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November Online Catalogue International Antique Tool Auction
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7202 East 21st Street, Indianapolis IN
Auction Start Time: November 14, 2020, 9:31AM
7202 East 21st Street, Indianapolis IN
Auction Start Time: November 14, 2020, 9:31AM
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A combination set of PATENT RULE AND TRAMMELS by E.S. Smith & Company, Rockford, Illinois, patented October 24, 1876. The E.S. Smith combination patternmaker's rule is a rare tool, but less common still is it to find an example with the optional bronze trammels which were available with the tool. A nice example in excellent collector quality condition. From the Collection of the late Gary Trinkle, Florence, Kentucky. | |
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Estimate: $200.00 - $400.00 Current High Bid: $65.00 | ||
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A classic NEW YORK CITY PIANO MAKERS MITRE PLANE by Napoleon Erlandsen of New York City. This plane has an early welded repair to a crack in the body that has been professionally restore, but is clearly visible on the sides of the plane. The original cutting iron by Spear & Jackson has the wooden "pusher" handle attached at the top. The Earlandsen name is marked on the inside of the plane beneath the front infill. From the Collection of Herb Kean, Morristown, New Jersey. | |
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Estimate: $300.00 - $600.00 Current High Bid: $210.00 | ||
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A CAST IRON SCRAPER PLANE, No. 87, by Stanley. The body of this plane is cast with the "Pat. Appl'd. for" designation on this pristine plane, which retains fully 98% of its original black japan finish and the full, original decal. An exceptionally nice example of a rare Stanley special purpose plane. | |
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Estimate: $800.00 - $1600.00 Current High Bid: $650.00 | ||
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A clean and complete PATENT TRANSITIONAL JOINTER PLANE, No. 31, by the Standard Rule Company, Unionville, Connecticut. This plane, which retains its original rosewood handles is complete with all original parts, noting that the cutting iron is a bit short, but marked with the Standard Rule Company name. The cap, frog and handle base have all been nicely rejapanned. | |
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Estimate: $150.00 - $300.00 Current High Bid: $225.00 | ||
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An ADVERTISING TAPE MEASURE FLASK by the Lufkin Rule Company, Saginaw, Michigan. This leather covered glass flask is missing the facsimile crank handle originally positioned in the center, but it is otherwise in excellent condition. Just the thing to have in hand when an example having degraded leather, a missing cap or broken flask shows up with the missing part attached. A great hole card to help fill an inside straight, he said, employing a poker metaphor in the classic style of antique tool catalogue description writing. | |
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Estimate: $100.00 - $200.00 Current High Bid: $35.00 | ||
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TWO PAIRS OF FULLY BOXED AIRTIGHT CASE MAKER'S MOLDING PLANES both by W. Greenslade, Bristol, England. Pairs that cut both single and double recesses, all in exceptionally well preserved condition, are included in this grouping. | |
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Estimate: $500.00 - $1000.00 Current High Bid: $325.00 | ||
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A EARLY SURVEYOR'S TRANSIT by William J. Young & Sons, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. This instrument has a five-inch length compass needle and a ten-inch telescope. The glass is broken on the level adjacent to the compass, but it is otherwise in excellent condition. | |
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Estimate: $200.00 - $400.00 Current High Bid: $180.00 | ||
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A 20 DEGREE ANGLE BLOCK PLANE, No. CT-8, by the Bridge City Tool Company, Portland, Oregon having a dovetailed sole. It is in essentially unused condition. | |
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Estimate: $300.00 - $600.00 Current High Bid: $425.00 | ||
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A PATENT UNIVERSAL SPOKE SHAVE, No. 67, by STANLEY. This example of the February 25, 1896 U.S. Patent of prolific Stanley inventor Justus A. Traut is complete with both original soles and the edge guide and in top collector quality condition and looks never to have been used. | |
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Estimate: $125.00 - $250.00 Current High Bid: $155.00 | ||
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A CAST IRON SCRUB PLANE, No. 40 1/2, by Thomas Lie-Nielsen. This maple handle plane is in unused condition. As good as they get. | |
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Estimate: $150.00 - $300.00 Current High Bid: $150.00 | ||
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A PATENT RATCHET WRENCH, No. 443-A, by the L.S. Starrett Company, Athol, Massachusetts. This uncommon Starrett offering was patented on March 25, 1913 by L.S. Starrett and John A. Adell, both of Athol, Massachusetts. It is in top condition in its original fitted wooden box with all original parts and accessories. Both original labels remain on the inside of the box and the full, original decal on the outside. | |
