Accurate Description of Item
One early 20th Century A.G. Mason "Masonia" Sewing Machine
Appraiser Remarks
Your machine was sold by the A. G. Mason Sewing Machine Company. All A G Mason machines were actually manufactured by other makers including the White Sewing Machine Company,we have no record of who produced the Masonia line.
Table top machines like this were mass produced in huge numbers from the 1870s through the 1920s, of which the majority of them still appear to have survived. What this means is that all but a handful of rare and very early examples have very modest values, a great many of the late 19th to early 20th century examples like this one often sell for under $100.00 at auction, with a replacment value for insurance purposes of about $200.00.
Table top machines like this were mass produced in huge numbers from the 1870s through the 1920s, of which the majority of them still appear to have survived. What this means is that all but a handful of rare and very early examples have very modest values, a great many of the late 19th to early 20th century examples like this one often sell for under $100.00 at auction, with a replacment value for insurance purposes of about $200.00.
Estimated Value
$100.00-$200.00
Re: masonia hand crank sewing machine.
One early 20th Century A.G. Mason "Masonia" Sewing Machine
Your machine was sold by the A. G. Mason Sewing Machine Company. All A G Mason machines were actually manufactured by other makers including the White Sewing Machine Company,we have no record of who produced the Masonia line.
Table top machines like this were mass produced in huge numbers from the 1870s through the 1920s, of which the majority of them still appear to have survived. What this means is that all but a handful of rare and very early examples have very modest values, a great many of the late 19th to early 20th century examples like this one often sell for under $100.00 at auction, with a replacment value for insurance purposes of about $200.00.