well its compact in a way that suits me. I don't really know why, maybe the curves she has. I just enjoy her company very much, and I have always been attracted to panthers anyway.
Checked and cleaned.
Checked and cleaned.
Valentina
Olivetti Valentine - S
Around 1968. Made in Barcelona, Spain. My first typewriter ever!
To me she is Valentina and she is just gorgeous. When people see her they are always attracted to this lady in red. Originally I bought Valentina for sale. But she captured my heart. Now she is part of the family.
Her sound, her smell reminds me of an Italian office in the 70s..
The font is bigger than the second Valentine (older edition). but I still love it.
Checked and cleaned.
Around 1968. Made in Barcelona, Spain. My first typewriter ever!
To me she is Valentina and she is just gorgeous. When people see her they are always attracted to this lady in red. Originally I bought Valentina for sale. But she captured my heart. Now she is part of the family.
Her sound, her smell reminds me of an Italian office in the 70s..
The font is bigger than the second Valentine (older edition). but I still love it.
Checked and cleaned.
Lettera 32
Olivetti Lettera 32 around the 70's. Made in Ivrea, Italy. Finally! Smooth tiptoes like the typing sound. I love to take her out and write during a picnic. When I first bought Lettera she was covered with a lot of mold and dried grass inside! It's like it has been used during picnics even before. That fact surely influenced me in regards to taking her out for picnics.
Checked and cleaned.
Checked and cleaned.
Corona Sterling
Directly from the 30's. It's the oldest I have up to now. First time I saw this antique machinery in person, the first thing that came to my mind was, gosh this machine saw the war! The K keytop is missing a small pivot. So the "k" is not working yet, but I write in Italian instead of English and that is no problemo for me. And I'd like like to keep her as it is, maybe in time I will add that missing part but for now is great as it is!
About my Sterling I also like the rounded shaped keytops, the odor and the inside structure. On the other hand the color is awful but I will keep it. Because it is the "original" and because the labels are on top of "that" color, so no can do. Maybe in a Victorian wooden house between brown, green and other velvet colors it might get more interesting to look at, but until now I guess I have to manage as she is...
All of my typewriters have some "merit" that I like to keep, because I love to think that is part of who they are. This is perfection for me.
PS the interior smells like the lounge of one of my grandmother's oldest friend house.
Checked and cleaned.
About my Sterling I also like the rounded shaped keytops, the odor and the inside structure. On the other hand the color is awful but I will keep it. Because it is the "original" and because the labels are on top of "that" color, so no can do. Maybe in a Victorian wooden house between brown, green and other velvet colors it might get more interesting to look at, but until now I guess I have to manage as she is...
All of my typewriters have some "merit" that I like to keep, because I love to think that is part of who they are. This is perfection for me.
PS the interior smells like the lounge of one of my grandmother's oldest friend house.
Checked and cleaned.
Smith Corona Super Silent
A model from the 50s made in U.S..
I love her rounded body so much, its like those cars from America straight from the 40s and 50's. Those cars are so big, long and rounded.
Or those kitchen products from the same period, I don't know how to describe what I feel, maybe one day after I have been to America I'll increase my vocabulary in a way that I can express more.
Wonderful assembly and compact mechanics inside, meticulously designed with a lot of functions, I love the green keytops with a delicate light green inside for the letters. Great feeling when writing. The keys have a super smooth system when typing. I thought was super silent but she is not that silent at all!
Checked, restored and cleaned.
I love her rounded body so much, its like those cars from America straight from the 40s and 50's. Those cars are so big, long and rounded.
Or those kitchen products from the same period, I don't know how to describe what I feel, maybe one day after I have been to America I'll increase my vocabulary in a way that I can express more.
Wonderful assembly and compact mechanics inside, meticulously designed with a lot of functions, I love the green keytops with a delicate light green inside for the letters. Great feeling when writing. The keys have a super smooth system when typing. I thought was super silent but she is not that silent at all!
Checked, restored and cleaned.
Hermes Starship 2020 - Work in progress
Hermes Rocket 1950. Made in Switzerland, distributed in America by New York. The design it's a work in progress. But basically I am transforming the ex Hermes Rocket in a Space shuttle or better more advanced, in a Starship. Inspired by Nasa, Spacex for the colors and the name "Rocket".
I preferred the name "space-ship" because she is capable to bring you into the unknown, into space, in other realms and dimensions. Inside and outside yourself, just like writing. Just like my writings.
