thrillhouse

I recently saw an original sales receipt for a 221-1 and Card table model #312 dated 1950.

The fw was $149.50 and the table was $28.

valleyquiltermo

Is your DH still living in the dog house???LOL

Redsquirrel

This is weird, did the seller repaint it? why would they sell it for so cheep? Repainted ones go for a lot because of the time and money that goes into restoring them. It must of been a gift to them? I would love to know about this story if your willing to share.

huntersgrammie

Wow to think of the cost back then I just bought a 1961 tan 221 featherweight for $300.from the local quilt shop owner here in lake havasu Arizona. Has a lot of extra attachments too

jojo47

We have 2 FWs in our house...One will be going to my sister when I travel west to see family this summer. It has all the attachments, a buttonholer and the original instruction book...and in the original case. I purchased it from a coworker to whom it had been gifted by an elderly lady she cared for; the lady had purchased it during WWII. It is in beautiful shape and I paid $225 for it. The second FW my DH purchased from friends of ours who frequent all kinds of sales...this FW has no attachment with it, but is in very nice shape and was $175. Just recently I watched items on an online estate auction...which had at least 8 FWs...6 were black, one was white, and another was red (had been repainted). The red went for over $400; most of the blacks sold for under or around $200, and I believe the white went for around or just over $200. There were also many, many miniature (toy) sewing machines on this auction as well.

wolph33

I have 5 of them now,3 black,2 white and 1 black is the anniversary model-I just think they are adorable

SteveH

well, these folks think it is $80...

http://inlandempire.craigslist.org/clt/4324203981.html

amcatanzaro

Grrrr. Why can't I find one of those? Featherweights and 301's, I have none.

Skyangel

I bought it (My purple featherweight) a couple of years ago, and the story I got was this: The seller's mom bought it for her to get her interested in quilting. She was fairly young and moved to Portland to live with Dad and go to school here. ( I think she was from Houston, at least there was a repair tag in the case from Houston.) This was about 6 months later, and they were moving, she hadn't used it, decided to sell it. I am sure the Mom was not happy when she found out. She said "I know it's worth at least $600 but want to sell it fast" in her ad, so she knew what she was doing. I felt guilty for a brief moment but if I didn't buy it, someone else would. I was lucky to be the first to respond to her ad (within 1/2 hour of her posting) because I looked late at night as I was going to Portland in the morning.

Redsquirrel

I'm currently selling the 221k I found a couple of weeks ago on FLEbay right now. Its a 1957 221k in excellent condition and its sitting at $240 with 6 hours to go. I started the auction at $99 and got a lot of people watching right away. Most people have a minimum starting bid of $250 for machines in this condition, but I'm not sure those auctions are actually getting any bidders. People like it when auctions start low. I know I do.

I'm only posting this as the initial question to this topic is, how much for a 221. Right now, with the current demand, I think they are around the $280-$300 mark for good quality ones. But I can post what it went for when the auction is done. I do think that actual real auctions on Flebay do reflect current demand.