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Estimate: $150.00 - $300.00 Current High Bid: $90.00 | ||
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A MINI 30, SEMI-AUTO RIFLE by Sturm, Ruger & Company, Southport, Connecticut. This rifle, which is fashioned from stainless steel, has an 18" length barrel and uses 7.62 x 39 mm caliber ammunition. It is missing its magazine, but it is otherwise in excellent condition. It is marked with Serial. No. 189-48343. It is fitted with a Bushell Sportview Scope and is in 95% of original condition.Purchases of modern firearms require a background check. Items purchased may be picked up at Martin J. Donnelly Auctions in Avoca, New York where a background check will be performed. Sales of pistols to New York State residents require a New York State Pistol Permit. Out of state sales require that the firearm be mailed to a dealer possessing a Federal Firearms License. If you have specific questions about how this policy will apply to a specific purchase, please contact Martin J. Donnelly Auctions at (800) 869-0695 or by email at mjd@mjdtools.com . | |
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Estimate: $500.00 - $1000.00 Current High Bid: $550.00 | ||
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A STEEL DOVETAILED SHOULDER PLANE, No. 7, by T. Norris & Son, London, England. This 3/4" cutter width plane has been tastefully imprinted with the imprint of the original owner, one "C. Outhwaite". It is marked with the Norris name as well as the designation "G.P. Preston/Tool Merchant/Sheffield". It is in top collector quality condition. | |
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Estimate: $300.00 - $600.00 Current High Bid: $275.00 | ||
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A JOSEPH COOPER PATENT SPRING LOCK BRACE by Robert Marples, Hermitage Works, Sheffield, England. The Cooper Patent information is cast in raised letters on a brass plate on the otp of the turned ebony head, which retains its full, original ring. The maker information is imprinted on the chuck next to the Patent Spring Locking mechanism. | |
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Estimate: $300.00 - $600.00 Current High Bid: $450.00 | ||
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A LOT OF THREE BRASS BODY COMPASSES including examples by M.J. Michell, Denver, Colorado, which has a Jacob's staff fitting; a "dip needle" type from the Allen Hardware Company of Peabody, Massachusetts; dip needle ; and an unmarked small brass compass having a locking slide for the needle. All are in top collector quality condition. | |
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Estimate: $100.00 - $200.00 Current High Bid: $60.00 | ||
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A rare "CHALLENGE" PATENT JACK PLANE as produced Tower & Lyon, New York, New York. The concept of this plane is documented in the September 11, 1883 U.S. Patent issued to Arthur T. Goldsborough of Washington, D.C. Fully 95% of the original black japan finish remains on this extra clean and well preserved example of this early and graphic jack plane. One of only a few example of the Challenge Patent jack plane that we have been privileged to offer for sale and one of the best. | |
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Estimate: $1000.00 - $2000.00 Current High Bid: $625.00 | ||
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The ORIGINAL WHEELWRIGHT'S LEDGER compiled by Albert Hayward of Easton, Massachusetts bestween the years 1846 and 1862. This ledger of approximately 180 pages is calfskin bound with marbled boards, but the binding has separated and both covers are loose. Each page of this interesting book documents many individual transactios with local persons, including the making and repairing of wheels, the purchase of straw, the repair of wagons, painting of wheels and much much more. Many local names, including Jeremiah Benney, Nathan King, Edmund Lathrop, Daniel Beelcher, Horace Buck and many more are included in this book. The book has some light foxing, but all of the entries are clear and legible. An interesting look at the day to day life of a wheelwright in Easton, Massachusetts, just South of Boston, Massachusetts in the middle years of the Nineteenth Century. From the Collection of Dave Englund, Seattle, Washington. | |
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Estimate: $150.00 - $300.00 Current High Bid: $45.00 | ||
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A COMBINATION CHALK LINE AND PLUMB BOB by Ridgeley, Springfield, Ohio, patented January 12, 1909. As America's primary manufacturers of wallpapering tools, the Ridgeley Company of Springfield, Ohio had much to be concerned with when things were out of plumb. Accordingly, they produced, under this patent granted on January 12, 1909, to William Nelson Cavileer of San Francisco, California, this combination chalk line and internal reel plumb bob to assist those hanging wallpaper and the kindred tasks associated with that work. Retaining nearly all of its original shiny nickel plating and complete in all respects, this rare internal reel plumb bob is in excellent collector quality condition. | |
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Estimate: $200.00 - $400.00 Current High Bid: $185.00 | ||
