Mrs. SewNSew

Are they rare? Or was it just faded? This was on a Singer 15.

mlmack

There are 15s that have nickel plated badges and stitch regulator covers, among other parts.

They are fairly rare, and also pretty cool.

Mrs. SewNSew

Oooh yeah and the stitch regulator cover was pretty! Silver and decorated.

J Miller

Oh yeah the silver 15-91 ..... I've seen pics of two. MacyBaby got one, and Miriam got the other.

I have never seen one in person. Maybe someday.

Joe

miriam

They are beautiful. At least mine is. There is a little number to tell you the stitch length.

Macybaby

I really like mine too -




My unofficial research - these were made in 1931 -1932 and appear to be the first group of 15-91's made. It does not appear that they were a special run or anything like that - just the way Singer made the first 15-91's. Most of the runs were small - 5,000 machines each, however if you add them up, I'd say there were 40,000 -50,000 of them made. That is a very small number for Singers, but not are rare as many sellers want you to believe.

Right now I'm on the hunt for a 15-91 manual from 1932, to see if it's got pictures of the silver trimmed machine. I found one that had been sold - so I know they are out there for that year, but the listing didn't show any internal pages.

SteveH

You might try emailing the seller to ask if they have pics or if they would pass a message to the buyer (has worked for me a time or two)

Macybaby

I'm fine waiting to get my own - as my goal is to have a time period appropriate original manual for every machine I have, so even if a 1932 manual does not show a "silver" 15-91, I still want a manual from that year. I have quite an assortment of Singer manuals - a whole 3" binder full of them. I have a 2" binder my Non Singer manuals, and a 2" binder that has other Misc manuals and documents in it. Some day I'll get them all scanned - maybe after I retire LOL!!

costumegirl

Pretty machine! The silver is nice!! I agree with you Cathy - I like to have an original manual to go with each of my machines. I am always on the lookout 'cause you never know where it might show up I like to think that it makes the machine more authentic and complete

Mrs. SewNSew

It's too far for me, but I know someone who's looking at it.