chris_quilts

Holy Cow!!! I have several 201s. I must be sitting on a gold mine!!!

Cari-in-Oly

He knows how to sell. Great marketing and great pics. He shows pics of the machine torn apart for servicing to show what he did to it, and I guarantee that the pic he shows of it sewing through a leather belt helped get that price. I feel sorry for the buyer if they try to give it a steady diet of leather.

Cari

Mrs. SewNSew

We have a seller down my way that advertises every machine they has as "heavy duty" or "industrial". I'm 100% sure they know the machines are NOT, but they sell better that way. Marketing plays a huge part in SM sales. There are people out there that don't mind paying the high price if they can rest assured that the machine is pristine and has been fully serviced.

mlmack

When did they stop making the 201 that had the silver plate on top that the spool pin fit in to?

Cari-in-Oly

That question was discussed on the VintageSinger Yahoo group recently. IIRC, the consensus was sometime in the late 40s to early 50s. My 201-2 is a 1955 model and it doesn't have it.

Cari

Quincunx

The treadle irons on this are fancy enough. But look at the third picture with the bed of the machine! http://www.blocket.se/jonkoping/Anti...a_58143555.htm

Macybaby

That one is a beauty!

I've read that Singer would put your name on the MOP machines - if you were willing to pay the price.

Mrs. SewNSew

I have a 1946 WITH the plate on top and a 1952 without.

DonnaC

Well, here's something I've never seen before:

http://providence.craigslist.org/fuo/4861261971.html

chris_quilts

She sure is gorgeous. The irons look good as does the name on the bed.