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FIVE EARLY TWENTIETH CENTURY CELLULOID TAPE MEASURES including all advertising type. Included in this grouping are tapes from The Clarkson Chemical & Supply Company, Williamsport, Pennsylvania advertising the "Buddy Brand" line; another from Steckley's, Lincoln, Nebraska with advertising for the "World's Largest Eared Hybrid" corn; one from E.A. Marks Electric Service, Portland, Oregon advertising the "Stromburg Carburetor" and "Stromberg Anti-Shox"; a Milwaukee Piano Manufacturing Company, Milwaukee, Wisconsin tape advertising "Waltham, Warfield and Metzow Pianos"; and a tape from the Schilling Furniture Company, Kingston, New York advertising "Four Post and Day Beds". All are in top collector quality condition. From the Collection of Joel Hodapp, St. Louis, Missouri. | |
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Estimate: $90.00 - $180.00 Current High Bid: $50.00 | ||
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A PLINKSTER TACTICAL RIFLE, No. 703, by the Mossberg Firearms Company, North Haven, Connecticut. This rifle, which is in need of a magazine, has an 18" length barrel. It is marked with Serial No. EJE 3114105 and is fitted with a Bushnell variable power scope.Purchases of modern firearms require a background check. Items purchased may be picked up at Martin J. Donnelly Auctions in Avoca, New York where a background check will be performed. Sales of pistols to New York State residents require a New York State Pistol Permit. Out of state sales require that the firearm be mailed to a dealer possessing a Federal Firearms License. If you have specific questions about how this policy will apply to a specific purchase, please contact Martin J. Donnelly Auctions at (800) 869-0695 or by email at mjd@mjdtools.com . | |
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Estimate: $175.00 - $350.00 Current High Bid: $300.00 | ||
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A PATENT PRE-WAR SMOOTHING PLANE, No. A 2, by T. Norris & Son, London, England. This rosewood infill plane retains its full, original 2 1/4" width Norris cutting iron and it is in top collector quality condition. Extra nice. | |
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Estimate: $800.00 - $1600.00 Current High Bid: $550.00 | ||
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A 8X50MM BOLT ACTION RIFLE, No. M95, by Steyr Mannlicher, Steyr, Austria. This rifle has a 31" length barrel and an internal magazine. It is complete and in 85% of original condition. It is marked with Serial No. 22061.Purchases of modern firearms require a background check. Items purchased may be picked up at Martin J. Donnelly Auctions in Avoca, New York where a background check will be performed. Sales of pistols to New York State residents require a New York State Pistol Permit. Out of state sales require that the firearm be mailed to a dealer possessing a Federal Firearms License. If you have specific questions about how this policy will apply to a specific purchase, please contact Martin J. Donnelly Auctions at (800) 869-0695 or by email at mjd@mjdtools.com . | |
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Estimate: $400.00 - $800.00 Current High Bid: $105.00 | ||
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A 357 "BLACKHAWK" REVOLVER PISTOL by Sturm, Ruger & Company, Southport, Connecticut. This revolver is in 95% of original condition. It is marked with Serial No. 32-04431.Purchases of modern firearms require a background check. Items purchased may be picked up at Martin J. Donnelly Auctions in Avoca, New York where a background check will be performed. Sales of pistols to New York State residents require a New York State Pistol Permit. Out of state sales require that the firearm be mailed to a dealer possessing a Federal Firearms License. If you have specific questions about how this policy will apply to a specific purchase, please contact Martin J. Donnelly Auctions at(800) 869-0695 or by email at mjd@mjdtools.com . | |
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Estimate: $400.00 - $800.00 Current High Bid: $325.00 | ||
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A CIVIL WAR ERA CAVALRY SABRE, Model 1863, by the Ames Manufacturing Company, Chicopee, Massachusetts. This sabre, which includes it's original scabbard is marked on the ricasso with the year of its making, "1865", and the maker name. | |
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Estimate: $400.00 - $800.00 Current High Bid: $300.00 | ||
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An ADJUSTABLE SCRAPER PLANE, No. 212, by STANLEY. This scraper is in magnificent condition, retaining some 98% of its original black japan finish. The "Old English" script trademark is cast into the body of the plane, which was likely produced by Stanley in the first decade of the Twentieth Century. | |
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Estimate: $800.00 - $1600.00 Current High Bid: $600.00 | ||
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An EXTRA FANCY ROSEWOOD INFILL MITRE PLANE by noted artist-toolmaker John Heinz of Corvallis, Oregon. This exceptionally well made plane has a dovetailed steel sole, brass cap and screw and a classic "snecked" cutting iron. It is in brand new condition. One of the best miniature tools ever produced by John Heinz, the universally acknowledged master of that genre. Highly recommended. | |
