I have seen many bernina machines at estate sales. Check to see if your local auction house that does those has a site and then you can keep checking. Also, you might let your local quilt guild know you are in the market. The members sometimes sell theirs through the quarterly membership newspaper.
I have two. A Artista 200 and a newer Aurora 440QE. Both with the regulator and embroidery module. I bought one from a local sewing shop and the other from the daughter of a friend who passed away. Both were less than a year old and I got a great deal. I did find another older bernina at a second hand store in mint condition and gave it to my sister. I also gifted my bernina record 180 to my other sister when I upgraded. Those older machines had tons of feet, even walking feet and ran like a top.
There is nothing like a bernina. I love them.
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