I have on good authority, many thanks ~G.F~, been advised there are only two of these rare Jones Hand machines known to exist in the world today. 30 seconds later I had promised to send the money for this sight unseen machine and the rest is now history. Ok, I am interested but I will have to see pictures first before I say yes or no. At this point plastic surgery is imminent! Are you sure there are no other numbers? 485, that is all there is. Let me get my glasses, ok, here it is, 485. A simple question that confirmed either the guy could not see or this machine was something special.
#Antique jones hand crank sewing machine serial number#
On Jones Hand machines, also known as serpentine or cat back machines, the serial number can be found under the slide plate stamped into the cast housing. The answers that came back had me scratching my head, I thought at this point the guy did not have the machine and was making the whole thing up, but why go to this length to sell a machine that did not exist?Ī question I should have asked right from the start was what is the serial number? It took two seconds to understand that this third machine was in fact a Jones Hand as it said so on the needlebar cover! I have a great fondness for the early Jones Hand machines and asked several pertinent questions in order to determine just how early it was. The first two machines didn't even bat my eyelids but the description of the third had placed a smile on my face that today still requires plastic surgery. What exactly do you want to sell can you describe the machines for me? After brief introductions and pleasantries, it was down to business. It was roughly a week later and very late at night that I received the call that I was not to forget. Of course, always being interested in old sewing machines I said I would love to know more about what he had for sale. According to Mike, this person had several old sewing machines he had obtained from a deceased estate and wished to sell them. Mike, more commonly known to the world of eBay as Wolfegangs-Collectibles had passed on my phone number to a person he had met whilst on a trip through Canada. I had been buying sewing machines from a now great friend Mike Anderson in New Hampshire, USA. If I am ever in Ontario, Canada, I will stop by to see John and thank him in person anyway. Every now and then luck or fate arrives at your door or in this particular case, the phone.įor the sake of privacy, I have promised to keep the identity and in particular the location of where I obtained this rare machine private.
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