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A short discussion concerning 'antique' sewing machine values,
the types of sewing machines we can help you sell & those we do and do not buy, sell, or deal in.
Acpi sny5001 driver windows 10. BELOW ARE EXAMPLES OF SEWING MACHINES
THAT WE DO NOT TYPICALLY BUY OR SELL & AN EXPLANATION OF WHY
Eldredge Sewing Machine Serial Numbers 2017
Common Full Size Antique Sewing Machines
A good rule of thumb for determining the desirability of an early sewing machine (pre-1880) is its serial number. A sewing machine by any maker with a serial number of 500 or less would be considered early, desirable and pretty rare. Low serial numbers by more obscure makers would be even better. At the left is an example of a sewing machine called the Ne Plus with serial # 21. It dates from the mid 1850's. Note how different it looks from later sewing machines. To see many other examples of early sewing machines go to my Past Sales Archives on our sister website www.AntiqBuyer.com. Those are the type and style sewing machines we seek. To see more common machines keep reading.
The simple fact that your sewing machine is old / antique does not necessarily mean it is desirable or valuable to a collector.
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Any sewing machine with a serial # above 50,000 would be considered 'Late' and relatively common. In other words, your Wheeler & Wilson #9, White, Singer, Domestic, Wilcox & Gibbs, etc. 'antique' sewing machine, or any other sewing machine with a serial number in the 6 or 7 digit range, is considered late and relatively common. The machine may date from 1880, and does have some value, but it would almost always be as a decorator item and not as a collectible with a steady demand and known value from sewing machine collectors.
In other words, and bottom line, common / later sewing machines are worth whatever you can sell them for. Or whatever you can get a willing buyer to pay. That might be $1000 or more, but more likely $50 or less. It boils down to how good a salesperson are you, what or who your customer base is, and the sales venue you choose.
To the right and just below are two pictures of typical looking treadle sewing machines. Note the standard looking shape or form of the main body or head on these machines. Sewing machines like this typically date from the late 1870's and up until the 1930's or later. Names such as the Standard, Jones, White, Eldredge, Domestic, New Home, Princess, Franklin, Household, Free, Westinghouse, Remington, Greybar, Minnesota, later Singer Models, and many others are examples of later machines that are generally not in great demand and thus not very desirable or valuable to a sewing machine collector.
These later sewing machines can come with a host of different names, and in general were made by the three major makers. They were sold to and distributed by companies like Sears, Montgomery Wards or other large regional distributers across the country back in the late 1800's and early 1900's. There are millions of them in circulation.
Typical treadle sewing machines like these were sold for $10-$20 and the sales approach was that every house needed one. Not just one, but a new and different one every couple years. It was like cars today. Sewing machine makers were not happy selling you one that would last a lifetime, they wanted to sell you a new one every couple of years with a different name, or different cosmetic look even if it was the exact same machine. Much like how things are marketed today with NEW written all over the label. What that means is that there were millions and millions of these machines made and sold, and many are still around. Literally every household had one - if not more. Last years model ended up in the barn attic or garage and the new one went into the sewing room. There is a near endless supply of these later common treadle sewing machines.
The main distributors of this style of machine would pick or choose whatever name suited them or their goals for that year. Hence names like Household, Favorite, Remington, Winchester, Domestic, Minnesota, Alliance, Victory, Perfection, Ajax, etc. Large companies like Sears or Montgomery Wards and other large regional distributors would also use famous peoples names in an effort to promote their sewing machines any given year. And so you can also find machines with names like Washington, Lincoln, Franklin, Edison, and others on machines that are pretty much exactly the same. At other times they picked Patriotic names like Victory, or Defiance, Alliance, or whatever. This was typical right after WWI, or the Spanish American War. The large sewing machine makers sold their standard machines to different distributers / companies to be sold as that firm's house brands---with whatever name that distributer wanted.
There is NO extra value or importance in a NAME you do not recognize on a LATER sewing machine. That you can find no published information on a later sewing machine with what seems to you to be an unusual name does not mean it is rare and valuable, it means it is so unimportant that nobody has ever bothered to write or publish anything about it.
Antique Sewing Machines with recognizable names from early inventors or companies like Wilcox and Gibbs, Wheeler and Wilson, Howe, and Singer may or may not be desirable. First models of them are good, later models are very common. It is all in the details!!
It is important to understand that it is not just the name which determines the desirability or value of antique sewing machines. It is a combination of factors, including the name, vintage or age, style, the perceived desirability / demand, and most importantly the condition, all taken together, that determine the desirability and value of any machine, early or late.
for Later Vintage Sewing Machines
These later treadle sewing machines do have a value - to someone.