Originally Posted by Central Ohio Quilter
Probably because it is one of the very early ones. I believe the first one came out in 1935 and this is a '36... I don't know the reason, but I know some collectors want the 1936 machines. Maybe someone else here can tell us why? You don't see a 1936 FW come up for sale very often.
There are people out there with more money than sense, and someone will probably buy this machine for that price!