Originally Posted by
Cari-in-Oly
I can't tell if the pictured machine has a centennial badge or the normal black rimmed badge of the 50s. Centennial badges shouldn't necessarily bring a higher price because there are many centennial year machines that don't have the centennial badge and there are centennial badges on many machines from other years. The truly rare collectible badges are the worlds fair badges and the like.
Cari
I think that's just the black rimmed badge.
I love repainted machines if they are the classics (66, 99, 15's... probably the 221's too... 127's, etc) there are plenty of those out there to paint until the cows come home. I prefer non-bright colors because I would still want to sew on them and the bright would hurt my eyes.
My suggestion would be something along the lines of Sewing Happy...