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Estimate: $600.00 - $1200.00 Current High Bid: $325.00 | ||
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An early BRASS MILLWRIGHTS PLUMB BOB having a fancy turned body and a spiral knurled cap. | |
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Estimate: $200.00 - $400.00 Current High Bid: $120.00 | ||
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A WORKING SET OF THIRTEEN CLEAN AND USABLE CARVING TOOLS, all having turned handles fashioned from applewood, rosewood, cherry and mahogany. Makers include Addis, Buck Brothers and C. Hill. All came from the family of a former Master Carver for the Baldwin Piano Company of Cincinnati, Ohio. | |
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Estimate: $125.00 - $250.00 Current High Bid: $75.00 | ||
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A CARRIAGE MAKER'S RABBET PLANE, NO. 10 1/2, by STANLEY. The cutting iron is marked with the "Pat Appl'd. 92" trademark on this clean and ready to use early adjustable throat version. Fully 95% of the original black japan finish remains as does a full 7/8 inch of the original cutting iron. | |
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Estimate: $175.00 - $350.00 Current High Bid: $155.00 | ||
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TWO "GAGE" PATENT WOODWORKING PLANES, No. G 5 C and No. G 22, both by STANLEY. The G 5 C is marked with the date of the February 17, 1920 U.S. Patent of Edmund A. Schade, which extended the John P. Gage patents to cast iron body planes. Both are in excellent collector quality condition. From the Collection of Hank Dotson, Mansfield, Ohio. | |
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Estimate: $125.00 - $250.00 Current High Bid: $110.00 | ||
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A rare SURVEYOR'S "PLUMMET" PLUMB BOB. This distinctively different plummet has a cylindrical form body and it is in excellent condition. It is complete with the original chain and the cap to cover the wick when not in use. | |
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Estimate: $500.00 - $1000.00 Current High Bid: $325.00 | ||
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THREE CLEAN COMPLEX MOLDING PLANES including a quirk ovolo with bevel by Dayton, Ohio maker J. Bracelin; an ogee by Cininnati makers N. Harris & Company; and a "bilection" cove and astragal molder by Creagh & Williams, also from Cincinnati. | |
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Estimate: $90.00 - $180.00 Current High Bid: $65.00 | ||
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A CLEAN AND COMPLETE ALUMINUM FILLETSTER PLANE, No. A 78, by STANLEY. This example is marked with the "Sweetheart" trademark on the cutting iron. it retains all of its original parts and is in excellent collector quality condition. | |
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Estimate: $150.00 - $300.00 Current High Bid: $155.00 | ||
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A NINETEENTH CENTURY WATCH MAKER'S BENCH. This bench, which has multiple drawers to store tools and accessories is in excellent condition and could be put directly to use. It was originally used for many years in the shop of Cornwell Jewelers on Court Street in the City of Athens, Ohio. | |
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Estimate: $250.00 - $500.00 Current High Bid: $350.00 | ||
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The ORIGINAL PERSONAL DIARY compiled by Jacob D. Smith of Stanton, New Jersey between January 1 and Dec 31 1889. This book is actually three small books sewn together. The book measures 6" tall by 4" wide by 1" thick. Smith listed his occupation as "farmer" when he registered for the draft in 1862 and was still a farmer as late as the time of the U.S. Census in 1900. He died in 1903 and is buried in Newell Cemetery in Stanton, New Jersey. The diary entries mention many local names, trips to Stanton and beyond, much writing about the weather and the reading and recitation of prayers, as he was obviously a very religious man. Every page of this book is filled to capacity with the notes and observations made by Smith. Although he was obviously religious, there was nothing religious about his devotion to his diary as a few days will pass between entries, followed by entries for many consecutive days and so on. An interesting look at the day to day life of a farmer in rural New Jersey near the end of the Nineteenth Century. | |
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Estimate: $80.00 - $160.00 Current High Bid: $45.00 | ||
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THREE EARLY TYPE OFFICE CALCULATORS including a Walther W.S.R. 110; an R.C. Allen Model 0; an an unnumbered type from the Precise Developments Company of Chicago, Illinois. All are in excellent collector quality condition. | |
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Estimate: $80.00 - $160.00 Current High Bid: $45.00 | ||
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An extra clean later type SEVEN-INCH LENGTH SMOOTHING PLANE, No. 2, by STANLEY. This extra clean plane is marked with the ca. 1930's "Notched Rectangle" trademark. Fully 98% of the original black japan finish remains. | |
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Estimate: $125.00 - $250.00 Current High Bid: $235.00 | ||
