Tight Acres

There are times when there is a particular model a collector has wanted for years and after spending those years looking high and low (pric...

This past Saturday was a day I had been anticipating for several weeks. My friend Janet -- someone I have become friends with through this...

Here is a Pfaff 30 I purchased at Goodwill for $19.99.  Someone asked whether it's from a barn and I replied that I assumed so, as it ha...

I admit that I've overpaid for a few machines.  And I admit that I've underpaid for others -- many others.  Today, I was in a thrift...

I just purchased a 30 from a local guy who had no idea about/interest in it.  It was $40, a good price. (By the way, what is it with me ...

Here's an interesting machine I picked up yesterday. This is an Adler 187 made in W. Germany in the early 1950s.  I haven't...

  Sometimes having a good eye really pays off.  Or perhaps I was simply paying attention.  The above machine is one I spotted in a cr...