Steve, very old machine I need your help!

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10-06-2014, 09:35 AM

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tessagin

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One of the quilt shops I frequent has on similar and belongs to the owner who got it from her great grandmother. It sits behind the counter in a locked glass cabinet. A couple smaller sewing machines are in the cabinet also. She said those were samplers that salesman used and her great grandfather was a sewing machine salesman. It's in her blood. If I had an extra $125.00 and extra room, I'd buy it in a heartbeat!

10-06-2014, 10:02 AM

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SteveH

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Originally Posted by tessagin

... She said those were samplers that salesman used and her great grandfather was a sewing machine salesman. It's in her blood. If I had an extra $125.00 and extra room, I'd buy it in a heartbeat!

I would pay good money to have ANYONE show me evidence of the existence of Sewing machine "Salesmans samples"... Especially a Singer one....

I have seen this label being applied to everything from Toy machines, to industrial chain-stitching machines.

To my knowledge and to the best of my research capabilities, there NEVER was one.

One of my personal pet peeves....

10-06-2014, 10:06 AM

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SteveH

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Originally Posted by Macybaby

so . .. umm. . . what IS it?

Sorry, missed this. It is a Charles Raymond Number One

10-06-2014, 07:32 PM

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Redsquirrel

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I've contacted the guy twice, hopefully he will get back to me. The add is still up. Now that Steve has identified what it is, I looked them up, yes, this is a pre 1900 machine that was made in Canada? I will try to get it.