B1 Essex
Great paint, shiny chrome, minimum paint chips around bottom edge. This is a maroon machine – though camera flash often makes it look red. Essex machines were made just outside London in the town of Wanstead in the 1960s. The factory is still there but now it specialises in engineering work. The Essex, basically a clone of the Singer 20, was built to a high standard. Glenda Thomas 1-130.
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B2 Black Grain
Grain machines from the Robin Hood town of Nottingham were produced in three colours. 90 percent of the machines found today are green, there is a smattering of red models, but by far the rarest colour is black –as in this example. And it's a good one with perfect godzilla paintwork, great chrome and a fine Grain decal. Glenda Thomas 1-123. Price $250 including insurance and surface-mail shipping.

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B4 And another green Grain
I know how popular these quality built machines are and have tried to give you the full selection. This is the basic model without a base. Very good paint work but a few spots of rust on the metal work, on the front of the stitch plate and on the rocking arm. Needs a good clean Ð and is priced accordingly. Glenda Thomas 1-123.
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B5 Palitoy bronze
One of the most stylish toy sewing machines to emerge just after WW2. This bronze finish Palitoy is built from cast aluminium. Paintwork is bright with just some minimal bottom-edge faults and the good news is that the original decal is complete and in good condition. Please note the unusual square-section presser foot and needle bars. Glenda Thomas 2-214D.

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B6 Astor
Named after Lady Astor, the first woman British Member of Parliament, this is the rarest of the Singer 20 clones to emerge after WW2. And it has much more style than the others. Although using the Singer operating system the company used a stylish angular, girder-type construction. A big plus is the original box - the only one I've ever seen - and extension table. Not listed in Glenda Thomas.
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B8 Princess
This machine is going to look familiar to American collectors and, yes, there are some similarities with the Betsy Ross machines. But the English-made princess has a folding extension table - just like a Singer Featherweight. The paint finish is good with just a couple of small faults on the extension table. The brightwork is dull (there's a contradiction in terms) and would benefit from a thorough cleaning. Glenda Thomas 2-230.
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B9 Vulcan Regal
Last of the famous Vulcan line. The Regal sold in very limited numbers shortly before the company went out of business and perhaps the violent blue paintwork had more than a little to do with this. That paint has survived well but for some scrapes on the rear and base. Fortunately the two fragile stick-on foil labels have survived. Glenda Thomas 2.849. Price: $80 including insurance and surface-mail shipping.

B10 Vulcan No.1
Vulcan's first machine was a surprisingly popular choice in my last sale and this one is even better, being complete with its original cardboard box, albeit in "used" condition. It's worth pointing out that the super-fragile decal - these will even wash away with water - is complete and unharmed. That box has a great front with typical 1950's graphics which, interestingly, describes the machine as a working model rather than a toy. Glenda Thomas 2-847A.
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B11 Vulcan No.1
For those wishing to save a few bucks but still needing the first model of the Vulcan to add to their collection here's one, again with its decal, but in need of some cleaning work - we just ran out of time. No box with this machine but the paintwork has survived well although camera flash is making it look lighter in this view. Glenda Thomas 2.847A.

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B12 Vulcan Featherweight
The popularity of the Singer Featherweight has produced a famine of these machines. GF keeps grabbing them to sell to his Featherweight customers and this is the only one I have been able to hang on to. It's now universally known as the Featherweight Vulcan and, with its folding extension table, I guess there is some similarity. It has a hammer finish bronze paint job and good ivy leaf decals. There are some rust spots on the stitch plate - please see detail picture. Glenda Thomas 2-853.
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B14 Palitoy
I think an interior designer would call this seagrass blue/green with a hammer finish so make some allowance for the colour tones in the pictures please. Super condition with just a little rubbing on two bottom corners where it has been stored in its original box for years. The decal is present and as this is applied across the joint of the machine my guess is that this particular Palitoy has never been taken apart. The box has some simple damage to one side but the big plus is that the rare Palitoy clamp is still present. Glenda Thomas 2-214A.

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B15 Red Grain table model
The only other one of these I've ever sold on the site produced the largest number of enquiries ever. What we have is a fine condition rare red Grain in the spectacular angular table. The machine folds down into the top housing and the two sides slide together to form an ideal occasional table. Everything is complete and apart from one very small area of staining on the machine's wooden base, the finish of the woodwork is fine. There are decals on the front face of the table and on the wooden machine base. Both are undamaged. The table dismantles easily for shipping but finishes up as a fairly-large package and the head will probably be sent separately. Glenda Thomas 2-347A and B.
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