Mine is the first machine I owned. It was bought second hand from the Singer dealer for $200 in 1960. He told me at the time whenever I wanted to trade it in, I would get $200 trade-in . I was thrilled to death to have my very own machine, and I never even considered trading it in, that baby has done leather car upholstery, sofa upholstery, drapery and clothing galore. Still wouldn't part with it, and it is still worth what I paid. The only sign of use is where I had wrapped a wool band around it to stick pins into,, the darn pins made little scratches.