What machine is this?
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The best advice I can give you is study the machines in your local market. After a few weeks you'll start getting a feel for what a good price is for a machine in your market. You'll begin to notice that some machines tend to sit forever, some machines are common as dirt, and others you'll only see once.
Rodney
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You must be in Idaho? I am, too, and there are very few vintage machines around this area, (I have been watching for half a year or more.) And those that I have seen are higher priced than on the west coast or midwest/east coast.
#17
It is discouraging, isn't it? But, these are wonderful machines and I would rather have one of them than the new machines being sold today. I love history, and the way things used to be made to last. I have mainly sewn on my Featherweight for the past 20 years and love it. I do mostly quilting, though, and not clothing. The desire for a backup machine is what lit my newly acquired addiction for any vintage machine.
#18
I know nothing about that machine but IF it was working and IF I had the money - $100 would not be a bad price to pay for a good sewing machine. I'm just sayin'. Plus - I don't like to wait for something I really want.
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I have a 15-91 in a cabinet that my husband bought for me. It's a nice machine. Mine is from 1945 (has an AG serial number) so this one is probably a bit newer (AH serial number). Having the tensioner towards the back of the machine makes it easier to see where/what you are sewing. It has a "screw" underneath the machine that you turn to drop the feed dogs for free motion quilting and it is gear driven so no belt to worry about and therefore is a bit of a stronger sewer also. A lot of these machines need rewiring due to deterioration of the wires so check that out if you go see it. Still, you can buy the wiring online at sew-classic.com. As I said, I like my 15-91 ... a lot! (Funny how the ad is listed at $95 then in the write up says something only $100 with tax cash. What the heck does that mean?)
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