Rarity vs. Desirability
The list below was compiled several years ago by a group of knowledgeable collectors whom were asked to rank typewriters from 1 to 10 in two categories: rarity and desirability. The list is not perfect, it does not cover all known typewriters nor is the authority on the subject. But it's a great starting point. This was the 2nd such survey with the original having been done in the 1990's before the advent of the internet. Both surveys were originally executed and published in ETC Magazine.
It should be noted that the value of a typewriter does not correlate directly to the survey below. For example, the Moon-Hopkins is a fairly rare typewriter and has some mid-range desirability, but is seldom sell for more than $250. Of course, other typewriter can be worth thousands of dollars.
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MAKE & MODEL
Adler
Aktiv
American (Keyboard)
American (Visible w/Curved Corners)
American (Visible w/Straight Corners)
Babycyl
Bar-Let
Bar-lock Nos.4 & 6
Bar-Lock (Frontstrike)
Bee
Bing No.1
Bing No.2
Caligraph No.2
Caligraph No.3
Caligraph No.4
Carissima
Century No.10
Champion (Peoples Variant)
Columbia Bar-Lock
Crandall No.1
Dactyle
Diamant
Electromatic
Elliott-Fisher
Emerson
Empire
Erika (Folding)
Fox (Upstrike)
Fox (Frontsrike)
Fox (folding)
Fox (Sterling)
Frister & Rossman (Caligraph)
Geniatus
Gundka
Hammond No.1 (Universal)
Hammond No.2 (Ideal)
Hammond No.2 (Universal)
Hammond No.12 (Ideal)
Hammond No.12 (Universal)
Hammond Multiplex (Ideal)
Hammond Multiplex (Universal)
Hammond Multiplex (Folding)
Harris
Hartford (Single/Shift Keyboard)
Ideal
Imperial A
Imperial B
Imperial D
Imperial (Portables)
International (Double Keyboard)
International (Single/Shift Keyboard)
Jewett No.1
Jewett Nos.2 & 4
Jewett Nos.3 & 5
Junior (Bennett Style)
Kanzler No.1
Kanzler (Others)
R
D
1.8
4.8
5.5
5.4
4.0
4.5
5.8
5.5
9.4
5.1
3.1
8.9
8.0
6.2
4.9
6.0
3.8
9.0
5.6
3.2
2.3
2.7
2.5
3.2
4.1
9.5
3.4
6.2
7.6
8.8
8.4
8.1
8.8
7.6
4.1
4.7
4.4
5.7
9.0
9.9
4.3
6.1
4.6
7.1
8.4
4.6
7.1
5.8
7.0
2.3
3.6
8.2
8.1
7.0
9.6
8.2
8.3
7.4
4.8
7.7
9.0
5.9
8.1
5.8
4.3
4.3
8.4
7.5
8.3
9.6
5.6
7.7
8.1
4.2
4.2
5.0
2.5
9.2
3.3
6.6
6.8
7.9
8.6
9.1
3.9
3.2
5.2
5.7
9.8
6.1
5.7
4.9
5.9
6.3
8.4
9.1
4.8
7.9
8.0
3.4
4.7
5.0
5.8
5.4
7.0
4.5
3.6
4.0
3.0
4.2
2.8
3.7
9.2
4.4
7.3
7.1
5.9
5.4
7.8
9.2
4.3
5.8
4.3
3.8
3.1
10
9.0
8.9
9.1
6.1
8.7
7.2
5.7
5.7
4.8
7.9
6.1
8.3
7.2
6.9
8.9
8.6
7.2
5.5
2.2
3.8
3.6
4.9
4.3
4.0
5.3
5.5
9.5
4.0
2.8
8.4
7.6
6.1
3.0
4.9
3.5
7.6
3.8
2.5
3.2
3.3
2.7
3.1
3.5
9.6
3.1
5.3
5.9
9.4
8.5
7.5
7.8
7.6
4.3
