Typewriters were the rave of office workers early last century. Due to the absence of what are now computers, these portable typewriters served as the word processors those days.Today, typewriters are still valuable, but as antique items. Most of them can now be seen in typewriter museums, worth thousands of dollars.
Here is one of the luxurious typewriters of the day, the Antique Royal Typewriters.
Link: The Virtual Typewriter Museum: Royal Quiet De Luxe gold