RARE Antique MANHATTAN Hand Crank Sewing Machine

Description

)This is a very rare, old hand crank sewing machine. It is marked MANHATTAN. All original decals, minor paint loss. Marked   NO. 2622023. Not sure if it is Model No. , Turns very smoothly . Measures about (base is 14 inches, 8 inches deep and about 11 inches tall. . weighs about 24 lbs. Displays very well.
My collection will be part of the convention’s itinerary. Anyone who comes through my place will get a guided tour. We’re expecting a couple of hundred people and they’ll be able to see machines that they otherwise would never see. For example, there’s an American machine called the Manhattan, and there are only two known Manhattans that have survived. I have one, and Carter Bays has the other. It was made by a New York company that called themselves
Manhattan Sewing Machine Company
. They made very few machines, probably less than 2,000, and then they disappeared