When my father first gave me this beautiful machine, it wasn't shiny, it smelled horrible, and it needed mechanical work. Adam, a collector in Columbus, Ohio, cleaned and repaired it for me and did a fantastic job.
During one of my visits with Adam, another machine captured my imagination--an old Western Union (Underwood) typewriter that had written countless telegrams a century earlier. I expressed an interest in buying it, right then or any time in the future. Sadly, Adam refused to sell it.
Recently, however, someone did convince him to give it up--Tom Hanks, an avid collector of typewriters.
Tom Hanks, huh. Well... I guess that's okay, Adam.
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