Posted 3 years ago
hillis007
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does anyone know the value of this looks like its from 1949. Still works perfect, trying to find value for my mother
EF125171
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| Singer Sewing Machines90 of 701 | | |
Posted 3 years ago
hillis007
(1 item)
does anyone know the value of this looks like its from 1949. Still works perfect, trying to find value for my mother
EF125171
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Hi, hillis007. :-)
Unfortunately, valuation isn't done here at Collectors Weekly Show & Tell. You can click the Appraisal link at the top of the page, but it isn't free.
Alternately, you can consider the advice of one of the experts at the International Sewing Machine Collectors' Society website:
http://ismacs.net/sewing_machine_articles/how_much_is_my_sewing_machine_worth.html
However, you might want to know a bit more about your machine before you take any other steps.
Serial number EF125171 was indeed allotted by the central office to a factory in 1949 (March 4):
EF- 112001 137000 99K 25000 March 4 1949
EF- 208681 258680 99k 50000 July 29 1949
In normal times (no war, strike, factory equipment breakdown, etc.), one could make a fairly safe assumption that all the machines associated with the pertinent range of serial numbers (a block of 25,000, 112001 through 137000) would have rolled off of the assembly line before the next block of numbers (a block of 50,000, 208681 through 258680) destined for that same model was allotted (July 29 1949).
However, the model number has a "K" suffix, which means the machine was made at Singer's Kilbowie/Clydebank factory which did heavy WWII support. British sewing machine expert Alex Askaroff knows of a verifiable case in which a Singer sewing machine with a serial number allotted in 1939 didn't get sold brand new to a customer until 1946:
https://sewalot.com/dating_singer_sewing_machine_by_serial_number.htm
Hopefully the workers at the Kilbowie/Clydebank factory had finally caught their breath by 1949.
Anyway, about the model 99 (and your machine is indeed a model 99, because the Singer badge sits a bit lower on the pillar than it does on big sister machine model 66):
https://www.singersewinginfo.co.uk/99k
Your decal set is called Filigree:
https://www.singersewinginfo.co.uk/decals/decal04
I can't see the faceplate, but here is a gallery for you to look through:
https://www.singersewinginfo.co.uk/gallery_faceplates
Similarly, I can't see all of your cabinet, but here is a gallery of cabinets in which the model 99 was typically installed (perhaps Cabinet #49?):
http://ismacs.net/singer_sewing_machine_company/singer_sewing_machine_cabinets.html#99
Here are several manuals (the model 99 is basically a three quarters sized model 66):
http://needlebar.org/main/sident/99.pdf
https://maritime.org/doc/pdf/singer-99-24-instructions.pdf
https://ismacs.net/singer_sewing_machine_company/manuals/singer-model-66-sewing-machine-manual.pdf
About the Kilbowie/Clydebank factory:
https://www.singersewinginfo.co.uk/kilbowie
August 1934 aerial photographs of Singer's Kilbowie (Clydebank, Scotland) factory:
https://canmore.org.uk/collection/1257700
https://canmore.org.uk/collection/1257701
https://canmore.org.uk/collection/1257702
https://canmore.org.uk/collection/1257703
https://canmore.org.uk/collection/1257704
A Google Satellite view of the area where the factory used to be (there is still a railway station called Singer there)
Singer
Kilbowie Rd, Clydebank G81 2JN, United Kingdom
https://goo.gl/maps/ckxa4RrU85UBHXHs9
A circa 1934 documentary made at Singer's Kilbowie (Clydebank, Glasgow, Scotland) factory:
https://movingimage.nls.uk/film/1592
In case I forgot anything, here is a collection of vintage sewing machine links:
https://www.collectorsweekly.com/stories/285089-vintage-sewing-machine-help
However, it's a lot to sift through, so if you have any more questions (other than value), just ask them here in a comment.