This table lists 81 Asbern proof presses worldwide. Made in Augsburg, West Germany in the 1950s–70s, Asbern presses have fixed beds and rolling carriages.
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| Model | S/N | Year | Owner | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AD-1 | 8229 | 1967 | Private | USA DE Wilmington | |
| AD-1 | 7803 | 1965 | Tank Dive Press | USA, GA, Norcross | |
| AD-1 | 7211 | 1963 | Black Rock Press/U. of Nevada Reno | USA, NV, Reno | |
| AD-1 | Little Inks | Netherlands, Den Haag | |||
| ADR-1 | 8730 | 1971 | Actus Reus Press / Lawrence Finn | Australia, Sydney | |
| ADR-1 | 8699 | 1971 | Unknown | Germany, Bremen | |
| ADR-1 | 8647 | 1970 | Carlo Krier | Luxembourg, Grevenmacher | |
| ADR-1 | 8529 | 1969 | Ampersanden | France, Nancy | |
| ADR-1 | 8496 | 1969 | Archivio Tipografico | Italy, Turin | |
| ADR-1 | 8467 | 1969 | Point Jaune Museum | Switzerland, St. Gallen | |
| ADR-1 | 8456 | 1969 | The Hungry Workshop | Australia, Melbourne | |
| ADR-1 | 8364 | 1968 | Sirima Sataman | USA, CA, San Francisco | |
| ADR-1 | 8322 | 1968 | Lewis Jeffrey Zilles | Australia, VI, Ballarat | |
| ADR-1 | 8315 | 1968 | Johan Solberg | Norway, Tistedal | |
| ADR-1 | 8295 | 1968 | Shooting Star Press | USA, AR, Little Rock | |
| ADR-1 | 8207 | 1967 | Institutions Jacques Chaillou | France, La Chapelle-Montlinard | |
| ADR-1 | 8172 | 1967 | Anise Press | USA, TX, College Station | |
| ADR-1 | 8129 | 1967 | Half Pint Studio | USA, UT, Salt Lake City | |
| ADR-1 | 8127 | 1967 | Letterpress Letters | Tokyo, Japan | (Imported by E.G. Lindner Co. Ltd, Composing Room Equipment, Los Angeles, USA) |
| ADR-1 | 8038 | 1966 | KeaganMeegan | USA, OR, Portland | |
| ADR-1 | 7988 | 1966 | Mackie Osborne | USA, CA, Los Angeles | |
| ADR-1 | 7987 | 1966 | Press at Colorado College | USA, CO, Colorado Springs | |
| ADR-1 | 7960 | 1966 | Jim Carmin | USA, OR, Portland | |
| ADR-1 | 7958 | 1966 | Idaho State University | USA, ID, Pocatello | |
| ADR-1 | 7927 | 1966 | Thomas H. Cremanns | Germany, Dusseldorf | |
| ADR-1 | 7909 | 1966 | Aidan Mawhinney | Australia, Sydney | |
| ADR-1 | 7899 | 1966 | Genghis Kern Letterpress & Design | USA, CO, Denver | |
| ADR-1 | 7895 | 1966 | U. Utah/Book Arts | USA, UT, Salt Lake City | |
| ADR-1 | 7865 | 1966 | Lieven Paelinck | Belgium, Antwerp | |
| ADR-1 | 7801 | 1965 | Athenaeum Art Center | USA, CA, San Diego CA | |
| ADR-1 | 7800 | 1965 | HuiPress Publications | USA, HI, Makawao | |
| ADR-1 | 7612 | 1965 | fountainhead | New Zealand, Hamilton | |
| ADR-1 | 7542 | 1965 | Montana State University | USA, MT, Bozeman | |
| ADR-1 | 7537 | 1964 | The Faculty of Art, Music and Design, University of Bergen | Norway, Bergen | |
| ADR-1 | 7533 | 1964 | Cincinnati Art Academy | USA, OH, Cincinnati | |
| ADR-1 | 7530 | 1964 | Ink Paper Plate | USA, CA, Point Reyes | Formerly at Gruenwald Press |
| ADR-1 | 7517 | 1964 | Lyceum Press | USA, CA, Anaheim | |
| ADR-1 | 7446 | 1964 | Dalsland Konstgrafiska Verkstad | Sweden, Åmål | |
| ADR-1 | 7440 | 1964 | Spork Press | USA, AZ, Tuscon | |
| ADR-1 | 7360 | 1964 | Athenaeum Art Center | USA, CA, San Diego CA | "ADRETTA 1" |