The funny part is that I accidentally melted some keys, but I managed to restore them after the disaster. I repainted the main body using titanium white, and the base as charcoal black, I left the original dark grey color and logos in the rear side. All like the Spacex Starship design, when they are going to be completed once it for all, maybe...
Restored and cleaned.
I preferred the name "space-ship" because she is capable to bring you into the unknown, into space, in other realms and dimensions. Inside and outside yourself, just like writing. Just like my writings.
The funny part is that I accidentally melted some keys, but I managed to restore them after the disaster. I repainted the main body using titanium white, and the base as charcoal black, I left the original dark grey color and logos in the rear side. All like the Spacex Starship design, when they are going to be completed once it for all, maybe...
Restored and cleaned.
Ford Cobra
A model from the classic Hotweels. 2005.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
L as Luca...
SESONIK Studio Auto 2 L-488 Light Meter
Now the game is on!
I found this great but rare light Meter in a shop online (Rare doesn't mean expensive). Before my purchase I had a look for the characteristics that this model has. I can measure both types of light: reflective and incident. I was looking for a great but simple light meter for years. I guess now is the right time because I finally got one. Using the camera to express myself with light is always a language that comes to me like we always knew each other. e and the light I mean. With a camera I am talking a specific language with the light. Especially with a digital camera. But with this light meter in hand I can translate what she is telling me in a better form. I am so glad that I allowed myself to have this light meter!
I found this great but rare light Meter in a shop online (Rare doesn't mean expensive). Before my purchase I had a look for the characteristics that this model has. I can measure both types of light: reflective and incident. I was looking for a great but simple light meter for years. I guess now is the right time because I finally got one. Using the camera to express myself with light is always a language that comes to me like we always knew each other. e and the light I mean. With a camera I am talking a specific language with the light. Especially with a digital camera. But with this light meter in hand I can translate what she is telling me in a better form. I am so glad that I allowed myself to have this light meter!
CANON CANONET - New design
I finally developed my four films (black and white, color) That I used on 2021 to test these cameras. Considering that I didn't use an exposimeter the result is pretty interesting! So now that I know they are usable, I decided to upgrade my favorita, the Canonet. Just yesterday night 10 of December 2023 around 2 am. I took my Posca and I expressed my love for this camera. Colorful even for black and white. I want my photography to continue being colorful. I was inspired by that and by the range of colors I have. I love the result!
Citizen Windsurfing D120
This story talks about a watch I really love and its period.
I was around 8 years old. My father bought me this watch as a present. In those years at least my town was crossing the Californiana rush as I call it. Just after the mighty 80s. It was the time of Postmodernism, Memphis design, Baywatch, Maui and Sons, light pink and turquoise colors, surf and big rubber watches.
I really love and miss those days too!
And I still remember that day in particular, the day we bought my watch. We went near the port, close to the shipyard. The Windsurf was sold in a boat shop with some accessories for modern sailors as well. My watch was there waiting for me. I remember it was expensive at that time too. My father bought me this instrument of time but he didn't give it to me straight away. He said: "I will give it to you on that day only." I think it was for my birthday or something. Anyway as told I waited. Every-single week on Friday I was going to my grandmother's house. And my watch was there in it's blue squared case. I remember I was allowed to look at it but cannot wear it because my that asshole made me make a deal. Yeah my father was an asshole at that time, but I forgave him, but I can still feel the bitterness.
Anyway I always loved this watch. And I travelled the world with it until a guy I know who stole it from me. Nothing I could do at that time, but I am still looking to find my real watch.
Since more than ten years I craved to posses it again. But it's a bit rare and a bit expensive. I couldn't effort it. Again for almost ten years I've looked around trying to find it. To even buy another one.
I know is still somewhere. Finally when I made my mind to buy a new (used) one the watch was there waiting for me. So all i had to do was just look imagine and wait for the best bargain I could. Finally I was able to find what I was looking for! Of course for me it's not the same, but I couldn't resist anymore. The Windsurfing D120 you see here is the one I bought from a kind gentleman from Rome as a present to myself, At a great price and in great conditions!
And now I have my watch again.
I was around 8 years old. My father bought me this watch as a present. In those years at least my town was crossing the Californiana rush as I call it. Just after the mighty 80s. It was the time of Postmodernism, Memphis design, Baywatch, Maui and Sons, light pink and turquoise colors, surf and big rubber watches.
I really love and miss those days too!
