4 Small American Typewriters

1) "Remington Junior", 1917, 3-row frontstroke machine, carriage movement defective. – 2) "Corona Folding No. 3", c. 1925, platen and carriage can fold down to rest on the keyboard, somewhat rusty, missing some screws. – 3) Standard Folding Typewriter model 2, 1910 onwards, no. 5821, aluminum frame and carriage, shift-keys on left side of the keyboard, folding carriage, in need of cleaning, carriage escapement defective. – And: 4) "Blickensderfer No. 5 Aluminum", 1909, serial no. 141659, American portable typewheel machine, ink-roller, downstroke, 28 keys in 3 rows, 2 shift-keys, 84 characters, QWERTY keyboard, mechanism defective. – Note: Invented by George C. Blickensderfer (1850–1917) in 1891 and manufactured by the Blickensderfer Mfg. Co., 385 Broadway, New York, USA. Very few were made.

布雷克拍品等级是为了方便竞买人判断拍卖品的成色而设置的。布雷克等级用1到6级来标注外观和功能的成色，(从非常好到非常差)。 在目录图册里用括号里的2个数字来表示，前一个数字表示外观成色的级别，后一个数字表示功能成色的级别。如(3/2)表示外观成色是3(满意的)，功能成色2(好)。 成色 定义参照下列标准： 1 - 非常好 (未使用过，没有使用痕迹) 2 - 好 (新，极少的使用痕迹) 3 - 满意的 (普通的使用痕迹) 4 - 及格的 (明显的使用痕迹，某个非主要部件是后配的) 5 - 有缺陷的 (极明显的使用痕迹, 某个主要部件是后配的，功能上有缺陷，需要修理) 6 - 非常差 (严重破损, 缺少重要部件)