| ADR-1 | 7267 | 1964 | Addis Ababa University | Ethiopia, Addis Ababa | Used to roll out clay |
| ADR-1 | 7212 | 1963 | DWRI Letterpress | USA, RI, Providence | |
| ADR-1 | 7206 | 1963 | Private | USA, Private | |
| ADR-1 | 7101 | 1963 | Tom Killion | USA, CA, Pt. Reyes | |
| ADR-1 | 7100 | 1963 | Kowhai Press | New Zealand, Christchurch | Formerly owned by Peter Hughes. |
| ADR-1 | 7097 | 1963 | Wheaton College | USA, IL, Wheaton | |
| ADR-1 | 7021 | 1963 | Hogeschool voor de Kunsten | Netherlands, Utrecht | |
| ADR-1 | 6954 | 1963 | Ernst-Litfass-Schule / OSZ Druck- und Medientechnik | Germany, Berlin | |
| ADR-1 | 6768 | 1962 | Sarah Wehinger | Austria, Feldkirch | |
| ADR-1 | 6750 | 1962 | Grafisch Werkcentrum Amsterdam | Netherlands, Amsterdam | |
| ADR-1 | Castle Press | USA, CA, Pasadena | |||
| ADR-1 | Many Names Press | USA, CA, Capitola | |||
| ADR-1 | Tom Killion | USA, CA, Pt. Reyes | In storage | ||
| ADR-1 | Wai-te-ata Press/Victoria University of Wellington | New Zealand, Wellington | |||
| ADR-2 | 6859 | 1962 | Haandverket | Norway, Fredrikstad | |
| ADR-2 | 6858 | 1962 | Buchdruck Museum | Germany, Soltau | Formerly owned by Claus Lorenzen, Großhansdorf |
| PAK 1 | 3423 | Stigbergets Stamp och Press | Sweden, Stockholm | ||
| PAK1 | Titi Zaadnoordijk | Netherlands, Scherpenzeel | |||
| PI-1 | 7326 | 1964 | EMPrint Press | USA, SD, Sandhills | |
| Piccolo | 8284 | 1968 | davidm.ink | Belgium, Brussels | |
| PN | 7869 | 1966 | Steintor-Presse, Medienhaven GmbH | Germany, Bremen | |
| PN | 7791 | 1965 | La Tipografica | Mexico, Monterrey | |
| R1 | Grafisch Atelier Den Bosc | Netherlands, 's-Hertogenbosch | |||
| R2 | Stichting Weerdruk | Netherlands, Amsterdam | |||
| Rationella I | 4784 | 1957 | Peter De Roy | Belgium, Brussels | 4 removable ink units. Used by a four-colour cliche factory to proof cmyk die forms. |
| Rationella II | 6203 | 1960 | Grafisch Werkcentrum Amsterdam | Netherlands, Amsterdam | |
| Rationella II | 4879 | 1958 | Marie Verstegen, Atelier Scarabee, Netherlands | Netherlands, Volkel | |
| RP | 6312 | 1961 | Jan van Eyck Academie | Netherlands Maastricht | |
| RP | 6176 | 1960 | Rosemarijn van Limburg-Stirum | Netherlands, Delft | |
| RP | 4402 | 1956 | Atelier t | Belgium, Bierbeek | |
| RP | 4187 | 1955 | Eva Lebens | Netherlands, Den Haag | |
| RP | 3899 | 1955 | Ruud Huysmans | Netherlands, Rotterdam | |
| RP | 3717 | 1954 | Alex Barbaix | Netherlands, Amsterdam | |
| RP | 3651 | 1954 | Netherlands, Amsterdam | ||
| RP | De Vier Seizoenen | Netherlands, Groningen | |||
| RP | Hand-druk-werk | Netherlands, Sassenheim | |||
| RP | Zwaluwpers | Netherlands, Delft | |||
| unknown | Holloway Press/U. of Auckland | New Zealand, Auckland | |||
| unknown | Limerick Printmakers | Ireland, Limerick | |||
| unknown | LJC-pers | Netherlands, Amsterdam | |||
| unknown | 1959 | Stichting Mooi Werk | Netherlands, Schiedam |
Acknowledgments
Thank you to everyone who has shared their Asbern press data, but especially to Hans van Eijk and Thomas Gravemaker who have reported multiple other presses of which they are aware. TablePress plugin by Tobias Bäthge.
TablePress plugin by Tobias Bäthge.