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GlocksareGood
10-11-2021, 10:18 PM
$2/lb. All new letterings. Got 28lbs which was all they had. Need it like a hole in my head as I have 1k lbs of lino and 200lbs of foundry type but alas. Figured someone would enjoy the pics.
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Dieselhorses
10-11-2021, 11:34 PM
I would have done the same! Wife would have gave me 3rd degree but....
Sasquatch-1
10-12-2021, 08:08 AM
Great barter material and the price seemed right.
lightman
10-12-2021, 08:21 AM
Thats cool! I've never seen new type metal of any kind. Good price too!
bangerjim
10-12-2021, 12:37 PM
I have hundreds of pounds of it just like that.....still in original factory paper wrap. Called OLD NEW STOCK. But is is probably 60-80 years old like mine. The type I have came with the letter press I bought 40+ years ago. I still use the thing!

I will NEVER melt any of mine down! I have complete font sets of 30+ fonts in the big drawers. And bundles just like pictured.

Those are weird fonts/letters/symbols! Normally it is a complete alphabet/number/symbol set in one bundle.
GlocksareGood
10-13-2021, 07:08 AM
Yeah this came from a print shop buy out. Guys told me they had gotten 50+ buckets of linotype. Said they still needed to sort thru it.