Martin J. Donnelly Auctions | Antique Tool Newsletter No. 2859

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Antique Tool Newsletter No. 2859

April 8, 2025

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News from mjdtools.com World Headquarters

G reetings from Avoca, New York where we are looking forward to the closing of our First Wednesday Antique Tool Auction for April, which will begin closing at 7:01 PM tonight. Please bring plenty of popcorn and sit back and enjoy America's Great New Spectator Sport. However, unlike events held in stadiums and other venues, spectators can participate without any limit on the amount one can purchase.

Please note that the dates for our May and July Auctions have changed as follows: The May Auctions will end on Tuesday, May 13th and Wednesday, May 14th, 2025 and our Online Auctions for July will be Tuesday, July 15th and Wednesday, July 16th, 2025. Our July 16 sale will feature nearly 50 early European anvils which can be shipped by truck or picked up here. We will be adding photos as we proceed.

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We have the First Tuesday and First Wednesday Auctions for April fully loaded and bidding is now underway. You can view the auction and enter bids beginning now and continuing until April 1 & April 2, 2025. On the last day of the sale, two lots will close and be marked as sold each minute beginning at 7:01 P.M. on each ending day and continuing until all are sold. Bidding will be open on both auctions until bidding closes as the lots begin selling at 7:01 PM on each night of the sale. You can keep bidding until the item is marked as sold. In the event that there is an increase in the bid in the last two minutes before an items sells, it will be extended for two minutes, unless the high bid amount increases again, at which point it will extend for another two minutes.

To view the items in the First Tuesday Online Only Antique Tool Auction which will end on Tuesday, April 1, 2025 beginning at 7:01 PM, just click HERE.

To view the items in the First Wednesday Online Only Antique Tool Auction which will end on Wednesday, April 2, 2025 beginning at 7:01 PM, just click HERE.

As always, we are seeking consignments of antique tools and related antiques for our upcoming First Tuesday and First Wednesday Auctions. Just give us a call at (800) 869-0695 or by email at mjd@mjdtools.com .

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Issue 2858 - April 3, 2025	Issue 2857 - April 1, 2025	Issue 2856 - March 27, 2025
Issue 2855 - March 25, 2025	Issue 2854 - March 20, 2025	Issue 2853 - March 18, 2025
Issue 2852 - March 13, 2025	Issue 2851 - March 11, 2025	Issue 2850 - March 6, 2025
Issue 2849 - March 4, 2025	Issue 2848 - February 27, 2025	Issue 2847 - February 25, 2025
Issue 2846 - February 20, 2025	Issue 2845 - February 18, 2025	Issue 2844 - February 13, 2025

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Today's Featured Tool Description

Unmarked : Scale Model Of Cranberry Sorting. From Cape Cod, Mass.. Mechanically Perfect. Length: 24.00 Inches. A precision WORKING SCALE MODEL OF A CRANBERRY SORTING MACHINE. Originally purchased on Cape Cod, Massachusetts, this mechanically perfect device is similar to many such devices for which United States Patents were issued in the Nineteenth Century. Of too large a size to be a patent model, this working model would have been used by a salesman to illustrate the features of the machine to prospective buyers without the necessity of bringing them to the full scale machine or the machine to them. It has been finely crafted and is comprised of dozens of individual parts fashioned from walnut, brass and steel. A museum quality model in museum quality condition. From the Collection of Norton K. "Bud" Brown. (FINE). This item was sold on September 19, 2009 for $1,000.00.

Just Added to the Auctions

Lot 398. A SPECTACULAR SET OF TEN ROSEWOOD, BOXWOOD AND EBONY SHIPWRIGHTS PLANES, all marked on the toe with the name of the original owner and likely maker, one "S.G. Mc L. All are fashioned from exotic woods and most are ornamented with bone inlay. These planes were part of the collection of Milt Bacheller of Plainville, Massachusetts, a noted researcher of tools, but he was unable to determine the owner and likely maker of these planes. However, an Ancestry.com search of common Scottish names that begin with the letters "McL" found one Stephen G. McLeod, born in Nova Scotia, and residing in Chelsea, Massachusetts in the 1870's and 1880's. One of the largest and oldest ship building enterprises in the United States, the Fitzgerald Shipyard, founded in 1631 and still in operation today, is located in Chelsea, Massachusetts in the North Eastern part of what is now the City of Boston, Massachusetts. According to U.S. Census records, Stephen G. McLeon was variously listed as a "Carpenter" and "Ship Builder" and his homewas only two blocks walking distance from the Fitzgerald Shipyard. A superb set of planes in top condition that have only begun to reveal their hidden secrets. Highly Recommended. From the Collection of Milt Bacheller, Plainville, Massachusetts. (FINE).(800.00 - 1,600.00) Length: 10 Inches.

Our Featured Book of the Week

25 Full Color Auction Catalogues, by Live Free Or Die Auctions. 2400 Pages. Softbound. A SELECTION OF MARTIN J. DONNELLY AUCTIONS CATALOGUES. Twenty-five selected full color catalogues of eighty pages each from our more than sixteen years of antique tool auctions are included in this substantial set. Nearly 20,000 tools and related antiques are pictured and described in these glossy catalogues. All include their prices realized sheets and are in brand new condition. A great opportunity to acquire this guide to real antique tool values and the treasure trove of information in the descriptions. Also included with the books will be a copy of our Searchable Auction CD of 60,000 tools and prices from our last six years of auctions including photographs of every item. The CD runs on all Windows computers (a $29.95 value). A great Christmas gift for the antique tool collector on your list. $99.00 (BK-4844)

Featured Antique Tools for Sale

Stanley Rule & Level No. 340: Rare "Furring" Plane. Length: 10.00 Inches. Auction Item: (Estimate: 600.00-1,200.00)

"Arch" Mk. With Pat. D

75% Original Paint

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