Posted 3 years ago
DennisYPG
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Is this worth getting an appraisal on?
1910 Singer Sewing machine. Model # G607056
Went to get a few things from a friends basement and he had is grandmas sewing machine down there. Asked if I wanted to take it. Picked it up for $20. It will make a nice addition to our room but wanted to know if it’s “worth” more than the $20 I paid for it.
Hi, DennisYPG. :-)
It's beautiful, but the short answer to your question about whether it's worth getting an appraisal on it would probably have to be "No."
I don't want to burst anybody's bubble, but neither do I want to see people waste their money.
Let me give you more information about your particular vintage Singer.
Per the Singer serial number tables at the International Sewing Machine Collectors' Society (ISMACS), serial number G607056 was one of a block of 50,000 consecutive serial numbers (564001 through 614000) allotted by the central office to a particular factory (in this case, probably Elizabethport) on June 22nd, 1910, and all were destined to be stamped into the beds of model 66 machines:
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G- 564001 614000 66 50000 June 22 1910
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http://ismacs.net/singer_sewing_machine_company/serial-numbers/singer-g-series-serial-numbers.html
It's definitely a model 66, because it has the famous Red Eye decal set, which was only applied to model 66 machines, and at U.S. Singer factories:
https://www.singersewinginfo.co.uk/decals/decal10
Your cabinet is Cabinet Table No. 2 is Plain with Five Drawers:
http://ismacs.net/singer_sewing_machine_company/cabinet_table_no_2-3.html
About the model 66:
https://www.singersewinginfo.co.uk/66
https://sewalot.com/singer%2066.htm
Here's a manual for the model 66-1 (which yours is, because it's a treadle and it has a back-clamping presser foot):
https://archive.org/details/Singer661Manual
About the Elizabethport factory:
https://www.singersewinginfo.co.uk/elizabethport
https://www.ericwilliamsblog.com/left-behind-in-elizabeth-the-singer-manufacturing-company-part-1/
https://www.ericwilliamsblog.com/left-behind-in-elizabeth-the-singer-manufacturing-company-part-2/
Now back to the subject of appraisal.
I don't know what other appraisal outfits are charging these days, but the appraisal service linked at the top of the page here at CW looks like they're currently charging more than you paid for your machine.
If you've read the information at the links above about the model 66, you'll know that vintage sewing machine enthusiasts do love that particular model, but that doesn't necessarily mean that they're willing to give anything to acquire one.
Here is a discussion about that at the vintage sewing machine enthusiast forum quiltingboard dot com:
https://www.quiltingboard.com/vintage-antique-machine-enthusiasts-f22/1913-singer-66-red-eye-value-t308369.html
Here is some good, free advice from one of the experts at ISMACS:
http://ismacs.net/sewing_machine_articles/how_much_is_my_sewing_machine_worth.html
Here is one more link (to a collection of vintage sewing machine links) in case I forgot anything:
https://www.collectorsweekly.com/stories/285089-vintage-sewing-machine-help
Awesome thanks for the info! Yeah we love it. Didn't know it would look so good where it is. Only put it there as a place holder but I think that's where it will stay
DennisYPG, You're welcome. :-)
I'm glad that you love it. Those old cast iron sewing machines do have a certain beauty.
FYI, I zoomed in again to take another look at your machine, and noticed that instead of a thread spool pin, there is what looks like a flat head nail.
Whoever put it in there at least put it in the correct hole:
https://oldsingersewingmachineblog.com/2012/10/19/how-to-clean-a-vintage-sewing-machine-some-thoughts-on-that/
You can get a replacement spool pin:
https://oldsingershop.com/collections/vintage-singer-sewing-machine-parts/products/vintage-singer-sewing-machine-spool-pin-model-15-66-99-127-128-201-tap-in-simanco-2007
Also, I don't know if the slide plate that normally would cover the recess that houses the bobbin assembly is in a drawer, or truly missing. If it's the latter, you can get a replacement for that, too:
https://oldsingershop.com/collections/singer-66-sewing-machine-parts/products/singer-66-99-sewing-machine-slide-plate-bobbin-cover-in-chrome-simanco-32569-spartan-192