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Originally Posted by vintagemotif
I see them every now and then, but don't know yet how to identify which are 'real' singers, versus fake branded singers, which are in good condition, which models, etc.
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The wonderful world of internet has almost all your answers. This Singer site can help you if you have the serial number (which is the number found on the plate in the front):
http://www.singerco.com/support/serial_numbers.html
And then there are so many sites from bloggers that share photos and information on machines that they own. I love Google for that! And then Needlebar, Treadleon, and Yahoo groups (for this machine or that machine) (which I'm not a member) have a wealth of information . I like to google for images of machines too.