Posted 2 years ago
Susiecube
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Inherited this from my father-in-law. It is very intricate in design and according to the serial number was produced approximately 1919 (but correct me if my research is incorrect). I suspect sentimental value is more than what these lovelies are going for but if anyone has an estimate, I would be intrigued. It runs like a charm and the light with original bulb is in working condition too.
Welcome to CW. We do not give values here. However Kera should be along shortly to offer everything you wanted to know about your machine.
Hi, Susiecube. :-)
You were right on the mark about the age.
Serial number G6662882 was one of a block of 25,000 consecutive serial numbers ([G]6640371 through [G]6665370) allotted by the central office to one of the factories (Elizabethport, in this case) January 9, 1919, and all were intended to be stamped into the beds of model 127 sewing machine heads.
Yours probably rolled off of the assembly line sometime between the allotment date of its block (January 9, 1919), and the allotment date of the next block of serial numbers intended for model 127 sewing machine heads (March 4, 1919):
*snip*
G- 6640371 6665370 127 25000 January 9 1919
G- 6841271 6891270 127 50000 March 4 1919
*snip*
https://ismacs.net/singer_sewing_machine_company/serial-numbers/singer-g-series-serial-numbers.html
https://ismacs.net/singer_sewing_machine_company/singer_dating_by_serial_number.html
That it's a model 127 checks out visually (the trapezoidal access door, the dual slide plates, the circular needleplate, and the high-mounted bobbin winder):
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Singer.Model27.IdentificationGuide.jpg
About the only thing that makes it different from the model 128 is size (the 128 is a three quarters size version of the 127).
About Singer's family of vibrating shuttle machines:
https://www.singersewinginfo.co.uk/28
About models 127 and 128:
https://www.singersewinginfo.co.uk/128
Here's a manual for models 127 and 128:
https://ismacs.net/singer_sewing_machine_company/manuals/127-128.pdf
Your decal set is known as the Sphynx or Memphis:
https://www.singersewinginfo.co.uk/decals/decal12
Your faceplate is known as Scrolls (Simanco 8210):
https://www.singersewinginfo.co.uk/gallery_faceplates
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/
In case I'm forgetting anything, here is my collection of vintage sewing machine links:
https://www.collectorsweekly.com/stories/285089-help-for-vintage-sewing-machines
However, it's a lot to sift through, so if you have questions, just ask them here in a comment on your post. Well, other than value, that is. };-)
dav2no1 was essentially correct when he told you that values aren't given here in Collectors Weekly Show & Tell.
The language in the FAQs does seem to have softened a bit in that regard in the last year or two:
https://www.collectorsweekly.com/answer-desk/whats-appropriate-on-show-and-tell
However, value is a mine field from which I personally try to stay away.
Usually the most I tell anybody about the value of a vintage sewing machine is to consider the advice of one of the experts at the International Sewing Machine Collectors' Society:
https://ismacs.net/sewing_machine_articles/how_much_is_my_sewing_machine_worth.html