Petrol Blue Olivetti ICO MP1 Typewriter – AZERTY
3 500,00 €
Petrol blue Olivetti ICO MP1 typewriter, extremely rare in this condition – AZERTY keyboard
1 in stock
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The ribbon you need
A new ribbon comes fitted with the machine. Keep a spare : it is always what runs out at the worst moment.
Description
Petrol blue Olivetti ICO typewriter, the centrepiece of the Ma Typo shop. Made in Ivrea, Italy, between the 1930s and the 1940s, it is the brand’s very first portable. Its official name is MP1, but it is known as the ICO after the initials of its founder, “Ingegnere Camillo Olivetti”, inscribed on its front. An exceptional machine in an extremely rare colour: we have never seen another one for sale in this shade.
It has no cosmetic defects. Its petrol blue lacquer is gleaming and the chrome is superb, a level of preservation almost never found on a machine of this age. It is a choice piece for the most demanding collectors.
The typewriter has been fully restored in our workshop: complete cleaning, degreasing and lubrication of the mechanisms. A new ribbon is supplied with it, ready to use as soon as it arrives. It types beautifully, with a precise and pleasant stroke, and its AZERTY keyboard lets you use it every day without any constraint.
A pioneer of Italian industrial design, the ICO was produced until 1950, before the Lettera 22 took over. It was also the favourite typewriter of the writer Marguerite Duras. Owning an ICO in this condition and this colour means holding a piece of writing history that you can still use.
Sold with its original carrying case, also in very good condition.
Features:
- Model: Olivetti MP1 (ICO)
- Made in: Italy, Ivrea (Olivetti)
- Decade: 1930s to 1940s
- Colour: petrol blue (exceptional colour)
- Keyboard: French AZERTY
- Typeface: Pica
- Paper size: A4
- Dimensions: 30 x 33 x 12 cm (11.8 x 13 x 4.7 in)
- Weight: 5.2 kg (11.5 lb)
- Condition: exceptional, fully restored, ready to use
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