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Sewnoma
Those "nostalgia" machines don't really appeal to me either. They're usually kind of high priced - you can often get the real deal in great shape for the same prices I see people asking for the modern copies.
I'm not sure that people actually GET those higher prices, but I see them come up on eBay and people usually want around $150-200 for them. You can get a REALLY nice vintage Singer 15 for that much money.
I agree, the repros are often priced higher than the real thing. For example, there's been one on my local CL for at least a year they're asking an outrageous amount of $$ for the machine in a cheap press board cabinet that's missing some of the drawers. Of course it doesn't help matters that they keep listing it a rare antique. This person knows it isn't an antique. Will they ever get what they're asking for it? I hope not, because that would mean that some poor soul who knows nothing about these machines was suckered by a shyster.
Cari