Value of this vintage typewriter

[GoldenBoy]

Hello,

I'd like to know the best value I could get for this vintage Olivetti Valentine typewriter. It's only missing a ribbon. Please advise. Thanks

[bigwull]

some advice...push the boat out a little and buy a ribbon for..it,....then stick it on ebay, and if you,re not too greedy,then this will sell..see link

http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_nkw=olivetti%20valentine&clk_rvr_id=561219902779&adpos=1t1&MT_ID=12&crlp=27420522069_2113181&geo_id=32251&keyword=olivetti+valentine&crdt=0

[mart]

http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_trksid=p2050601.m570.l1313.TR0.TRC0.Xolivetti+valentine+typewriter&_nkw=olivetti+valentine+typewriter&_sacat=0&_from=R40

Seems to be a pretty popular model !!

[Rauville]

Ettore Sottsass was a genius architect that was capable of changing a "taken for granted" commonplace item into a design statement.

[mart]

And how is that last name pronounced Rauville ?? 

[bigwull]

I was like you Mart....scratchin ma noggin...think what have i done...but you gotta hand it to Rauville....that big book that i gave him...has served him well...Not only has it served him well...its made him into a comedian...and a legend in his own time.....must be that Magyar blood thats coursing through his veins

[mart]

 

[Rauville]

.....must be that Magyar blood thats coursing through his veins

Thanks! Actually, we were a pretty handsome bunch back in the day.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Arpadfeszty.jpg/800px-Arpadfeszty.jpg

[bigwull]

talking about legends in their own time.....you are up there with the mighty Rauville....and ...you don,t have an ass big enough to hold a teensy weensy book... ...but then again...Rauville has only 1/10th the posts that you,ve got....

[bigwull]

just for you Rauville..https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=magyar+horsemen+of+hungary&newwindow=1&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=x5qvUqPEJYSshQf6vICIBw&ved=0CF4QsAQ&biw=1366&bih=639


..my ancestors on my fathers side were Cossacks....and judging by the looks of both the Magyars and the Cossacks....they were very alike...

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=zaporozhian+cossacks&newwindow=1&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=zpuvUoWWM42ShgfCkoC4Bg&ved=0CE0QsAQ&biw=1366&bih=639

[KC]

Goldenboy, this typewriter has come up once before on this site many years ago and we were all shocked how well this particular model holds it's value and is desired!!!  You won't retire on it...but it does better than many manual typewriters!!