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    Old 01-14-2012, 03:54 PM
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    Default What model is this Singer and what's it worth?

    If I managed to attach the pic, this Singer is on our CL at $75 with cabinet and "various sewing related items", whatever that means. It's a few hours from me, so I'd like to have an idea of what I'm looking at before I make the trip. This is the only picture on the listing and I know it's not great. Thanks for any intelligence you can lend.
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    Old 01-14-2012, 04:05 PM
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    It's looks like a Singer 99K. I have one and it sews great.
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    Old 01-14-2012, 05:36 PM
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    Email the seller and ask for serial number then look it up, it will tell what model it is. Also ask if the price in negociable. Could it be a 15-91 since the tension is on the side? They are great for FMQing.

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    It's a 15, just not sure if it's a 15-91 or another model of 15. The tension is on the side of the faceplate. The 15-91 will have a "potted" motor on the back (a black cover attached to the machine). It won't have a separate motor/belt. The 15-91s are nice machines, gear driven, vertical bobbin, takes regular 15x1 needles, short shank for the feet. I use mine the most out of all my machines. I paid about $25 for mine at an auction almost 10 years ago, and it was in almost pristine condition.
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    Old 01-14-2012, 06:07 PM
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    my 2 cents - if it has a belt it is a 15-90, if there is no belt and gear driven it is a 15-91. Definitely a great machine and superb for FMQ! I would think if the "sewing related items" are decent (I am presuming that they mean attachments) that $75.00 with a decent cabinet is a fair price as long as they machine itself is in good to best condition.

    I have a 15-90 and it is a great machine!

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    Old 01-14-2012, 06:37 PM
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    If it is a Singer 15-91, I would run and get it. I paid $50 for my last one and $20 for my other one that my dh bought me in 1975
    Oh I love my 15's!
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    Old 01-14-2012, 11:37 PM
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    $75 in the cabinet is a very fair price.
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    Old 01-15-2012, 09:02 AM
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    I agree; it is probably worth the $75. Singer 15s are great machines.
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    Old 01-16-2012, 03:10 PM
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    This looks like the one I have of my mom`s..Singer 15-91..a great machine for piecing..mine is in a cabinet that looks like a desk..even has an ink well in one of the drawers..bought in about 1949+or - a yr..never had a thing done to it outside of me oiling it..sews beautifully..
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    Old 01-17-2012, 09:46 AM
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    Once you get the serial number, you can call the Singer Company at 1-800-474-6437. This will be the Consumer Affairs Division of the company. They will tell you the model number, the date the machine was manufactured, along with the city/state. When I called them about my Model #66 Treadle, it took only a minute or two for them to tell me that it was made on 8/27/1913 in Elizabeth, New Jersey.
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