BLICKENSDERFER NO. 7 "ANTIQUE" TYPEWRITER ORIGINAL QUARTERSAWED OAK CASE "EARLY"

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YOU ARE BUYING A WONDERFUL EARLY RARE TYPEWRITER, ALTHOUGH THERE ARE A FEW OUT THERE IT IS STILL RARE.  IT IS  A BLICKENSDERFER MADE IN STAMFORD, CONN. U.S.A..  #7, YOU ARE BUYING THIS TYPEWRITER AS IS, I HAVE NOT TESTED IT AND WOULD NOT KNOW WHERE TO BEGIN, IT DOES COME WITH THE ORIGINAL QUARTERSAWED OAK CASE WHICH DOES HAVE SOME PLACES AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE PHOTO'S ALSO IT IS MISSING THE LEATHER CARRING HANDLE, I DO KNOW THE CAP KEY DOES NOT STRIKE,  AGAIN NOT EVEN SURE WHERE YOU WOULD PUT A RIBBON, THIS IS JUST A SHOW PEICE YOU ARE BUYING AND PERHAPS YOU KNOW MORE ABOUT IT THAN I.  IT NEEDS CLEANING AND SOME ADJUSTING I WOULD THINK AND LIKE I SAID I'AM SELLING IT JUST FOR SHOW.  THERE ARE PATENT DATES ON THE SIDE AND IT STARTS WITH JULY 15, 1890 AND GOES TO APRIL 12, 1892, IT IS VERY OLD AND EARLY. THE WOOD CASE BASE MEASURES 13 1/2 INCHES LONG AND 11 1/4 INCHES DEEP AND 6 1/2 INCHES TALL THIS IS THE CASE,  THE TYPEWRITER MEASURES 12 INCHES ACROSS AT THE WIDEST POINT AND 9 INCHES DEEP AND 5 INCHES TALL.   SERIAL # 50192. PLEASE ASK QUESTION IF NEEDED,  GOOD LUCK AND THANKS FOR LOOKING.