I have a New Home sewing machine. Can you tell me something about it? It is in the original cabinet along with the manual. Please see the attached photos with serial number. Thanks! What is it worth-ball park, and what year manufactured?
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Someone will be able to provide some information about your New Home machine but if you wish to obtain information about value you should add/post pictures of your machine itself and also pictures that include the cabinet.
Also; supply information as to the overall cosmetic condition and more about the working condition.
By cabinet; do you mean portable case/cabinet or desk/cabinet or treadle?
Remember; these machines are very heavy and shipping would be very expensive so that usually means the area where machine is located will determine the final value as these machines are usually marked as 'pick up only'. How your area takes to vintage sewing machines could be good (some interest) or 'bad' (free on the curb).
Many thrift stores have vintage machines for sale but most are sold in the $25-$65 range and are usually slow sellers.
Usually an older machine like this will only bring 'big' money if it is wanted by a collector and since there were so many made collectors generally have a choice of machines and they want top condition or very low prices for restoration.
Here is a link to the history of New Home machines:
New Home name has been around since (you have to do the math to find this year) 1882 although the machine itself was started in 1877.
The company went through several changes/transitions over the years until it was purchased by Janome 1954.
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From the serial number it appears that your machine was made between 1883-1885.
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I did find a similar machine listed for sale on eBay; asking price $40. How similar? No way to know.. You can place a watch on this listing to see if it sells.
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asking $50:
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Since you know what type of machine/cabinet you have you can search for antique/vintage online and maybe be able to find a sold machine like yours and that would give you some sort of value for a beginning.
You can also post questions and pictures on this site and someone may be able to help you further:
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Your photo clearly shows that your sewing machine was made by the National Sewing Machine Company / NSMCO and that you have a model A.
The National Sewing Machine Company was one of the few early sewing machine companies to have a factory outside of New England. The company was based in Belvidere, Illinois, where it produced sewing machines, bicycles, washing machines and other items and employed hundreds of skilled workers.
This company produced dozens of different National sewing machine models over the years, some with the National name (Model A, Rotary B, Rotary 110, Rotary 1120, Eldredge and other) and some for other brands (Velox, Harris, Detroit, Texas Advocate, New Home, Montgomery Ward, General Electric).
As I understand it, the name New Home is written on the side of your sewing machine. This means that your sewing machine was made by the National Sewing Machine Company for the New Home brand.
cybergrannie has identified the wrong year of manufacture for this sewing machine (1883-1885), since the National Sewing Machine Company had not yet appeared in those years. The Model A was introduced in 1910, this is a rotary machine with automatic thread tension.
The price of most National sewing machines is about $ 100-500. The price depends on condition (if all its parts of the machine in working condition, if exist paint loss, damage), rarity (certain models are more desirable because there are fewer of them on the market for examples the oldest models made by Eldredge) and if the sewing machine has its original cabinet. To clarify the price, please add a photo of your sewing machine in full and of the original cabinet.
Here the model A is made by the National Sewing Machine Company under the name SEAMSTRESS www.ebay.com/
So, you have Vintage New Home made by National Sewing Machine Company, Model A.
New Home was acquired by Janome. You could contact Janome at www.Janome.com and maybe they could help you.
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