I have two featherweights. The first one my parents gave me for my 16th birthday 55 years ago. My granddaughters love to sew on it so last month I bought another one exactly like it off eBay on a buy it now auction for $349 including shipping. Both of these machines were made on January 17, 1955. I paid that much after losing out on 22 other auctions most of which would have cost more by the time shipping was added. Now my 2 granddaughters can sew at the same time. I love my featherweights and have named them Fannie and Feebie.