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[thank you so much for that info. I spent hours looking, I just am not very good at searchiig. I always say an iitem is worth what someone will pay for it. When he said he wanted to sell it, of course I wanted to buy it. Then he said someone told him he should get a couple thousand for it because it was a very rare one, so of course I just had to try to research it. It does appear to be an unusual model, unlike the ones we finddaily. Again, thanks for the info.

quote=Miz Johnny]I know once one of you tell me, I'm going to be smacking my head and saying, "Doh!", but I can't figure out what an "F&F" is. I did find this information:

Chicago Sewing Machine Co. Est 1875 - 1882
◦Factory: Chicago. Illinois
Became:
Chicago Sewing Machine Co. Inc Est 1882 - 1902 Th Ooo Oi
◦Factory: 42 – 52 North Halsted Street, Chicago. Illinois.
Previously:
Tyber & Sweetland Manufacturing Co. to 1875
Machines Made:
◦No’s 1 – 5, 7, 11
◦Chicago Low Arm Singer
◦Imperial High Arm
◦The Columbian
◦The Peerless

As for selling it, it's worth what someone will pay for it. That is not meant as a snide or snarky comment, it's just that you can't really put a value on something like this and expect it to hold true. If several people want it, it's worth more. If only one person wants it, it's worth less. THAT'S why everyone thinks their machines are "worth" $400 or whatever--they saw one go for that on Ebay, and don't take into consideration all the other factors: availabilty, 2 people in a bidding war, drunken stupor, whatever. (BTW, there's a Sphinx on Ebay right now--asking price is $3,000.) Most genuine collectors will not tell someone what an machine is "worth", and most sewing machine sites state that at the top of their page, as that is the question most frequently asked.


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