How To Spot a "Vintage" Singer Reproduction

 I just saw this listing on Shop Goodwill, and it caught my eye because it was so shiny, perfect, and beautiful - at a glance, anyway.

Really the first clue this is a reproduction is just that - it is TOO shiny and the decals are TOO colorful.

If nothing else gives it away, look for this - it's hard to see in the photo, but that big black plastic knob on the bed means PHONY.

Look at the metal and the hardware.  These are NOT vintage Singer screws.  Any pot metal on the machine also means it's a fake.

The metal quality is a dead giveaway

And PLEASE - how phony is this? 

 A genuine Singer of that era would have a serial number plate like this.  

The latches give it away, too. It is possible an old case could have been repaired with new latches, but if you could see this in person, you'd see other clues that this isn't a vintage bentwood case. 

PHONY!

(I hope the people bidding on this machine know what they're getting.)