This table attempts to catalog existing Challenge relief proof presses. Currently, there are 74 presses listed. These presses were built in Grand Haven, MI between 1935 and 1973. E, G, and K series presses have reciprocating beds. M series presses have rigid beds and strongly resemble SP series Vandercooks. To add or correct data, please use the Contact Form. Please select column header to sort table.
Model SN Owner Location Notes
15 GP 3507 Excelsior Press USA NJ Frenchtown
15 GP 3599 Ed Rettig USA OR Corvallis
15 GP 3740 Out of Sorts Press USA KS Wichita
15 GP 3967 Alamo Printing USA TX San Antonio Ebay 05/2012
15 GP 4794 Visual Arts Center of Richmond USA VA Richmond
15 KA 4547 WNY Book Arts Collaborative USA NY Buffalo
15 KA 4686 Swing Bridge Press USA NE Omaha
15 KA 5738 Ed Rettig USA OR Corvallis
15 MA 5146 Royal Cut USA PA Lebanon
15 MA 5228 Route 3 Press USA IA Anamosa
15 MA 5504 unknown USA OH Austinburg For sale Briar Press 04/10
15 MA 5603 Speakeasy Press USA NC Dillsboro
15 MA 5993 U. of Utah USA UT Salt Lake City
15 MA 6000 William (Bill) J. Murray USA GA Americus Purchased in 1978 in Plains GA from Billy Carter.
15 MA 6150 Workhorse Printmakers USA TX Houston
15 MA 6155 Ladislav Hanka USA MI Kalamazoo
15 MA 6589 Dingbat Press USA ID Driggs
15 MP Dead Cat Press Canada NL Corner Brook
15 MP Wesley W. Bates Canada ON Clifford
15 MP 5220 Don Black Canada ON Toronto
15 MP 5239 Virginia Green /
BlackHare Studio
USA TX Corsicana
15 MP 5315 Andy Farkis USA NC Asheville
15 MP 5318 Buzzworm Studios USA OR Portland
15 MP 5491 Brad Murph / Vertalee Letterpress USA TX Austin 1965
15 MP 5567 Liber Apertus Press USA CA Saratoga
15 MP 5606 Shooting Star Press USA AR Little Rock
15 MP 5723 Number52 Letterpress Canada BC Langley
15 MP 5836 Emspace book arts USA OR Portland
15 MP 5996 Workhorse Printmakers USA TX Houston
15 MP 6007 Oconaluftee Institute for Cultural Arts USA NC Cherokee
15 MP 6094 Shelter Books USA MA Orange
15 MP 6243 unknown USA DC Washington Reported by Dave Seat
15 MP 6461 Private USA SC Columbia
20 K 4650 City of Boston Graphic Arts/Printing Plant USA MA
BostonAuctioned 2/2011
20 KP 4457 Dingbat Press USA ID Driggs
20 KP 5465 Texas A&M University USA TX Dallas
21 MP Sycamore Creek Press USA AZ Mesa
21 MP 5655 Tank Dive Press USA IL Normal
21 MP 5667 Jim Horton USA MI Ann Arbor
1418 C C356 Dick Holme USA CA Van Nuys For sale 03/10
1418 E Rookery USA UT Salt Lake City
1418 E Willowdell Press USA OH Toledo
1418 E 650 Brian Stuparyk USA OH Loveland
1418 E 1943 Tabitha Conwell USAOH Wooster
1418 E 4476 Dave Donhue USA MA Chicopee
1418 E 5872 Hellbendre Press USA NC Celo
1418 E 6745 Letterpreservation USA IN Rising Sun Ebay 07/10
1425 E 529 Joe Public Press USA WV Huntington
1425 E 878 Leland Rowley USA UT Provo
1425 E 1209 Wolf Gap Studios USA WV Wardensville
1528 K 1294 Shelburne Museum USA VT Shelburne
1528 KA Elmwood Press USA San Jose
1528 KA 1048 Alex Joyce / Chauvenon Press USA TN Nashville
1528 KA 2045 Isto Press Canada BC Powell River 1950
1528 KA 2242 Typochondriac USA CA San Francisco Recond. by Hicks Bros.
1528 KA 4166 Mamas in the Laundry Room Press USA IA Des Moines
1528 KP U. of Toledo / Aureole Press_ USA OH Toledo
1528 KP Willowdell Press USA OH Toledo
1528 KP 2487 Ralph Milner USA GA Atlanta
1528 KP 2913 Fox & Found Press Canada BC Vancouver
2028 KA Revolution Letterpress USA TN Knoxville
2028 KA 1132 Lee Arts Center USA VA Arlington
2028 KP 974 U. of Tennessee USA TN Knoxville
unknown Atelier Circulaire Canada QC Montreal
unknown Beautiful Angle USA WA Tacoma
unknown Brad Teare USA UT Providence
unknown Brigham Young University-- Idaho USA ID Rexburg
unknown Cornell University USA NY Ithaca
unknown Cowan and Tetley Canada BC Cumberland
unknown Lennis Moore USA IA Mt. Pleasant
unknown Mesa College USA CA San Diego
unknown Nikki McClure USA WA Olympia
unknown Syracuse University USA NY Syracuse
unknown Two Piglets USA CA Monrovia
