Pink 1959 Frigidaire imperial washer dryer set

[snail]

I'm not sure if the price is a typo or not and I'm afraid to ask.

https://seattle.craigslist.org/see/app/d/lynden-vintage-1959-pink-frigidaire/7758826799.html

 

[Unimatic1140]

Wow those are just beautiful.

 

[peteski50]

Frigidaire!

That is a beautiful set I hope it goes to a good home!

 

[peteski50]

Frigidaire!

I didnt look at the price till now they will never get it!

 

[qsd-dan]

Multi-Matic?

Probably wouldn't fetch that price even if both were meticulously restored.

 

[appnut]

Yup multimatic. 1st year

 

[launderess]

Asking ain't getting....

 

[swestoyz]

1959 Frigidaire WCI-59 Washer / DCI-59 Dryer, in Pink!

Saving photos for the archives. Is this the same pink '59 set that showed up, say, within the last decade or so?

If they were just one year older, the asking price doesn't seem so far off then...

 

[dj]

My mom's new LG's with the drawers didn't cost that much.

 

[appnut]

The new 1959s. Gansky called this MultiMatic design the MultiTragic. Friends had the 1959 Imperial model independent knobs for wash/rinse temperatures and wash/spin speeds.

 

[maytag85]

I don’t know much a completely restored 1959 Frigidaire Multimatic would be worth, but probably wouldn’t be anywhere close to $4,500. Seen classic cars on my local marketplace in that price range.

 

[Marky_Mark]

$4,500?! Yeah I’ll have some of whatever they’re smoking!

 

[goatfarmer]

Fair price?

So what is a fair price?

 

[snail]

Fair price

I'd have to say something under $1000 but I am in no way an authority. I bought my matching kenmore frog eye set from a fellow collector for I think $400. I bought a matching 1958 westinghouse slant front washer and dryer for $300. Judging by the cracked rubber on the agitator shaft these are going to need a bit of work. They are more desirable being pink vs white and in very good cosmetic condition.

 

[gansky1]

 

Considering most buyers will have to ship the set, a grand or so would be a fairer price for an un-restored set.  I might bite at that, been having some pank-pangs lately

 

 

 

[Unimatic1140]

It seems it has now dropped by $1K down to $3,500 lol.

 

[qsd-dan]

"Considering most buyers will have to ship the set, a grand or so would be a fairer price for an un-restored set."

A grand would be a fair price even if the seller lived next door.

Without any details of work performed/work needed, always expect a worst case scenario.

At $4,500, I would at least expect a YouTube video of them working. Like a full video with each appliance working from start to finish.

In the next year or so, I will be thinning the herd a bit and a complete breakdown of every single part replaced, work performed, and complete video of them running from start to finish will be posted before sale. Anything else is a scam, PERIOD!

 

[appnut]

been having some pank-pangs lately

Well, as stated above, you did coin the phrase MultiTragic.

 

[114jwh]

Ben is this the set you were thinking of? Good memory! These were listed at that time on the Seattle Craigslist if I recall. The buyer had just beat Eddy to the punch if I remember right.

Can't believe that was almost 10 years ago!

https://www.automaticwasher.org/cgi-bin/TD/TD-VIEWTHREAD.cgi?61149

 

[maytag85]

Just realized that’s how much the one 1966 Ford LTD was that popped up for sale here in California 3 years ago back in 2021. Still kind of sore about it since I never got a response, despite inquiring multiple times (usually like to be persistent since I don’t like to pester and bug people), even more sore knowing it only had 11,000 original miles on it.