Strange toy machine; is it for real, or is the housing missing?
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Strange toy machine; is it for real, or is the housing missing?
Not that I am thinking of buying this, at $250, but how weird it looks; did they really look like this, or has someone taken the body off it?
http://www.kijiji.ca/v-art-collectib...ationFlag=true
http://www.kijiji.ca/v-art-collectib...ationFlag=true
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Was the model 20 considered a toy? Given the flimsy looking stampings on that one I'm guessing they were but I also know that some small chain stitch machines were real sewing machines.
I stay away from the toy machines. I have enough obsessions to keep me busy (and broke).
Rodney
I stay away from the toy machines. I have enough obsessions to keep me busy (and broke).
Rodney
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Technically, It was marketed as a girls sewing machine, not a toy.
The cover says "Childs Sewing Machine" and "NOT a toy"
The box even has comments like "A Singer for the Girls" and "Teaches them to make clothes for their dolls"
The cover says "Childs Sewing Machine" and "NOT a toy"
The box even has comments like "A Singer for the Girls" and "Teaches them to make clothes for their dolls"
#5
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Was the model 20 considered a toy? Given the flimsy looking stampings on that one I'm guessing they were but I also know that some small chain stitch machines were real sewing machines.
I stay away from the toy machines. I have enough obsessions to keep me busy (and broke).
Rodney
I stay away from the toy machines. I have enough obsessions to keep me busy (and broke).
Rodney
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As a child I sewed on one of these!! My friend had one....we made little dresses for our dolls!! We had it clamped to a table!! I was around 8 yrs old at the time, and quite an 'accomplished' sewer!!! My Grandma taught me on a Singer treadle machine that my father had converted to an electric machine, when I was 6yrs old!! We spent many happy hours 'creating' outfits!!! Lovely memories!!
#10
These toys are getting very pricey. Depending on paint and chrome condition, the price is the going rate now days. It needs a clamp, however the chrome table is correct. If it had the box it would be considerably more. I have been collecting the toy Singers for 10 years. A blue Model 20 recently sold for $700. In addition, there are several models in the Singer toys, with changes to the hand wheel and tension dial.
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