Olivetti Valentine S Typewriter c. 1969

Ettore Sottsass designed the Valentine typewriter (with Perry A. King) for Olivetti in 1969 to be an "anti-machine machine," for use "anyplace but an office." Undoubtedly one of the great design classics, the Valentine expresses the mood of its time: goodbye to the bulky cast-iron housings of old typewriters, hello to the new mobility of a light, modern, plastic casing made from ABS. The Valentine typewriter is a very collectible portable in spite of the fact that it is relatively of recent vintage.

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[adriandavid1963]

I have an equal machine (Ettore Sottsass designed the Valentine typewriter (with Perry A. King) for Olivetti in 1969)and want to sell it, if you are interested this one it is my e-mail: adriandavid1963@gmail.com

[REIDSRAGE]

how much do yo want for it

[belegulo]

I have one in grat conditiobs

[II102II]

it wasn't how it worked that makes it a classic it's what it signifies.

[ivanchopping]

Hello...beautiful and practical, do you not sell?

[Citrudation]

I see there are three different ink colors, what kind of ribbon do you use ?

[dareuk]

im selling one im from the uk inbox me for details :D

[MrJumper68]

On the road were I grow up, another family on the road, had 2 stores were he sold office supplys. I think 90% of the sale was type writers. I remembered ind the end of the 70es begining of the 80es, when i was with my mother in town, I used to look at the windows in the store, full of typewriters in meny diffrent colores. I also rember a few years later one night they moved form there house, because computers took over....

[Kelpy]

thanks for this great video, I have heard that it was actually not nearly as good a typewriter as most of their other machines, but it was fun to look at ! and an okay typewriter

[rafasilva1]

Urgh, i feel so bad cuz i could have bought one for likr 50 bucks on a auction =(