Delta

QUIT LOOKING LOL You know when you look you will not find. put the energy out there you are not looking anymore and just look for other stuff and you will find one.

jillnjo

They are certainly out there!! I had a nice little 1970's Kenmore given to me and she runs like a top and goes through anything! I love to have a machine to take along on trips that is small and portable. I have a Singer 99 that I found at a re-run shop for 35.00 in a lovely cabinet. I know they are at garage sales, ect. Good luck searching, it's more than half the fun!!

wandajean

My husband picked one up at a garage sale for $35. It's a beautiful Singer, much like the one pictured above, with a beautiful cabinet. It needed a clean-up, but it's a beautiful piece!

jlm5419

Don't give up. My latest find was a 1934 Singer 15-91, cost under $55, including shipping. It runs great, stitches great.I do happen to like the old black cast iron machines, the older the better. I recently missed out on a beautiful Singer 301, in cabinet with matching bench seat, including attachments and button holer, priced at $25. Still kicking myself for not grabbing that one.

Caryn

dont give up...it took almost three years worth of looking through the junk stores, antique stores and flea markets to fine my "free". finally, i found what i was looking for and all was in excellent working order, for $65.00. she just needed a new belt and some cleaning up along with a good oiling. personally, if a treadle sewing machine is over $100.00 and in bad or poor working shape i would pass it by. the current economy though could be on your side as more and more people are desparate to make money.

DonnaQuilts

I have been looking for a year for an old black Singer. It was purely by accident, found in a thrift shop in central Illinois. It was a 201-2 with the art noveau 4 drawer desk, mentioned in an earlier post. The machine was in near perfect condition, $100.00. The desk was maked up, but is good enough for refinishing. It is mahogony veneer with some walnut. It took stain well and is going to be a good looking piece when done. I found a thread spindle at Sewing Machines and Things, Brentwood, TN. I ordered a missing thumb screw from Sew Classics, internet. The repairs were under $5.00. Refinishing the cabinet was the most expensive at $35. The manual was another $5.00. All of these were not necessary, but something I wanted and could do to make a complete unit.
A classic machine, doomed to the dumpster, if it didn't sell, was brought back to useful productivity. It is pretty and can continue sewing for another generation.

BarbaraSue

Now that you have verbally and out loud expressed your desire to have A vintage machine, you will likely have more than one pop up.
That is how I got my 301 and I'm looking at a Red Eye this week!!

Good Luck, they will come your way.

oldpiglady

try shopgoodwill.com they always have sewing machines on their auction site. I got a really great machine from there. A 1913 Singer... I think it is a model 66. I use it all the time now. Got it for $46 and that included shipping!

Wanabee Quiltin

We saw on craigslist a beautiful Singer with the cabinet and all accessories for $30. I believe it is a Singer 99 style. I think we will buy that today if it is still for sale. I bought a Free Westinghouse that looks brand new, absolutely spotless. I got it from Goodwill last Saturday and it was $10. We have beautiful machines in our area listed on Craigslist. If you find one that you like, I would not mind checking it out for you. Driving here to pick it up is a little expensive right now with the price of gas, but you could have a mini-vacation and tour St. Louis.

pinkberrykay

I agree with what Delta said. Once I stopped looking and posting ISO's on my local FB selling sites pages. Sewing machines started coming out of their dark basements and being listed. There is one lady who knows I am looking for machines and monitors the FB pages, she then tags me in the post so I can see what it is people are selling.