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Message:: [QUOTE="Shangas, post: 778234, member: 360"]The problem with sewing machines - especially vintage Singers, and most antique sewing machines in general - is that they were built VERY tough. Advertising material for most Singers stated that they were for "HOME USE & LIGHT MANUFACTURING". That being the case, they were built very solidly. So they last. A long time. Which means there's loads of them around. And prices are all over the place. I've picked up a Singer hand-crank from the 1930s for $20.00. And another one for $30.00. And then you have people like my parents' friend, who bought herself a 1920s Singer treadle for $350.00. But you can get them for much, much cheaper. Most people think they're worth fortunes, but the fact is - there was a time, not so long ago, when almost every home had one. So they're just too common to be worth much. That's the brutal truth of it. Unless it's one of Singer's REALLY fancy modes (look up "Parour-Cabinet Singer sewing machine" on Google Images), then it's not going to be worth much more than a couple of hundred bucks. And that's assuming it's in fantastic condition with all the bells, whistles and lights on it. If it has condition or cosmetic issues, the price - low to begin with - drops dramatically. Treadle machines can be hard to sell because they're heavy and take up space. Electric machines sell for next to nothing.[/QUOTE]