Picked up mine for $150, less than 10 years ago. Cleveland Craigslist, and I had my brother pick it up and hold it for me until I could come up from Atlanta to get it. I considered that a screaming deal.
Doesn't have a hold-down, and the original foot pedal has a nice semi-circular notch in the middle of it so you don't stomp it down on your other foot.
(even so, I've had two people in my shop smash their foot... one was my young son, so that's understandable. The other was an adult friend, and he's banned from using it again.)
If you do ANY fabrication work, once you have one, you'll be shocked at how much you use it.
-Brad