Fido
To me your comment is pointless and obtuse, please remember you are on a site where people restore old machines and are looking for various parts. as Austin has pointed out spares for these machines are becoming rarer (or for any other old machine) so that will dictate price for any spares for any product, it is a pity you cannot make more positive comments about subjects on here.
The joy that people experience when they have found "that part" is superb and even if they have had to pay through the nose for it it is still a joy, in this world where spares and repairing items is becoming a thing of the past, to people like us on this group this sort of activity is very sad
So i say to anyone who has success rebuilding an old appliance good luck and well done, how ever much it cost you