I have been thinking about the prices of Featherweights.
This one can be bought for a bit more than most used straight stitchers. It's in nice condition and it's the freearm model and it's always more expensive.
I know the 201 cost more to make, and is in most ways a better machine to work on (because of the size). It can often be had for around £40-50 almost regardless of condition. Two weeks a go a 221K went for £150 here, it was sold within two days. A sales add for a hand crank 201 can be up for months and months. The odd thing is; it looks like Singer made more Featherweights than 201s. I don't have a complete overview, but going through a few pages on ISMACS I've noticed the 221s were turned out in batches of 10.000, the 201s in batches of 4000, both were made for over 3 decades about equally as frequent. There should in teory be more Featherweights out there than 201s?
I don't complain about the price in any way, it would cost a bit to buy a brand to 222K today, it's in good condtion and they aren't very common. They have become a gem among vintage machines. It's about the same we have to sped to get a reasonably good sewing machine today, less than a phone or computer. I wonder if any of the other vintage models will become more popular and sougth after? From a bit of research it looks like the Featherweights didn't fetch much money until sometime in the 1990s.