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A LOT OF EXTRA CLEAN MACHINISTS' TOOLS, all by the L.S. Starrett Company, Athol, Massachusetts. A No. 459 Cutter Clearance gauge, micrometers, a level and a dial indicator, all in top condition in their original boxes, are included in this selection. | |
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Estimate: $90.00 - $180.00 Current High Bid: $135.00 | ||
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An EARLY "BEDROCK" SMOOTHING PLANE, No. 603, by STANLEY. The cutting iron is marked with the "Pat Ap'l. 19 '92" trademark on this clean and ready to use example. The lever cap has the "three line" "STANLEY/R. & L. Co./BED ROCK" designation imprinted in raised lettering on the face. Fully 90% of the original black japan finish remains. | |
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Estimate: $125.00 - $250.00 Current High Bid: $160.00 | ||
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A LATER "BEDROCK" SMOOTHING PLANE, No. 602, by STANLEY. The cutting iron is marked with the ca. 1910 "Stanley Rule & Level Co." banner trademark on this extra clean example. Fully 98% of the original black japan finish remains. From the Collection of the late Gary Trinkle, Florence, Kentucky. | |
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Estimate: $350.00 - $750.00 Current High Bid: $475.00 | ||
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THREE EXTRA WIDE COMPLEX MOLDING PLANES, all by Mid-West makers. Included in this grouping are an F.B. Marble, Cleveland ogee with fillet; a quirk ovolo by Denning & Campbell, Chillicothe, Ohio; and an Ohio Tool Company quirk ogee, No. 140. | |
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Estimate: $100.00 - $200.00 Current High Bid: $70.00 | ||
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An EARLY BROOM MAKERS HAMMER. This most unusual variation is decidedly wider at the non-tapered end than others we have encountered. It retains its original handle and could be put directly to use if the purchaser so desired. From the Collection of Hank Dotson, Mansfield, Ohio. | |
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Estimate: $120.00 - $240.00 Current High Bid: $225.00 | ||
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A FANCY ROSEWOOD ROQUET MALLET having nickeled brass fittings and a turned bone cap on the handle. There are some minor age checks in the rosewood, but it is other wise, complete, sound and in excellent condition. | |
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Estimate: $80.00 - $160.00 Current High Bid: $30.00 | ||
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An unusual TOWER TYPE STEAM ENGINE having a cast iron frame and many brass fittings. | |
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Estimate: $300.00 - $600.00 Current High Bid: $195.00 | ||
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A rare FOOD CARRYING CANE. This special purpose cane has three separate compartments for storing foodstuffs for long hikes and the like. The handle is nearly grainless and is likely fashioned form boxwood or maple. | |
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Estimate: $600.00 - $1200.00 Current High Bid: $105.00 | ||
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An ORIGINAL NAZI OFFICER'S DRESS SWORD by the Third Reich, Now Defunct. The wire wrapped handle has brass fittings in the form of an eagle and the omnipresent swastika. It is in excellent condition as it was designed for a Thousand Year Reich that barely made it for twelve years. | |
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Estimate: $500.00 - $1000.00 Current High Bid: $155.00 | ||
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An EARLY PATENT JACK PLANE, No. 5, by the Standard Rule Company, Unionville Connecticut. This plane, which was patented on October 30, 1883 by Solon R. and Arthur E. Rust, retains its original rosewood handles and 95% of its original black japan finish. The cutting iron is a later replacement by Buffalo, New York makers L. & I.J. White. | |
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Estimate: $250.00 - $500.00 Current High Bid: $160.00 | ||
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An OGEE CORNICE MOLDING PLANE by S.H. Bibighaus, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. This extra wide molder has an applied side fence and is in excellent collector quality condition. The cutting iron measures 3 5/8 inches in width. From the Collection of Hank Dotson, Mansfield, Ohio. | |
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Estimate: $200.00 - $400.00 Current High Bid: $80.00 | ||
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THREE MINING RELATED ITEMS including a "driver's lamp", an Auto-Lite carbide lantern and a "sticking tommy" candle holder. All are in excellent collector quality condition. | |
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Estimate: $80.00 - $160.00 Current High Bid: $65.00 | ||
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A rare GUNMETAL CHARIOT PLANE, No. 31, by T. Norris & Son, London, England. This extra clean and well preserved example has Brazilian Rosewood infill and an annealed steel sole. It is marked on the cap with the Norris name and number designation and on the cutting iron with the "Norris/London" imprint. An extremely rare Norris special purpose plane in excellent collector quality condition. | |
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Estimate: $3500.00 - $7500.00 Current High Bid: $2500.00 | ||
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