So jealous!
My roomate gave me a 1930's era Smith Corona that he found in his aunt's basement, and I got it for free!
Also, as long as you have the original spools for the ribbon, getting replacement ink is an easy (but messy) thing to do: go to a Staples or other office suplly store, and get a replacement cash register ribbon. The robbon itself is the same size, it's just the spools that won't fit, so you can unwind the ribbon from one spool of the cash register ribbon back onto the original from your typer.
You'll get hells of ink on your hands, but it's easy to do.