I went to a sale with fabric and quilt supply's . had all sorts of things to explore, and got to talking to the lady and found she was moving to a smaller place and had a Nolting longarm that would not fit the new place and she wanted to know if I was interested. I said I would look at it, it was on a 14 ft. table and she had years of patterns and other things that went with it.
I took it home for $500 ; sewing machine and table and patterns and box of bobbins and other goodies.. It needed some adjusting the next year and the repair guy said I could sell it for $2000, I said thanks and took it home, happy about my find..