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Did you just recently come across a sewing machine rummaging through a garage and had no clue what vintage sewing machines are valued at? While these sewing machines are still functional (even in today’s society) most of you who recently came upon these sewing machines are not interested in keeping them, but as an alternative are interested in finding out if they are worth something and selling them.

The good news is that there are a lot of buyers for vintage sewing machines out there. The bad news is that there are lots of old sewing machines out there. Old sewing machines are so common place nowadays because lots of them were built, and built so well, that lots of them are still being used nowadays.

Yet, just because there is a large supply, it does not mean that you cannot get a relatively good price on these vintage sewing machines even if you don’t have any understanding about sewing machines. You just have to have somebody demonstrate to you how to sell them for want they are worth and also where you should sell them. Unfortunately, a good number of individuals do not do the needed beginning actions to get top dollar for their antique sewing machine. Don’t be one of those individuals who sell their sewing machine for the low end of the scale.

Let me show you some very basic techniques that you should do in order to sell old sewing machines.  The first thing that you want to do is discover what the value of the sewing machine is. However, you won’t be able to find the value of the machine except if you know the year the machine was created. This is relatively easy if you have a Singer sewing machine.  You need to locate the serial number first to find the age of the sewing machine. A classic serial number will be a 6-9 digit number preceded by one or two letters. Note that if there is no letter prefix, then the machine was manufactured prior to 1900.

Once you found the serial number, go to the Singer website to figure out when the sewing machine was made.

After you find the serial number, then you can discover the value of the vintage sewing machine. There are numerous different ways to do this from getting an appraisal online or you can look and see what other comparable sewing machines are selling for online. To some, the best strategy to figure out an approximate selling price is to visit eBay or Craigslist and review all of the vintage sewing machines that are found.

The subsequent thing to consider is repairs. Does the sewing machine currently work? If it does, then nothing else needs to be done at this point. If not, then once you have a ball park value on what your old sewing machine is selling for, the subsequent thing to consider is if it needs to be fixed. Obviously if you are only going to get $25 for your antique sewing machine, it may not make sense to have it repaired. But, if you anticipate an ok price for a functioning sewing machine, then it might be worth finding out what it would cost to be repaired. If you do not have someone you know who can do it for you or if you are not handy, then check online for many sewing machine repair web pages.

Last, but not least, once you find out what an approximate price is and once the sewing machine is working, the next thing to do is actually sell it. I suggest that you use eBay to get the best price in an auction because you have only to post one listing to have the country and/or the world buy from you. My other recommend suggestion is to use Craigslist. The difficulty with Craigslist is that you have to post an entry for every town you want to sell your antique sewing machine. If you only want to sell in your neighborhood, that’s fine, but because of that you restrict your selling price since the people who are your potential buyers is a much smaller group than can see you on eBay and therefore a much lower potential sales price.

Just one very last thing about selling vintage sewing machines. As I am confident you understand, these antique sewing machines are very heavy and part of selling it online is shipping (unless of course you specify the buyer picks up). Here’s a suggestion, include the shipping into the cost if using Craigslist or as you can on eBay, include the price of the shipping in the shipping and handling price when you are selling it.  Just be honest with the buyer and tell them that the sewing machine is heavy and shipping will be an additional charge above the selling price.

So you don’t want to ship it yourself? Then use a service like FedEx Office or the UPS store and have them do it for you. Again, check with them first, on what it would cost to ship and then incorporate that price into the price of the machine and/or the shipping and handling part.

I went over a great deal of information previously, but understand that receiving a good price for vintage sewing machines does not take a lot of work if you find out what you are doing and it will be well worth your attempt for a little bit of your time.