Macybaby- Where did you find the thread from 3 years ago? I looked for it but couldn't find it. I did find one that debbieoh posted on 06-03-2013 with a picture of her machine. My machine is almost like hers, but is a little different. Hers is a New Home.

Do you have a digital picture? if so, send me a PM and I'll give you my email, you can email it to me and I'll post it for you.

Can you give us some clues? Is it a VS machine? Mine is vertical and the one Jon posted was horizontal -

Does it have a leaf tension or the other style? How about bobbin winder? is it rack and pinion, does it have a long tongue on it to guide thread, or does it have no provision for thread guide?

there are lots of things that can help - however a picture is priceless, and the name next to worthless.

Here is another idea - go to this site and spend hours looking at pictures - you may want to start with French machines and see - I've spent hours on this site, which is one reason I can sometimes identify machines from pictures.

http://needlebar.org/cm/

Right back corner - there are only a few that way, I'll look when I get home and see which ones are that way.

I have one and think there was something uncommon about it, don't recall what though. I'm at work and wont' be home for a few hours yet.

Also, if it has a leaf tension -that seemed to be rather uniform for each MFG over models. And if it's a US made machine, determining what attachments fit is a very good way to figure out who made it. That is another thing that seemed to stay uniform even with the look changed.

Does your machine take top clamp, side clamp or feet that slip over the end of the presser bar?

I was reading an interesting conversation about a LaReine sewing machine on the QB from 2011. Something about a LaReine / Honeymoon machine. Guess it was puzzling and a mystery back then also. The attachment that opens is Davis which I can tell by the irons. No head pic unfortunatly.

http://www.quiltingboard.com/vintage...3881-1509.html

Good luck with your search.

Jon

PS----Davis Honeymoon photo half way down

http://knickoftime.net/2011/10/my-de...nary-wall.html

Interesting - what that "expert" posted is almost verbatim a post I found on this board from 2010 . . . including the mis-information. But I did not find the post with the picture they were referring to.

My psychic powers tell me there is a patent date of June 29, 1897. This is a New Royal patent.

http://needlebar.org/nbwiki/index.php/Illinois

Jon

PS---Must have been a Department or Hardware in LaReine, LA that had their own line of sewing machines over a long period of time. The different models and makers of machines came and went but the "LaReine" badge remained the same. Davis also seems to have been a supplier to this outfit and possibly many others.

Just kidding. The appraiser should have stuck with Real Estate:

http://www.justanswer.com/antiques/5...yard-sale.html

Jon


[QUOTE=jlhmnj;7151123]My psychic powers tell me there is a patent date of June 29, 1897. This is a New Royal patent.

http://needlebar.org/nbwiki/index.php/Illinois

Jon

New Royal has a rather unique leaf tension

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c3...pscab10053.jpg

The one in the Front is before Free took over, the one in the back is after Free took over.

Notice the LEAF spring - don't worry to much about the rest.

Of course, if your machine does not have this type of tension, then that won't be helpful.