found my gem today
 

I live on Long Island. My son and i took a ride out east today.I told him to look for diamonds in the rough. we cked out jewelry, and it was all fakes. i went into one place, My son was typing on an old fashioned typewriter. I tld him when it dinged, he had to manually return the carriage. he was doing pretty good. Then i saw "HER". she was on the floor. i asked the guy how much. I had to ask him twice. it's a 201, from what i can see. i got it for $20. I just wanted it in my car before he realized what he sold.
get this... he was going to cut it in half to make bookends! He has 2 more at home too. I may buy one as a gift for a friend. The shop owner said he just put $40 into it to get it cleaned and oiled and running. I said i'm sorry, but that's not my problem. I only have $20, and he took it.

so, did I get a good deal?

Are you kidding? ha,ha. I take any old machine for 20$. We'd love to see it also.

can someone tell me how i find out what model it is?
I'm thinking of going back to get the other ones. Opinions???

I'll ask my son to take photos over the weekend.

Do a search on the Ismacs Singer identification site. You can find the serial number listed and it will give you the date of manufacture and model number.

Hey, I've got $25!
Wishing I'd been there!

Wow! What a steal!

Quite the deal, Lynnie! You should buy a lottery ticket. I think you're on a winning streak :D

Here is a Demo: https://video.search.yahoo.com/searc...e&action=click

$40 would have been an absolute steal.

Yup, you did good. If it is a 201 you're in for a treat. Those 201s are work horses.

Thank you for saving it from the atrocity of the its intended purpose. One has to wonder why they would "get it cleaned and oiled and running" if they were going to make bookends with it.

https://www.sandman-collectibles.com...r-machines.htm has a good site to get started identifying Singer sewing machines.

If you are certain that it is a 201 then https://oldsingersewingmachineblog.c...hich-is-which/ tells about the different varieties of 201s.

https://sewalot.com/singer_201k_sewalot.htm has some good history about 201s

http://ismacs.net/singer_sewing_mach...-database.html can tell you the age of the machine.

The 201 has a very good reputation.

Janey - Neat people never make the exciting discoveries I do.

WOw! What a steal lynnie. Enjoy your once in a blue moon purchase.

I'd say "ya done good"!

Sounds like you got a real good deal. Enjoy it.

i'm going back tomorrow. he said he had 2 more at home, and another one in the store. I have a dear friend i sew with on Tuesdays. she has so many featherweights and collectables. It will make a good christmas gift for her.
What was wrong with this man to think a book end was the way to go. some people have no sense. It's still in my car. i live about 350 feet from the parking lot, my son will bring it up for me tomorrow. i'll give your more info then.
to all of you who gave me sites to go to, a very big thank you. I'll get the info tomorrow, and let you know.

I found my 201 in the back of of a thrift shop. They were going to take it to the dump. Mine was in a cabinet and my friend wanted the cabinet. I offered to pay. Shop people said "take it and save us a trip to the dump". It had all the accessories and the book.

Congrats on your fun find!

o.k., so i finally got the case open. that was a trip in itself. this is the info so far.
it's a 99k, and it looks in excellent condition. i'll be back with more info soon, I'll go ck
the website Janey gave me.
so far, they are about $295-$395 on etsy

so now i got all the info.
it was made on Sept 11, 1954
she runs like new, too. all of her decals ar in perfect order.the front plate
is what i call tuxedo stripes. it's not the elobrate swirley one. it's just the
plain engraved straight stripe.
She has a nice light on the back too.
if anyone has any more info, i'd love to hear it. thanks everyone.

99K is one of my favorites, I've got several of the different variations. The last one I bought for $75. I opened the lid and saw it had an original Singer hand crank!

this is my 1954 model

https://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c...psc730434a.jpg

beautiful baby, have fun with her, looks like mine, but mine is electrified