Hand planes anyone?

[Tucko]

I'm looking for a good current price guide. I've got a box of old hand planes that have seemed to follow me home over the last few years. As much as I love old tools, I don't use these, and would like to sell them. But alas, I have no idea as to their value. I do have 2 complete (almost) #45 Stanleys with 2 sets of cutters that I know are the most valuable, but those were my wife's grandpa's so I'm keeping those for now....Any good price guides? Or better yet, any So Cal hand plane experts that might want to take a look at them?

 

[RivennHewn]

Ebay. Find as many listing as you can for each type/number and see what they go for.

Post pics

 

[Jim C.]

Didn't we have this conversation just a few months a ago, like in late February? I think the title of the thread was the same. That's why I remembered it. Back then we spent some time talking about your Stanley #45 combination planes. Right? Anyway, post a few pictures of the other planes you have and maybe we can figure out what they are and what they're worth.

Jim C.

 

[GRX]

My grandfather was a master carpenter & left me a lot of tools, including several old planes. What I found when researching them is that they are not worth too much since so many were made. Unless of course you have a rare brand or odd ball low production model. The Stanley 45 is a good one. Just remember it was made for almost 80 years so a lot of them out there. Old hand made date verifiable wooden body planes are sought after also. As always, condition is everything. Tools get used. Museums & collectors want pristine specimens.

[edit]
Oh, speaking of odd ball planes, I have one of these Stanley 113 'type 1' adjustable circular planes. Will likely sit on the shelf until I get short on ca$h.


http://www.oldtooluser.com/TypeStudy/StanNo113cpTypestudy.htm
(some plane valuations within ^^)

 

[Zeke]

Do you have any shoulder planes? I need one.

 

[aggierailroad]

They aren't worth a whole lot, unless, as stated, they are rare. The generic planes that most of our dads/granddads had were the most common ones, #4, 5, 9 1/2, etc. They sell for about $20 apiece.

 

[RCStocker]

I have been buying and selling woodworking tools for 50 years.
There is no price guide. You will find some dealers on line who know every detail. Their prices are so over the top it is a joke.
The antique, collectables market as well as wood working tools is down 40 to 80 percent.
Mechanic tools are the only things that I have found that are going up in value.

A price guide is just that but when one is printed the items have hit their peak and are on the way down. Wood planes have lost 50 percent in value sense our great recovery started 6 years ago.

You can do some research and find all the logo's, makings, styles and types of all the wood working planes. It is all on line. Different years are worth more. Some series are worth more but the real price guide to anything is E bay. It sets the going rate. Sometimes things are sold way under value then you get to mental midgets that don't want the other one to have it. They will drive the price through the roof.
Check E bay. If you want to find suckers who pay more than things are worth because they are look all the mechanics that think they must have the best then go to the
Woodnet.com forum and post them there for sale after you check the prices. I go twice as much for wood working tools in 2000 than I can today.
I have owned a large antique mall and have been liquidating estates and businesses for many years. Price trend are so down now that I need to buy at 1970 prices to sell and 1980 prices. Victoria antiques have no value. They are deader than dead. Chairs I once got $200 each for I can not sell for $25. Dressers I once paid $500 to sell for $1200 will only bring $250 now if I am lucky.

I am dead serious when I say mechanic tools are double what they were 12 years ago.
You watch they will go bust and there will be a lot of people that Paid high prices for their Craftsman made in USA tools. They will be worth less than half of todays foolish prices.

I might just be a mid western farmer with a couple of collage degrees but I made all my money buying and selling. I never made it working by the hour.
If you send me a list of what you have I can give you an idea but I am sure I will be on the high side. The wood working tools keep sliding in value. I know because I have some rare ones that are not worth what I paid.

Hope this helps. Your $45 sets might not be worth the most. Some little odd ball planes can be worth thousands.

 

[Tucko]

Do you have any shoulder planes? I need one.

Nope, no shoulder planes.

 

[Tucko]

I have been buying and selling woodworking tools for 50 years.
There is no price guide. You will find some dealers on line who know every detail. Their prices are so over the top it is a joke.
The antique, collectables market as well as wood working tools is down 40 to 80 percent.
Mechanic tools are the only things that I have found that are going up in value.

A price guide is just that but when one is printed the items have hit their peak and are on the way down. Wood planes have lost 50 percent in value sense our great recovery started 6 years ago.

You can do some research and find all the logo's, makings, styles and types of all the wood working planes. It is all on line. Different years are worth more. Some series are worth more but the real price guide to anything is E bay. It sets the going rate. Sometimes things are sold way under value then you get to mental midgets that don't want the other one to have it. They will drive the price through the roof.
Check E bay. If you want to find suckers who pay more than things are worth because they are look all the mechanics that think they must have the best then go to the
Woodnet.com forum and post them there for sale after you check the prices. I go twice as much for wood working tools in 2000 than I can today.
I have owned a large antique mall and have been liquidating estates and businesses for many years. Price trend are so down now that I need to buy at 1970 prices to sell and 1980 prices. Victoria antiques have no value. They are deader than dead. Chairs I once got $200 each for I can not sell for $25. Dressers I once paid $500 to sell for $1200 will only bring $250 now if I am lucky.

I am dead serious when I say mechanic tools are double what they were 12 years ago.
You watch they will go bust and there will be a lot of people that Paid high prices for their Craftsman made in USA tools. They will be worth less than half of todays foolish prices.

I might just be a mid western farmer with a couple of collage degrees but I made all my money buying and selling. I never made it working by the hour.
If you send me a list of what you have I can give you an idea but I am sure I will be on the high side. The wood working tools keep sliding in value. I know because I have some rare ones that are not worth what I paid.

Hope this helps. Your $45 sets might not be worth the most. Some little odd ball planes can be worth thousands.

This helps a lot. I'm having some computer/photo issues right now, but will get some pics up soon. Wow, I'm just glad I don't have a shipping container full of Victorian chairs.