4.0
4.2
5.1
8.4
8.6
3.3
5.4
5.5
6.6
7.8
4.8
7.4
6.8
4.6
2.6
3.3
8.1
7.5
8.3
9.6
7.5
7.9
5.3
4.1
7.4
7.3
6.0
7.1
5.5
4.4
3.2
8.6
6.2
7.3
9.2
6.1
8.0
7.8
2.6
3.5
4.6
2.8
8.8
3.1
5.2
6.4
8.4
8.8
6.8
3.7
2.7
4.3
4.4
6.8
5.7
5.8
5.4
5.5
5.3
5.4
9.1
4.2
7.5
8.0
2.9
4.9
5.0
6.0
6.4
5.9
4.6
3.8
3.9
2.9
4.0
3.1
3.6
9.3
3.8
6.8
6.4
5.8
5.6
6.6
9.0
4.1
4.7
4.0
3.5
2.7
9.2
6.2
8.6
8.5
6.1
8.5
6.2
4.6
4.7
3.9
7.2
5.6
7.7
6.8
6.7
7.6
8.9
7.8
7.1
MAKE & MODEL
Mercedes Electra
Molle
Moon-Hopkins
National (Frontstrike)
New Century Caligraph
Noiseless (Standard)
Official
Olivetti M1
Peoples (w/Ink Rollers)
Peoples (w/Ribbon)
Perkeo (Folding)
Picht (Typewheel)
Rem Blick
Rem/Fay-Sholes (Black)
Remington Portable (Pop-Up)
Remington Standard No.2
Remington Standard No.5
Remington Standard No.6
Remington Standard No.7
Remington Standard No.8
Remington Standard No.9
Remington Standard No.10
Remington Standard No.11
Remington Electric (1924)
Remington Junior
Remington Noiseless (Portable)
Remington Noiseless (Standard)
Royal Standard No.10
Simplex No.1
Simplex (Later)
Standard Folding
Sun (Keyboard)
Tip-Tip
Underwood No.1
Underwood No.2
Underwood No.5
Vari-Typer
Venus
Victor (Keyboard)
Virocyl
Virotyp
Williams No.1 (Curved Keyboard)
Williams No.1 (Straight Keyboard)
Woodstock
Woodstock Electric
World No.1 (Index, Uppercase Only)
World No.2 (Index, Upper & Lowercase)
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D
7.5
7.5
7.2
8.8
6.1
9.4
6.6
7.8
8.3
3.9
9.3
5.1
4.7
3.0
6.1
4.9
7.1
8.7
8.2
7.0
6.6
7.6
7.2
4.0
6.5
4.8
9.1
9.0
4.8
4.2
7.3
9.1
7.2
5.0
5.9
9.0
8.8
4.9
3.4
2.3
3.2
3.6
7.6
8.1
8.0
8.9
5.9
3.6
8.0
8.9
5.9
5.1
8.3
8.6
8.9
7.8
7.5
5.5
9.0
6.2
4.1
5.6
6.2
1.8
4.7
7.8
6.5
5.3
3.5
2.4
4.5
4.8
1.9
1.9
5.7
4.1
2.5
2.5
5.8
4.9
4.2
9.6
3.5
2.4
1.7
6.2
7.6
6.0
5.8
5.4
8.0
9.2
9.7
7.3
7.3
6.7
6.0
2.2
4.3
2.7
4.2
3.1
4.5
7.9
7.6
7.8
7.9
4.7
9.1
9.4
4.7
8.9
8.0
6.3
7.5
1.1
3.4
9.0
7.9
6.8
4.1
8.0
6.2
5.2
8.8
9.6
2.8
9.7
8.2
6.2
5.4
6.3
5.2
5.3
2.2
4.5
5.3
4.8
8.1
6.7
4.3
4.3
4.6
5.2
6.9
6.0
5.2
10
4.1
9.7
4.7
8.1
8.3
2.8
9.0
5.4
5.3
3.3
5.5
4.4
4.8
8.4
8.0
7.1
6.5
6.8
7.4
3.6
5.8
4.0
8.4
7.1
3.6
3.4
8.3
8.5
7.2
5.5
5.3
8.4
8.9
4.5
3.4
2.5
2.3
2.5
5.3
6.6
7.0
6.3
5.7
3.9
6.7
5.2
5.7
4.2
7.7
7.7
8.8
7.9
6.5
4.8
7.9
4.0
3.3
4.6
6.1
1.9
4.8
5.4
5.9
4.6
3.3
2.7
3.4
3.3
1.8
1.7
4.2
3.2
2.3
2.2
4.4
4.5
4.1
6.3
3.1
2.0
1.8
4.5
8.0
6.5
6.1
6.0
7.7
8.9
9.7
8.3
9.8
7.6
5.4
2.2
4.5
3.0
3.3
2.5
4.4
7.0
6.9
6.7
7.0
4.5
8.3
9.6
3.8
8.9
7.4
5.5
3.5
1.9
2.3
8.7
4.3
7.5
3.1
5.9
4.3
5.6
8.5
9.5
2.5
9.6
8.4
6.3
3.3
5.1
4.8
4.7
1.4
2.5
5.6
5.1
6.7
6.1
4.0
4.0
3.7
3.6