Auction Featherweight
#1
Senior Member
Thread Starter
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: North Carolina
Posts: 865
Auction Featherweight
Came across a featherweight today to be auctioned. The model # is AJ131428. The bobbin case is missing and I don't know how difficult or expensive this would be to replace. I didn't have anything to sew on, but it powered up and runs nicely.....without bobbin or fabric. The paint is overall pretty good with a few scratches, except that someone scratched their initials & last name into the paint of the extension table. I'm wondering if that could be buffed out perhaps? What else should I be thinking about? Any ideas on how much to bid? It's cute as can be. Thanks for any advice!
#8
It is funny that I just posted an "auction machine subject" on the previous entry. What part of Tennessee? I was speaking of a 99k, and this is about a Featherweight. Do I need to go on a road trip? And if you were lucky enough to snare the Featherweight at that auction, PM me, I might be able to help you with what is missing on it.....
#9
Senior Member
Thread Starter
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: North Carolina
Posts: 865
Well, I didn't get the featherweight...drat! When I called in my bid I found out that the bobbin case wasn't missing after all. The auction guy said they have to take them out, otherwise they really will go missing! So the only thing I think that really detracted from the machine were the scratches, which I could have lived with. However, in my continuing efforts to cut of my nose to spite my face, I only bid $100. I was told it went for around $325 which I think is too much for a machine with someone's name scratched into it. Am I wrong? Apparently.
#10
Super Member
Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: Homosassa, FL
Posts: 2,267
No, you are anot wrong. E-mailed a guy here in central FL and he has featherweights starting at $250 all referbished and ready to go. Having no room for another sewing machine I will have to wait awhile.
Keep looking as they are out there.
Keep looking as they are out there.
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
craftybear
For Vintage & Antique Machine Enthusiasts
1159
10-01-2016 11:14 AM
quilt1950
Links and Resources
9
07-01-2011 09:40 PM