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Forget Computers, Buyers are Looking for Typewriters than older models. Metal typewriters have survived better, and those earlier
North Port— Instead of soulless computer keyboards, young people today models also boast the wildly popular glass keys with chrome rings around the
are coming to appreciate the noisy but somehow important-sounding clickety- outside. Also popular are machines painted different colors such as red or green.
clack of typewriter keys. Not only that, but the look of a typewritten letter has Electric models from the 1960’s on, do not sell as readily as truly portable, manual
Main St too, with the characters literally imbedded into the
its appeal for millennials, machines, untethered from electrical outlets. There’s plenty of information on
paper, and the serif-font letters lending old-fashioned charm. At Vintage Finders the Internet for those interested in buying old typewriters. Not surprisingly,
Warehouse in North Port, you can find at least a half-dozen or more vintage working machines are more expensive than non-working ones, and it’s worth
typewriters on any given day. Owner Diane Castellano says that her younger understanding what to look for before you shop.
buyers want to actually type on them, too, not just look at them in their homes, Meanwhile at the Warehouse, there are also other vintage office
so they encourage buyers to give the machines a whirl: “The quick brown fox paraphernalia for sale, such as lamps, letter openers and staplers, along with
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jumps over the lazy dog,” anyone? (For those readers who are of a certain young- antique desks, allowing the vintage lover the create an all-antique home office.
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ish age, that’s the sentence that students were forced to type over and over … Shoppers can see all of this at 1075 Innovation Ave., Unit 106, North Port. Hours
and over. No one these days remembers why.) are Thursday 9am to 2pm Friday thru Saturday, 9 AM to 4 PM, though the
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Typewriters at the Warehouse come from many different eras. In collecting Castellanos are usually on site at other times. Make an appointment by calling
typewriters, it’s important to know that machines from the 1970’s on, were 941-423-9000. The shop’s website is VintageFindersWarehouse.com or find
made of plastic, and are more prone to breakage and warping, and less valuable them on Facebook at vintagefinderswarehouse.

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1. Wildwood Antique Mall Titusville
Titusville 1 2. Wildwood Antique Mall Melbourne
3. Grant Antique Mall
Melbourne 405 4. Grant Central Antiques
407 TITUSVILLE 5900 US Hwy 1, Bldg A, Grant, FL
Grant 321-676-8727
5. Buried Treasures
Sebastian Bay Blvd 6. Wildwood Antique Mall Vero Beach
7. The Castle Antique & Collectibles
Vero Beach 1102 S US Hwy 1, Ft. Pierce, FL
772-461-0656

Ft. Pierce 8. Pineapple Patti’s Antique Mall
2739 S US Hwy 1, Ft. Pierce, FL

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1. THE AD— Decide on an ad size. 518
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