We're Selling Alot of These Lately...

Sewing Machines!*

One of our biggest regular money makers are sewing machines. Currently listed in the Thrifter's Field Guide are sewing machines ranging in sales price from $50 to $650. They are generally priced between $15-25 at the thrift stores (the most we have paid is around $100), but differ greatly in value depending on brand and function. 

You have to look them up by brand and model number to determine value. Many Husqvarna machines are values between $100-150. But a Viking #1 will get you a few hundred dollars or more, and a Designer Diamond a few thousand. 

They are frequently found without pedals to test them with, so purchase wisely! We do buy machines we cannot test at the store if they have common pedal inputs (because we can find pedals at thrift stores) if they have significant profit value for parts/repair/untested. 

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Sewing Machine Resale Values 

The following list is based on a cursory review of recent sales, to give you a basic idea of relative brand and function resale values for a used, working sewing machine (working can include machines that cannot be fully tested but do function as much as can be tested). This list is in no particular order and is not guaranteed to be accurate. 

$400+

• Husqvarna Serger or Computerized Embroidery
  
• Bernina (some of these go in the thousands)
  
• Juki overlock serger
  
• Pfaff Quilting or Embroidery
  
• Elna Pro Computerized Quilting
  
• Sailrite Ultrafeed Electronic
  
• Singer Featherweight 222k
  

$250-400

• Janome Memory Craft
  
• BabyLock
  
• Bernina Quilting
  
• Brother Disney or Embroidery or some Computerized
  
• Singer Heavy Duty Slant Needle vtg 50s Centennial Featherweight
  
• Husqvarna Viking Computerized Embroidery or Industrial
  
• Pfaff Quilting
  

$150-250

• Viking Husqvarna various other
  
• Pfaff Synchromatic or Tiptronic
  
• Pfaff Heavy Duty Denim Leather or Jeans and Satin
  
• New Home Overlock or Memory Craft
  
• Singer Industrial
  
• Elna Supermatic or SU air
  
• Bernina
  
• Consew Portable walking foot 
  
• Janome Memory Craft or Kenmore Elite
  

$50-150

• Singer Commercial Grade / Heavy Duty / Serger
  
• Kenmore Heavy Duty
  
• Brother Project Runway or Snoopy
  
• Pfaff parts or repair / untested
  
• Elna Club or Super
  
• Husky Husqvarna Viking
  
• Singer Fashion Mate
  
• Necchi Supernova
  
• White
  

Under $50

• Singer
  
• Kenmore
  
• Necchi
  
• White
  
• Janome Hello Kitty