201-2? Featherweight?
#12
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Miriam,
I have a 201-2 in a 4 drawer cabinet sitting in my front room right now just like you described, and we only paid $75.00 for it. All original in totally functional condition. All I've done is clean, oil and lube it. I wouldn't have paid $250.00 for it, no way, no how.
Joe
I have a 201-2 in a 4 drawer cabinet sitting in my front room right now just like you described, and we only paid $75.00 for it. All original in totally functional condition. All I've done is clean, oil and lube it. I wouldn't have paid $250.00 for it, no way, no how.
Joe
#13
Joe if that 201 has been professionally worked over with a new set of wiring, it is well worth that $250 - where are you going to buy a like new machine or a new machine for that? That machine will last a very long time. If you spend that same $250 on a new plastic wonder it won't last 5 years.
All that being said, I'm probably willing to pay more than a lot of the people here for the same item. Generally spare time - for hunting things down, haunting garage sales/antique stores/etc... - is harder for me to come up with than spare money at the moment and I've never been particularly patient.
#14
Prices are dependent on area, supply, & condition. If you live in an area where they don't come up very often, prices will be higher. Most are not in good condition; this lowers the price. If one has accessories and is recently serviced, it will be higher. And it all boils down to whatever someone is willing to pay.
I love finding non-working machines, re-habbing them, & finding the missing parts. When I sell them, I can't let them go for $20; I have WAY more than that invested in parts, not to mention the time. I buy the machines to use, not to make a million $. But I let one go to a new home every so often.
I love finding non-working machines, re-habbing them, & finding the missing parts. When I sell them, I can't let them go for $20; I have WAY more than that invested in parts, not to mention the time. I buy the machines to use, not to make a million $. But I let one go to a new home every so often.
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Prices are dependent on area, supply, & condition. If you live in an area where they don't come up very often, prices will be higher. Most are not in good condition; this lowers the price. If one has accessories and is recently serviced, it will be higher. And it all boils down to whatever someone is willing to pay.
I love finding non-working machines, re-habbing them, & finding the missing parts. When I sell them, I can't let them go for $20; I have WAY more than that invested in parts, not to mention the time. I buy the machines to use, not to make a million $. But I let one go to a new home every so often.
I love finding non-working machines, re-habbing them, & finding the missing parts. When I sell them, I can't let them go for $20; I have WAY more than that invested in parts, not to mention the time. I buy the machines to use, not to make a million $. But I let one go to a new home every so often.
#16
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Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: North Dakota
Posts: 2,633
I have a 201 in a cabinet that I paid $10 for. It is in a Queen Anne Cabinet and doesn't look like it was used very much, No chair with the cabinet tho. can't find my pictures now. I think I posted them under vintage machines I love it. It doesn't make very much noise at all when I sew.
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