Is it a Featherweight 221??? If so, and it works, buy it!!!! I have 5 vintage machines dating from 1937 to 1953 - they all run beautifully and I wouldn't trade a one. I paid $20.00 to $196.00 depending on the condition and the luck that some people didn't know what they had. I also have my 1937 grandmother's machine - a blessing.