#Why no w singer serial numbers serial number#
#Why no w singer serial numbers manual#

Market trends Sales of super rare models are usually between collectors and the information is often available to a limited few.

Location Where you are will play a huge part in the perceived value of your machine.

or a price for insurance purposes (these are usually pretty unrealistic)

Circumstances When I do an official appraisal I need to know whether the person needs an estimate of what the machine will bring in a local auction, or at eBay in a specialist auction, or at an ISMACS auction, or in a local newspaper advertisement, or to another collector, or to a museum, or to a dealer.

These factors can affect the 'value' by many hundreds of percent. Only with a hands-on viewing would an expert be able to know of any missing parts, replaced parts and the added value of any accessories, box, paperwork etc. eBay will give you some idea of the vast difference in the condition of so-called 'perfect', 'mint', 'as-new' etc machines.

Condition of the machine which is possible only from a hands-on appraisal.

Machine's worth without a number of criteria being met. Long time collectors know it's simply not possible to estimate a Please do not seek appraisals, valuations, estimates, worth etc here. Try joining either of these two email digests and post a message asking for more information about your machine: Their machines were distributed with non-Teutonic-sounding names.Д¬heck the answers to the ' Who made my machine?'. This was because of a general mistrust of German engineering and, of course, poor public relations following WW1. In the period between 18 many German companies produced machines with no reference to their origin.Shortly after WW2 the new Japanese sewing machine industry, funded by US aid, flooded machines into America and Europe.Дistributors in those countries gave them various western-sounding names to help sales.The situation is further confused in that retailers might switch makers at the end of a contract period and the same name would then appear on a completely different machine by another manufacturer. ISMACS has records of nearly 5000 such 'exclusive' names produced by half a dozen makers during this period. To do this they entered into contracts with established sewing machine manufacturers who would supply standard models but with the name of choice substituted for the normal brand name. In the 1890 to 1940 period there was a fad with large retailers and mail order houses to sell 'own brand' sewing machines.

Production Figures for Willcox & Gibbs machines Singer Industrials Dating and Information: 1.800.474.64379

#Why no w singer serial numbers serial number#

?Д¬all Singer at: 1-800-4-Singer (Have the serial number of your machine ready)

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#Why no w singer serial numbers manual#

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