Originally Posted by
sewbizgirl
This isn't exactly what you asked, but my Bernina 830 was around $1080 back in the seventies when it was new. A small fortune but you got the best machine in the world!
It helps a bit, but I can never tell by the numbers if an 830 is a newer or older machine than a 1030... I'm going to assume because the number is lower, it is an older machine, but I'm not sure.