| So you have an old sewing machine and you are | | | | different ways to do this from getting an appraisal or |
| wondering to yourself, is it worth anything? Great | | | | you can look and see what other similar machines are |
| Question. The first thing that you need to do before | | | | selling for online. For me, the best way to figure out a |
| you can find the value of any vintage sewing | | | | ballpark selling price is to visit eBay or Craigslist and |
| machines is to find the age of it. | | | | look at all of them that are listed. |
| It is actually a very easy thing to do. Let me walk you | | | | Here is how you would get an approximate value for |
| through the steps that you need to do to see if your it | | | | your vintage sewing machines. Go to At the top of the |
| has any value. The following steps are based on | | | | page, click [Buy]. Then click on 'Antiques' in the Buy |
| having a Singer model, but similar processes will exist | | | | from these categories area. Scroll down to the |
| for other manufacturers. | | | | 'Sewing (Pre-1930)' section and then click on 'Sewing |
| Newer Singer machines go by model number (anything | | | | Machines'. What you will have listed is the current |
| newer than about 1960). The oldest machines did not | | | | auctions of antique sewing machines. |
| have model numbers, but instead had serial numbers. | | | | If you want to be more specific, enter in the serial |
| At this point, I am going to assume that this is a vintage | | | | number into the 'Find' field, then click [Search]. The |
| sewing machine, and therefore that it was | | | | downside to this method is that the seller may not list |
| manufactured prior to 1960. | | | | the serial number and you won't have any results |
| The serial number would be located where the model | | | | returned, but it might be a way to shorten the list. No |
| number was located, which is shown on the model | | | | harm in trying. |
| number page on the Singer site. A typical serial number | | | | Then what you can do is scroll through the pages and |
| will be a 6-9 digit number preceded by one or two | | | | see what price people are getting for their vintage |
| letters. Note that if there is no letter prefix, then the | | | | sewing machines. Because the auction only lasts a |
| machine was made prior to 1900. | | | | short amount of time, you may need to come back on |
| Once you have found your serial number, use the | | | | a weekly basis or so to see a listing of other machines |
| information on the Singer web page to check when | | | | being sold. Therefore, this may take several weeks |
| the sewing machine was manufactured. | | | | before you get enough data to see what you could |
| Now that you have determined the age of it, then you | | | | potentially get by selling your own old sewing machine. |
| can determine the value of it. There are several | | | | |