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Saw one last week at Goodwill - an old Singer treadle - for $300.00. The one you're looking at is much prettier, the cabinet is way nicer than the one Goodwill is trying to sell. So by comparison, the one you posted, for the money, looks like a decent deal, maybe I'd try to talk her down though...
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i'm not sure what i'm looking at. is the grey part just dirty or is the finish worn away? the bottom line is this: do you want it $300.00 worth? or do you want one to keep up with someone else? or for an investment?
if you know for a fact that it works well and you love it and always will, then make an offer. remember, she'll try to raise the offer, so offer a little less than your end price. if it's an investment, it's too iffy, imo. there are too many of them and antiques as an investment are very trendy. right now people are more into traditional, for example. if you're thinking of using it, i have one complete cabinet and machine, never electrified, that i love, and three wrought-iron bases that i use as table bases because i can't GIVE them away. my daughter, who's 5'7" can't get her legs and foot pedal under the things. neither my DIL nor my DD wants to sit and treadle after coming home from a full day at work. if you're getting swept away because so many members have them, then you have to think about whether that's a good reason. |
Most old treadle sewing machines go for around $100-$200. She's asking too much for it, unless it were in perfect condition with decals and all paint intact.
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Yes, I think too much. I got a Singer Red Eye treddle for $35 at an estate auction. Runs great.
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Originally Posted by frugalfabrics
Free.
In 1895 the Illinois Sewing Machine Co was founded using assets from the former Royal Sewing Machine Co of Rockford, Illinois. Will C. Free became the president by 1910, and organized a parent company - the Free Sewing Machine Co. Production continued in Rockford until 1958, when it relocated to Los Angeles, California. Manufacture finally ceased about 1969. |
Originally Posted by writerwomen
PArt of values are in the eye of the beholder. Something can sell for 5.00 one time and 1000.00 the next to someone for sentimental reasons. If you're looking at it as an item to keep then maybe you don't mind paying the price. If your thought is to someday recoop what you put out for it, it's not a good investment. Unfortunatly the market for those beautiful old treadles is at a huge low. Many are being scrapped or set on the curb. We deal in vintage machines and have turned down quite a few treadles because we just don't have the room for them.
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She is not willing to come down on the machine. So I just I will keep looking. Thanks everyone for your inputs.
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I, too, think the price a bit high, but it's a gorgeous table, and the machine will be, too, with a little cleaning.
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Here is another a guy here at the hospital is selling for $100. Been on the board since Apr 4, he has yet to show me a picture of the actually machine. Pretty table, but I do not know what the machine looks like.
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Hey! Check this out. Found one similar on ebay. How do I know it works.
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