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Cost of Featherweight 221?
I have my mothers Featherweight machine and case that I learned to sew on as a child. Up until recently I didn't know that it was worth anything. I would guess she bought it in the mid 40's. I had a service man go through it and he says it's in wonderful shape. Just because of curiosity I would like to know how much the machine would have been new. I understand from the service man that they are great machines to piece on. I would have never guessed it was so valuable.:sew::wave:
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Depending on the year and place, they usually ran $100.00 plus or minus a few dollars. That was a hefty purchase back then.
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Today with manual and original attachments including case, basically everything that was with it when first purchased, they can run up to $1000.00+. I would certainly think a long time before giving it up. Continue to take good care of it.
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I have purchased 9 of them. I have paid $175 to $ 350. for one in excellent shape with all the extra feet and manuals. They are a wonderful machine. I would never pay as much as $1000. except if it was a 222.
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I bough one a year ago love it to piece on paid around 200.00 nice little machine.
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I paid $125.00 for my featherweight in 1957. That included a buttonholer and some attachments. Who ever has it now got a good one. My DH without thinking gave it to Goodwill.
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Originally Posted by grannie cheechee
(Post 6540767)
I paid $125.00 for my featherweight in 1957. That included a buttonholer and some attachments. Who ever has it now got a good one. My DH without thinking gave it to Goodwill.
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I know everything's bigger in Texas but wow. My aunt paid $100 for one back in the day, I paid 250 for mine. $1000+ is a great dream, IMHO!
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From ISMACS - and excerpt from Singer records
[TABLE] [TR] [TD="colspan: 4, align: center"]AVERAGE COST (cash paid) FOR ELECTRIC PORTABLE[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]MODELS[/TD] [TD]128[/TD] [TD]99[/TD] [TD]221-1[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]1922 - 1934[/TD] [TD]$59.50[/TD] [TD]$77.00[/TD] [TD]**[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]1934 - 1941[/TD] [TD]$ 59.50[/TD] [TD]$85.00[/TD] [TD]$88.00[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]1946 - 1946[/TD] [TD]$69.50[/TD] [TD]$95.00[/TD] [TD]$105.00 [/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] This record is from 1946 -so no info after that date. I watch on eBay - and there seems to be a lot of FW listed now, the prices started to drop about last March, and they never went back up. |
I have the original bill of sale for my 1936 FW along with each payment receipt! It cost $117.00 in 1936. It took them 3 years to pay it off and they got behind in their payments twice. Each payment was around $3.00, can't remember exactly. No idea what $117.00 would be equivalent to today...
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