That south bend has the better collet closer & the upgraded reverse tumbler , a micrometer carriage stop . I bet the spindle bearings for that sensitive drill press could set  fella back a couple-

        300.00 bucks . I don't think this is teh same Hamilton mentioned in the drill press add , but check out this lathe that a different Hamilton made .

        http://www.lathes.co.uk/hamiltonmaryland/

        animal

        Another thing I forgot to mention . I have a bud that has been a machinist since dirt was new . He showed me a quick lesson on scraping / flaking  when I had his 9A tool room lathe apart .

        From what he showed me anyone with a good scraper can make a bed look like the one in the add . The % of those that can do it correctly is a whole nother story .

        animal

Oh yah. Look at this Muehlmatt sensitive drill press. $200 aint bad, but the suggestion is to restore it as a historic item. A lot of work and you don't know if the shaft is true...
https://boston.craigslist.org/gbs/tls/7547200470.html
and this for $2,500.
https://boston.craigslist.org/nos/tls/7544714421.html
Wood lathes seem to be more reasonably priced now.

Payson.

        Yeppers . I paid $250.00 for my 9A 3 1/2 ' bed but only one chuck & a handfull of armstrong tool holders . In the north Sierras of Calif .The guy wanted $ 750.00 for it a year earlier , but the day I called was the day after he accepted a bid on his ranch . I told him I wanted the Craftsman bench grinder & a 109 lathe & he had to help me load it . The guy was a dick so I didn't feel sorry for him

 a week later when the buyer withdrew his bid . I finally managed to get a collet drawbar & necessary hardware  for it at a real fair price . Anyone have any 3C collets that are burning a hole in their

  shelf ? I had a bud that gave me a pair of virtually un-used telescopic steady & follower rest for a Heavy 10 . I was able to trade those for the ones for my 9A over on the Practical Machinist forum.

        animal

That price seems outrageous to me.  This is in the Northeast, usually plenty of lathes around here at reasonable prices.  I paid $450 for a SB9A  5 minutes from my house in 2015, and it is a 4’ bed and as nice as this one.  Mine came with the collets, steady, follower, taper attachment, thread dial, and more.

        Whats worse is he will probably get it . People see flakes & pull out their check books . So it has a collet set & 2 chucks . I don't see the reversing switch & it's only 16" between centers .

        Payson are prices like this alot in that area ?

        animal

Not mine. Just saw it on Craigslist in Somerville, MA. Looks like a lathe and collection of parts that were seldom used? Including the leather belt?

https://boston.craigslist.org/gbs/tls/7552279082.html

Payson.