[GreenKeys] Re: Enquiry about teletype machine

[Don Robert House]

>Hello,
>
>I am writing to you from England, and hope you might be able to help 
>me. I recently inherited a teletype machine from my father. The 
>instruction manual with it (dated 1943) is a US Army signals corps 
>typewritten manuscript.
>The maker is 'Teletype corporation' (subsidiary of Western Electric 
>Company, Chicago, Ill). I am now considering selling the item, as it 
>is too bulky for my home.
>Could you please advise me on how I could get it valued and where 
>might be a good place to try and sell it?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Andrew Davis

Andrew,

You do not mention the Model of Teletype machine or the number on the 
manual.  Based on the instruction manual's date it is most likely a 
Signal Corps TG-7B which is a US Army variant of the most popular 
Teletype ever made; the Model 15 KSR (Keyboard-Send-Receive).  The 
item is more valuable if it still has the original chest that the 
machine was transported in, which also doubled as a table for the 
machine.

There are collectors in the UK that might be interested in collecting 
your machine.  Since thousands of the Model 15 were produced, and 
since so many survive, the value is not great.  The most important 
aspect is to make sure it is preserved.  I am copying the Internet 
reflector in the hopes that one of the GREENKEYS members in the UK 
will reply to you.

You should check out the BARTG website:  http://www.bartg.demon.co.uk/

Regards,

Don

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Don Robert House
North American Data Communications Museum
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Computer Museum of America
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