mlmack

Craigslist bargain of the day:

http://kansascity.craigslist.org/atq/4209812406.html

Sheluma

There's a horse chestnut in the drawer! And why does he think that's a rotary?

miriam

I've seen horse chestnuts in drawers before - WHY?

Sheluma

This one is interesting because the receipt is dated 1925 but it's a back clamper which they stopped making in 1923. I can't really read the receipt, though. I think it says $45 less an allowance(?) of $7, total $38. That price seems too low for 1925. I have an 1895 brochure and the cheapest machine is the chainstitcher (24) at $50 in the least expensive cabinet. Did the prices go down after that? I think the 66 was the most expensive machine in the 20s.

Sheluma

Seam presser?

ArchaicArcane

Cos if they were on the floor you'd step on them!!

Sheluma

Sometimes we overlook the obvious.

miriam

maybe they were for luck
maybe they were hiding them for roasting later - but just 1?

Littlebearquiltingboard

I don't know if it's true but I've been told that horse chestnuts are used to keep spiders away.

Macybaby

I bet that 66 was bought used, and that is why it was cheap. Easy to find out with the model number. It could easily have been 10-15 years old in 1925 that the original owner traded in on a new side clamp with an electric motor on it, or one of those new fangled 101's that had recently come out!