What would you give for a Singer Treadle Sewing Machine?
10-04-2011, 09:30 PM
#54
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Originally Posted by AshleyR
$62.50 plus tax. Brings her to around $68. Money is really tight but this might be a once in a lifetime chance. Dh says to go for it. I'm not so sure.
I LOVE to piece quilts on mine. Such glorious precision and beautiful stitches. They don't make them like that today. Not anywhere...
10-04-2011, 09:49 PM
#55
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I paid $25 for my 1921 singer, got it at a yard sale. Normally we go home a different way but just decided to go for a drive, saw the sale stopped and got the old singer and a really old ruffler. I love vintage!
10-05-2011, 06:31 AM
#57
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Values are very subjective to the eye of the beholder. In the case of an instrument it would be the ear.
Also the word antiqu only applies if the item is more then 100 years old. If it is vintage- which means older but not antique the value is not as high. Make sure ot has the shuttle and bobbins and any attachments. Also someone who says not a scratch on it may be honestly right or not depending on their system of evaluation. Rust, mildew etc also can do unseen damage so the surface may look great but under side may not.
Also the word antiqu only applies if the item is more then 100 years old. If it is vintage- which means older but not antique the value is not as high. Make sure ot has the shuttle and bobbins and any attachments. Also someone who says not a scratch on it may be honestly right or not depending on their system of evaluation. Rust, mildew etc also can do unseen damage so the surface may look great but under side may not.
10-05-2011, 07:19 AM
#58
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Originally Posted by writerwomen
Values are very subjective to the eye of the beholder. In the case of an instrument it would be the ear.
Also the word antiqu only applies if the item is more then 100 years old. If it is vintage- which means older but not antique the value is not as high. Make sure ot has the shuttle and bobbins and any attachments. Also someone who says not a scratch on it may be honestly right or not depending on their system of evaluation. Rust, mildew etc also can do unseen damage so the surface may look great but under side may not.
Also the word antiqu only applies if the item is more then 100 years old. If it is vintage- which means older but not antique the value is not as high. Make sure ot has the shuttle and bobbins and any attachments. Also someone who says not a scratch on it may be honestly right or not depending on their system of evaluation. Rust, mildew etc also can do unseen damage so the surface may look great but under side may not.
10-05-2011, 12:14 PM
#59
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Location: Battle Creek, MI
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Originally Posted by deplaylady
Originally Posted by mrsmail
I paid $125 for a Singer 3/4 machine made in Great Britain and brought over from Scotland by the ladies' family. (Most I have paid.) Well worth the money. The cabinet has only 1 drawer but is in very nice condition. I paid $106 for a Singer Cabinet with a beautiful Red Eye Machine in it. Cabinet and machine looked like almost new. Needed a new belt, which my sewing machine man here in town sold me for $11 and some change. I have 10 treadle machines. Now that I am really looking for them, they are everywhere. I have bought machines that are not SINGER, but I bought those for the cabinets, in case I get heads with no treadles. I really only want to buy SINGER. I am looking for a Singer(Tiffany) if you know of anyone who has one for sale within driving distance of me.
One of the treadle from CL this morning - Tiffany with a fantastic cabinet - driving distance a little far:
http://rochester.craigslist.org/atq/2631604415.html
10-05-2011, 02:24 PM
#60
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Location: slaton, texas
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Originally Posted by winter012
I'd give my eye teeth!!!!!! They simply don't show up in our area at all!!!!!
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