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hello all, cool forum and thanks in advance for your assistance.

I just inherited this machine. It's been in my family since the early '80's and I don't know it's history prior to that. I just had a very helpful repair guy in St. Paul fix a jam, replace a couple springs, un-stick a couple of slides and lubricate the entire machine (he charged me a couple hundred bucks). He told me it has been restored (I'm not surprised based on the condition) and is in excellent mechanical condition. I'm hoping you experts can answer a few questions for me...

Is there anything special or rare about this model? (I can't find any similar pictures or mentions on the web)
What does "matching numbers" mean? (I found 149933 stamped on the mechanical frame)
any guestimates on it's value?
have values been going up recently or hanging steady?
If I were to sell it, what is the preferred way? on this forum? ebay? craigslist?
how do you ship something like this?

Thanks again, "Zamboni" from MN

zamboni wrote:hello all, cool forum and thanks in advance for your assistance.

I just inherited this machine. It's been in my family since the early '80's and I don't know it's history prior to that. I just had a very helpful repair guy in St. Paul fix a jam, replace a couple springs, un-stick a couple of slides and lubricate the entire machine (he charged me a couple hundred bucks). He told me it has been restored (I'm not surprised based on the condition) and is in excellent mechanical condition. I'm hoping you experts can answer a few questions for me...

Is there anything special or rare about this model? (I can't find any similar pictures or mentions on the web)
What does "matching numbers" mean? (I found 149933 stamped on the mechanical frame)
any guestimates on it's value?
have values been going up recently or hanging steady?
If I were to sell it, what is the preferred way? on this forum? ebay? craigslist?
how do you ship something like this?

Thanks again, "Zamboni" from MN

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Nothing special or rare about this model. Matching numbers means in this case that the numbers on the mech match the numbers on the case. Value wise, these days it is worth what someone would give you for it. If I was trying to sell it I would be asking in the $1200 area but a lot depends on the overall condition. Being a 10 cent machine does hurt the value alittle. For some reason 10 centers just do not bring the best prices. Prices have gone down from years ago but they seem to leveling off or not going down as fast. You might try selling on this forum, it's free. Ebay will charge you about 13 to 14 percent to sell with will include the shipping costs. You really have to know how the package these things and even then you take the chance of it getting damaged. UPS or Fed EX. UPS record is not good. Local pickup is the best way. You can also try craigslist or flea markets or other selling venues.