Originally Posted by Charlee
The most expensive treadle to date, that I'm aware of sold at auction for 23,500 British pounds or $41,000.00. Here's the link for it...
http://www.sewalot.com/queen%20victoria.htm
This guy has a fascinating site with a lot of information on these old machines!
That was a fascinating site indeed, thank you for posting it! I love his humor. See this page on his antique sewing machines:
http://www.sewalot.com/sewing_machine_collection.htm