The October issue of Country Living magazine has a little column called "What Is It? What Is It Worth?" (not sure if this is a regular feature as I just happened to read the magazine). Someone wrote in and sent a picture of a Singer 66 Red-Eye that she bought on Etsy. The appraiser writes that the machine is worth $100 in its current condition, which is perfect except for the "S" in Singer being worn off because (the appraiser says) it must have been used by a professional seamstress who had a pincushion there (LOL already... because only the professionals use pincushions, right?).
Then the appraiser says if the machine was in pristine condition, it would be worth... $1,000!
All-righty then! We are sitting on gold mines, people!!
Somebody really needs to have a talk with that appraiser, methinks.