haha yeah another 4 1/2 hours at her house last night and I convinced her not to get rid of a few things, so i'm going to help her list them for sale on ebay in the near future. I also had to bring home a few more treasures, so I came home with a gorgeous White coffin top treadle, a Tiffany/Gingerbread singer, another singer in a bentwood case, and a New Cottage with the celtic designs. I'll post up pics later. Gotta go take my kiddos on a field trip this morning.
That copper plate is so pretty. We sat it side by side with another 201 and examined the plates. The design is nearly identical with only minor differences, but now I'm intrigued as to who that machine could have been made for. It is in pristine condition except for a few small spots on the bed of the machine, and in that whole storage unit where machines were stacked on top of each other and somewhat haphazardly placed, this one was carefully wrapped in bubble wrap and in a separate box so nothing could get to it. There were only 2 others wrapped up like that, and like Alex said, Frank's collection of everything was not just amassed without regard. Seems everything he collected was particular and thought out. I can't wait until she gets back with all the papers that have some records on these machines. Since I now own about 20 of the machines from his collection I am very curious if there's any documentation for the ones I ended up with too!