barny

Oh! that is a gorgeous machine. Your Momma lived a good long life didn't she? How nice. And she took care of her fine machine. I guess it was your DMIL.

Quincunx

I love how the bobbin access door swings out to be part of the support of the table leaf!

shasta5718

Good for you, pfaff made really great machines, I have 3 and love all of them.

LadyElisabeth

You will love tht machine just as your mother did.

sherryl1

Oh I am jealous. What a wonderful gift.That machine is beautiful.

Wanabee Quiltin

I have a Pfaff and I love it. It's vintage too.

AUQuilter

What an incredible gift! Beautiful, shiny and loved machine... Thanks for sharing your beauty.

Tink's Mom

What a lovely machine! I just love the look of it...glad you were able to keep it in the family.

vschieve

Lucky lucky you! Pfaff is a great machine. I have four, two of which you see in my avatar, a mechanical 262 and then on left side is an embroidery machine, Pfaff 2170. I do have a Pfaff 130, and by serial number it was made in 1950, and says on front Made in Germany, not Made in West Germany like the later models have. I bought mine from a Pfaff dealer in San Antonio and he totally serviced it first. Later I found a Pfaff cabinet at Goodwill, with the little oval hole to put my hand through to pull the bobbin, but it is not the drawer type cabinet like yours. I felt lucky to find a Pfaff cabinet for $16.99!! It is a wonderful machine. My newest Pfaff is the Performance 5.0, but I love my two mechanical Pfaffs, my "go to" machines!

Girlfriend

What a great family heirloom. Since she had the documentation on the ownership, serial number, did she also have the sales receipt? Just curious what she paid for it in 1954, same year I was born.

I bought a Pfaff Creative 7510 in 1995 and paid $1800.00. Quite a bit more, for sure, than what your mom paid for hers in 1954, but, maybe not, relatively speaking.

Was Walter your dad? Perhaps it was an early Christmas present....

Thanks for sharing.