Rare 1911 Model Singer 48k Ottoman Hand Crank Sewing Machine F1526510
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Reference Number: Avaluer:58422413 | Maker: Singer |
Original/Reproduction: Original |
sewalot.com informationThe Singer model 48 is a bit of an enigma so I shall tell you what I have learnt over the years about this beauty. As usual there is no guarantee as to how accurate my information is and there is a raging debate over this unique model which is fascinating. I wish more machines caused such controversy.The Singer 48 is one of those rare machines where the facts some Internet pages are stating simply don't match up with the figures. So who is wrong...Why, when the figures that some suggest point to Singer producing thousands of these machine was there a complete lack of advertising for them in the same years.We all know Singer were the best advertising sewing machine company in the world so it simply does not make sense that they not advertise the 48k unless they weren't producing it!Some figures suggest in one year over 150, 000 Singer 48's were made and yet with this supposedly wonderful selling machine not a jot of advertising. Were people just queuing up to buy an unknown model, dig a hole and bury it forever. No way!I am inclined to believe that the 48k was produced intermittently over a 14 year period and the numbers are not correct.If we are to believe some publicised statistics that have surfaced a production run of nearly 500, 000 was started, some say the production run was going to be over 500, 000 over a 20 year period. But why was production halted and why do so few turn up? Even in India they cherish the old machines and they would be there in abundance if they ever existed.I have only seen a handful of these superb machines in a lifetime in the trade. And to my knowledge only about 100 or so are in collectors hands making it one of the most sought after of all Singer models.
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