Originally Posted by
sew wishful
This Apartment is in a portable case. If it were in a table cabinet I'd jump on it for sure!! How would I age this machine? I mean where would I look to find the age if I had the serial number?
I haven't seen any portable ones. In fact, mine is the only Apartment that I knew of until yours. ISMACS may and only may be able to help you with dating it. I'm guessing mine is older than the 50s and that is only a guess. As to price, I bought mine at an estate sale and gave them $15 or $20 for it but the lady was a prolific quilter with the double knit polyester. Some of her work is protective coverings for the sewing machines and I foun d one that I intend to finish and give to my vet for blankets for covering the surgical patients. I do remember that the wiring looked scary on the machgine and I didn't plug it in for that reason. I don't know if this is any help at all but try ISMACS.