Every year our town Rotary club has a rummage sale. It is pretty much a big garage sale that a bunch of people donated to. We try to go every year but ours is pretty small time compared to the Bainbridge island one. So this year I slept in until 7:40 and it started at 8. Opps. It is only a couple blocks away so I put some clothes on ate a quick breakfast and made it just after 8. I didn't find much in the main area but we walked through a dedicated furniture room and found this beauty.
I was so excited when I saw it and best thing it was only marked $10. I'm pretty sure whomever marked it just thought it was a night stand. But I suspected right away it was more because of the double top. And I was right check it out.
It is a 1920 Singer Sewing Machine and the original table and owners manual. Plus it totally works! It even had thread all hooked up and a seem ripper in the drawer. I think some was actually using it to sew with. Probably someone's grandma died and they donated her stuff to the sale. Two times I had to ask for help to move it (these things are heavy) and the worker was shocked at how much it weighed. They also had no idea there was a secret iron sewing machine inside.
I probably could have bargained them down to $8 but I figure $10 was already a steal. On ebay they are selling for about $100-$300. I am going to keep it though. For now it will sit in our garage but once we have some more space I'm thinking about painting it and using it as a table in our house.
2 comments:
What a fabulous find! $10 is a steal. Are you going to the desk it's originally wood or do you have plans to paint?
"seam" ripper. I acctually learned how to sew on one just like that and made a lot of clothes.
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