Anyone know this machine?
 

This showed up on a local 24 hour auction site. The seller says it's a Singer but has no other information and can't get to the machine to find the serial number before the auction ends. She said she thinks it's a special edition model. She doesn't know if there's a shuttle or needle in it either.

Looks like a 128 (?) but I'm no expert. Is anyone familiar with the decals?

It comes with a cabinet but it's in really sorry shape.

Bidding is currently $30. Any thoughts on what it's worth?

Sorry if this post is inappropriate.

K

From what I can see it loosk more like a 28 (thread release lobe on the tensioner), but the stitch length lever and the lever on the base under the winder makes me think it's a german made machine or yet something else. Does it say anything on the badge? A harp playing mermaid or mythological sirene?

The decal is a harp playing mermaid. The badge appears to have 3 buildings (mid-evil, Russian?) or it could be 3 chess pieces, then there is some kind of long swirl across it that might be a rope or lion's tail. It's definitely not a Singer Badge I'm familiar with.

Singer 12 type shuttles are $60.00 each and hard to find, by the way.

bkay

edit: On second look, it appears to be a woman holding a ship anchor rather than a mermaid, but it could be mistaken for a mermaid with a harp.

I found a Gloria machine that's spot on yours, but there is a very similar Kayser (model L) that might be later but still close enough to have some kind of relation to it. It needs a bit more detective work. The name G. Thomas Bochum might be a red herring but I can't find anything on it.

It does look like my Gloria made by Anker Hentensburg. A German machine. It takes a 15X1 needle and the the boye 15 shuttle. Yes and it functions like the 28 Singer.

My first reaction when I saw it was that it was a German machine, probably because the decals reminds me of my Frister & Rossmann Model E.

I know shuttles are pricey and the seller had no idea what I was talking about when I asked. She said it has a bobbin and sewing machine needle but that was all. So I wouldn't count on there being a shuttle.

I like the idea of having a cabinet so I can sew on a flat surface. This looks pretty sorry, though. I'll see if I can screen copy the two photos she posted. She said she's selling the machine and throwing in the cabinet for free.

It's a new auction site to me. It's local and lasts 24 hours (bidding on this ends at 6:14.59 tonight). If you're the highest bidder at that time, you bought it. I'm willing to take a risk, as long as the price doesn't go too high.

Thanks for your thoughts. I certainly don't need another sewing machine - unless it's a Featherweight! - but if it's cheap enough I'll have a new family member.

Karen

bkay, it is a German technique for anchoring stitches .. hehe/

I hope you get it Karen.

I got a serial number. It's 6845903. This is from the original ad -

"The stand it's in is rough but the machine is a beauty. This antique Singer has the electric conversion that Singer used to offer. I believe it's a special edition model. It powers up fine but seems to need a belt or something???"

Yes! The badge is for a distributor, J Silberg (Silberberg) of Hamburg, Germany. Sewalot has a picture of the badge on the Wertheim Superba page. This is not a Wertheim machine, though. Silberg sold machines by many manufacturers, some using that "mermaid holding an anchor" decal set with either the "Superba" or "Gloria" names. The framing decal on this one's arm looks like the "Superba" version. The front slide plate is like the Anker-made "Gloria", but the stitch regulator on the shoulder seems different.

Did you get the machine?

Karen, that's a darling machine. I have to watch myself b/c I am such a sucker for the old machines. I have too many as it is :D
But I hope you get it. Let us know!