Is it real, or is it a clone?
 

This machine looks like a 25 clone to me, but the seller says it has been in his family for generations, bought about 1920.

The selling price is $2580.00. It is in Athens, Greece. A serial number, JA91 4118 is stamped on the under carriage.

Any one able to find info on this? I'm getting blanks.


Here is the link.http://www.etsy.com/listing/12688693...sewing+machine

It looks to me like the modern reproductions being made in India. They make treadles and handcranks also, for the market without reliable electricity. I sincerely doubt they cost that much, more likely a few hundred.

My bet is a modern 15 clone also.

Might as well make it unanimous, it's a clone. A nice machine, but a clone non the less.

Joe

It's not even worth $258.00 let alone $2580.00. And then risk getting a machine from Greece to the US ...

Perhaps the Greeks are exploring new ways to build their economy. Lord knows they need it.

Run fast away from that one! It is definitely a clone. I wouldn't give $20 for it.

Be sure this is not some sort of scam.

I also vote for clone. It may sew nicely, but it sure isn't worth more than $100, if that. Probably more like $35 to $60 around here. No collector's value.

In my opinion,

It's NOT rare.
It's not a collectible.
It's not valuable.
It's most certainly not antique. Antique is 100 years or more. This might have been 1950s, and I'm giving it a lot of leeway. It could have been made last week, in India.

I think the seller subscribes to the theory that there is a sucker born every minute. Don't buy it.

Greece? That alone would concern me. With the state of that country and their ethics with regards to their conscience, it wouldn't surprise me for it to be a very good imposter.