And I still remember that day in particular, the day we bought my watch. We went near the port, close to the shipyard. The Windsurf was sold in a boat shop with some accessories for modern sailors as well. My watch was there waiting for me. I remember it was expensive at that time too. My father bought me this instrument of time but he didn't give it to me straight away. He said: "I will give it to you on that day only." I think it was for my birthday or something. Anyway as told I waited. Every-single week on Friday I was going to my grandmother's house. And my watch was there in it's blue squared case. I remember I was allowed to look at it but cannot wear it because my that asshole made me make a deal. Yeah my father was an asshole at that time, but I forgave him, but I can still feel the bitterness.
Anyway I always loved this watch. And I travelled the world with it until a guy I know who stole it from me. Nothing I could do at that time, but I am still looking to find my real watch.
Since more than ten years I craved to posses it again. But it's a bit rare and a bit expensive. I couldn't effort it. Again for almost ten years I've looked around trying to find it. To even buy another one.
I know is still somewhere. Finally when I made my mind to buy a new (used) one the watch was there waiting for me. So all i had to do was just look imagine and wait for the best bargain I could. Finally I was able to find what I was looking for! Of course for me it's not the same, but I couldn't resist anymore. The Windsurfing D120 you see here is the one I bought from a kind gentleman from Rome as a present to myself, At a great price and in great conditions!
And now I have my watch again.
Pizza note
One day my wife ordered a pair of shoes from the internet. As usual I reuse or recycle the box and the paper in it. When I opened the box I find a recycled thin and light paper. I think even less than 100 mg/cm2!
Yes I am that sharped.
In that period I was working in making some artists books and artists sketchbooks. And when I saw that paper, I saw-opportunity!
So I connected my brain and I too the frozen pizza box from the paper bin and I knew that "this is gonna be the cover".
Than I cut it into the design and format I liked.
I start folding the shoes paper, cutting, making pages. I choose a "tomato red" colored acrylic string from our sewing tools box and start attaching those pages with paperback binding technique (simplified). Glued the first pages to the semirigid cover and les jeux sont faits.
Oh I choose that design because I am Italian and I love pizza...but only the "real pizza" if you know what I mean!
There you have it, a tasty super simple, maybe cute, but sustainable handmade artist note.
Buon appetito!
Yes I am that sharped.
In that period I was working in making some artists books and artists sketchbooks. And when I saw that paper, I saw-opportunity!
So I connected my brain and I too the frozen pizza box from the paper bin and I knew that "this is gonna be the cover".
Than I cut it into the design and format I liked.
I start folding the shoes paper, cutting, making pages. I choose a "tomato red" colored acrylic string from our sewing tools box and start attaching those pages with paperback binding technique (simplified). Glued the first pages to the semirigid cover and les jeux sont faits.
Oh I choose that design because I am Italian and I love pizza...but only the "real pizza" if you know what I mean!
There you have it, a tasty super simple, maybe cute, but sustainable handmade artist note.
Buon appetito!
Resin and Amber ring
Among other things , I am also experimenting with new materials these days. And I love jewellery, while I am crafting new solutions for the future.
Here is one simple example that I did with the amber and some resin.
I love real amber. I bought it from the internet. Since I learned not to believe sellers especially online, I had to run some tests on some bits to ensure that they were real.
And in order to do that I had to damage some bits of amber.
I am a person that doesn't like to waste,. So I just took my chances in making a ring for me with those bits.
Isn'tit a win win?
Here is one simple example that I did with the amber and some resin.
I love real amber. I bought it from the internet. Since I learned not to believe sellers especially online, I had to run some tests on some bits to ensure that they were real.
And in order to do that I had to damage some bits of amber.
I am a person that doesn't like to waste,. So I just took my chances in making a ring for me with those bits.
Isn'tit a win win?
Baltic amber bracelet
I love amber, I love perfumes made from amber. That's it.
This bracelet, I bought it around 2015.
This bracelet, I bought it around 2015.
Oil pigment golden leaf pendant
It is still a work in progress. But I love the idea of wearing colors and gold. Wearing Colors are like wearing gems but in a different state. Not because of the value or the power some folks like to think they have, but just for the Color. Gold is the same. I love Gold for the Color and because Gold, like most heavy metals, are forged inside the stars.
Game Boy
Nintendo Game Boy from 1989. Cleaned and restored on 2020 by Luca Facchini.
Sometime is working sometime is working less. I don't care.
Sometime is working sometime is working less. I don't care.
Super Mario II
Gameboy software.
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