1960 Alpina N24 Typewriter with case

What wonderful mid-century design! We are pleased to offer this incredible Alpina typewriter in superb condition. This is a fine Alpina N24 from 1960, considered by many to be a masterpiece of design, both mechanical and aesthetic. This typewriter has been fully restored and conserved to our highest standards. This is the original colour and finish; it has not been repainted. This typewriter is truly a "statement" on the desk of any serious screenwriter, journalist, novelist or even the occasional letter-writer.
This model of the Alpina has a truly lovely carriage return lever made of a heavy duty plastic material. It is light and solid and is a marvel of design. The colours—all original— are wonderfully complementary to each other: gray body, off-white ribbon cover and cream keys and carriage return lever. Just super!
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Acme typewriters have been the choice of discerning collectors and writers more than 1,000 times since we began selling online in 2016. They are fully guaranteed to work. Most shipments to the US arrive in 3 days--often much faster than most domestic shipments within the US. Acme typewriters are carefully selected, beautifully restored and come with a one-year mechanical warranty and lifetime customer-service. Each comes with a lead seal, attached to the body, identifying it as a fully-restored Acme typewriter. Many new dealers strive to imitate us--none succeed.
In excellent cosmetic condition and working perfectly. The original colour is uniform everywhere on the typewriter and the finish is generally unblemished. The keytops are unscratched and the platen is clean, smooth and has an ideal hardness measurement of ~93 (between 85 and 95 is considered ideal). The paper feed rollers and the rubber feet are in excellent condition.
The typeface is Pica, 10 cpi. The keyboard is QWERTY with additional keys for European languages. It comes with a new bi-colour ribbon so you can start typing immediately.
This typewriter comes with its original case which is in lovely condition. A new billiard-table green felt cloth has been added to the interior to cover the interior top which originally had a strange foam covering which had deteriorated.
 
Mechanically it is in perfect working condition. It has been fully cleaned, adjusted, aligned and lubricated for years of future use.
 
For some discussion of ALPINA typewriters see:
https://bucktypes.tumblr.com/post/125728786938/1961-amc-alpina-sk24-i-finally-found-my-holy
and: http://www.willdavis.org/alpina.html
and: https://oztypewriter.blogspot.nl/2011/11/alpina-great-portable-typewriter-now.html
This fine example of an ALPINA N24 will be packed and shipped with the greatest care to preserve its condition and beauty.  We have a lot of experience in shipping typewriters and have an excellent track record for proper packing and safe delivery. You can see our reviews to encourage your confidence in what we deliver and how we deliver it.
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