4 American Typewriters

1) "The Caligraph No. 2", c. 1895, American Writing Co., New York, serial no. 36301, early American upstroke machine with full keyboard, shift-keys on both sides, 72 characters in 6 rows, artificial ivory keys, mechanism sticks, in need of cleaning, missing 3 keys, with oak cover. (4/4) – 2) "Remington Standard No. 6", c. 1899, no. 60838, upstroke, 38 keys, mechanism sticks, in need of cleaning. (3–4/4) – 3) "Underwood Standard No. 5", c. 1920, four-row frontstroke machine, 84 characters, somewhat rusty, mechanism sticks. (4/4-) – And: 4) "The Oliver Standard Visible Writer No. 11", serial no. 1009716, Chicago, downstroke machine with two towers of type-bars, somewhat stiff, in need of cleaning. – Literature: Martin, 1949, p. 153. (4/4)

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)