If it looks like a "modern" sewing machine, it's going to be a badged machine. I've seen a few real Bartlets and they look like the kind of machines SteveH likes to collect. Like with many Names, when the old company went out of business, one of the existing grabbed the name and started using it.
I've seen so many listings where the seller thinks they have a really old machine because of this - but they have a newer "Badged" machine using the now defunct company name. I've about given up trying to educate sellers - once in a while they are glad to know, most of the time they're rather rude about my letting them know they don't have a valuable machine.
Last edited by Macybaby; 10-22-2014 at 08:55 AM.