A $10 Singer fiddleback
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A $10 Singer fiddleback
I was browsing a local antique mall yesterday and saw this old Singer fiddleback head with a $10 price tag on it. It looks well used and is missing the shuttle and shuttle plates, but appears to be otherwise complete. I'm not sure of the model, but the serial # is 9098103. It appears to date to 1888. I didn't buy it, but for $10 it was hard to pass up. I imagine it would be tough to find the missing parts. Any thoughts?
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Not hard to find the parts, really. You can get them online several places. Overall it doesn't look too bad to restore, but you would have to find a treadle base for it. I know, it is hard to leave them sitting, isnt it??
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At $10, it was hard to walk away from, but I have too many other machines as it is. If anyone is interested, its at an antique mall in King George county Virginia, on RT. 301, about 10 miles from the Potomac river. Here is the shop's website:
http://www.auniquehouse.com/
If someone is really interested, I can stop by again and get the specific booth # that its in.
Steve
http://www.auniquehouse.com/
If someone is really interested, I can stop by again and get the specific booth # that its in.
Steve
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