
Good luck and I hope you have a gold mine on your hands!! Thanks for stopping by and checking out our article on how to identify singer sewing machine by serial number. Dating a vintage sewing can be quite easy or significantly more difficult, depending upon the sewing machine and style, use the list below to check its age form its serial number if the serial number does not include letters. I saw on eBay that the machine is selling anywhere from 170 to 600 depending on the condition the machine is in. However, today we were offered 400 for the same machine. Fifteen years ago a person offered us 200 for the machine because the original belt was gone. Search and see what people are paying for your model/serial numbered Singer sewing machine!!! My grandmother had one she sewed on for years. With your serial number and model number in hand, jump on over to eBay. If you want help with finding your model number, go HERE to ISMACS' website and they may be able to help you with your model number. (Still may be worth some money!)Īfter you find your serial number, go HERE to the International Sewing Machine Collectors Society website and find out what year your sewing machine was issued.
If you find that your serial number has a single or two-letter prefix before the number, your sewing machine was manufactured after 1900. If you find that your serial number consists of numbers only, it was manufactured before 1900 (Cha-Ching!). For example, Singer Model 1, also known as Singer Patent Model. These machines can cost thousands of dollars, especially those in good condition. One exception to this rule is some of the early models. Congcu, 2 years ago The shuttle is called a torpedo shuttle based on its shape. The general rubric for determining which year your sewing machine was manufactured is below: As a rule of thumb, more than 90 of antique and vintage Singer sewing machines are worth between 0 and 100. It may have been produced in a different year than the year the first purchase was made. To be clear, just because you bought the sewing machine in a certain year, doesn't mean that the sewing machine was issued in that year. The general rubric for determining which year your sewing machine was manufactured is below: If you find that your serial number consists of numbers only, it was manufactured before 1900 (Cha-Ching) If you find that your serial number has a single or two-letter prefix before the number, your sewing machine was manufactured after 1900. This will tell you when the sewing machine was issued. When you find your serial number, you then crosscheck it with a database on Singer's website. The serial number will be on a metal plate somewhere on your Singer sewing machine. Ok, now to the meat and potatoes of this article. Finding the model number on some old models is harder and may need some digging. First, I will show you where to find the serial number and crosscheck it with a database to find the year it was issued.
Some of the prices are over $3000!!! To find out how much your sewing machine may be worth, you need to know it's serial number and model number.