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| Antique Tool Newsletter No. 2967 |
April 23, 2026 |
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News from mjdtools.com World Headquarters |
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G
reetings from Avoca, New York, where we have our May Auctions loaded and ready to view. We will have 501 Lots ending on May 5th and another 401 Lots ending on May 6th. Follow the links below to view the items in the auction. Today's Photo Montage begins shows some of the many great tools that will be sold on May 6th. If you are not currently registered to bid in our auctions, you can register to bid by clicking HERE. We have the First Tuesday and First Wednesday Auctions for May fully loaded and bidding is now underway. You can view the auction and enter bids beginning now and continuing until May 5, 2026 & May 6, 2026. 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, May 5, 2026 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, May 6, 2026 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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Today's Featured Tool Description |
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Our Featured Book of the Week |
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Featured Antique Tools
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Stanley Rule & Level No. 41: Miller Patent Combination Plane. Length: 10.00 Inches. Auction Item: (Estimate: 600.00-1,200.00)
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Whitney & Whitney/New York, Ny : Whitney's Patent Lemon Squeezer. Length: 12.75 Inches. Auction Item: (Estimate: 150.00-300.00)
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Stanley Rule & Level No. 1/2: Two Pairs Of Bronze Trammels. Length: 4.50 Inches. Auction Item: (Estimate: 80.00-160.00)
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Stanley, Philip E. : Boxwood & Ivory: Book. Length: 11.00 Inches. Auction Item: (Estimate: 50.00-100.00)
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M.T. : Superb Set Of Plane Maker's Tools. Length: 12.00 Inches. Auction Item: (Estimate: 225.00-450.00)
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Stephens & Co./Riverton, Ct No. 36: Level/Inclinometer Folding Rule. Length: 12.00 Inches. Auction Item: (Estimate: 125.00-250.00)
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Stanley Rule & Level No. 2: Rare "Long" No. 2 7" Smooth Plane. Length: 8.00 Inches. Auction Item: (Estimate: 600.00-1,200.00)
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Stanley Rule & Level No. 239: Rare 5/32" Width Spec. Dado Plane. Length: 7.50 Inches. Auction Item: (Estimate: 125.00-250.00)
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Greenfield Tool Co./Greenfield, M : Unhdld. Ebony Plow Plane. Length: 10.00 Inches. Auction Item: (Estimate: 250.00-500.00)
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Clifford, E./Exeter, N.H. : Early Yellow Birch Crown Molding Plane. Length: 11.00 Inches. Auction Item: (Estimate: 500.00-1,000.00)
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Stanley Works/New Britain, Ct. : Extra Clean Promotio Advertising Rule. Length: 7.00 Inches. Auction Item: (Estimate: 50.00-100.00)
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Titcomb, Joseph/(Newbury, Ma.) : Early Beech Tongue Molding Plane. Length: 9.63 Inches. Auction Item: (Estimate: 90.00-180.00)
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Stanley Rule & Level No. 413: Rare Aluminum Folding Rule. Length: 36.00 Inches. Auction Item: (Estimate: 75.00-150.00)
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Stanley Rule & Level : Four |id Stanley Woodworking Planes. Length: 11.00 Inches. Auction Item: (Estimate: 100.00-200.00)
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Chapin-Stephens Co./Pine Meadow No. 58 1/2: Rare Full Bound 6-Fold Folding Rule. Length: 24.00 Inches. Auction Item: (Estimate: 250.00-500.00)
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Littlestown Hdw & Fdy Co./Littles No. 400: Extra Clean 4 1/2" Jaw Bench Vise. Length: 14.00 Inches. Auction Item: (Estimate: 75.00-150.00)
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Unmarked : Two-Foot, Four-Fold Folding Rule. Length: 24.00 Inches. Auction Item: (Estimate: 90.00-180.00)
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Assorted Makers : Lot Of Assorted Wood Scrapers. Length: 13.00 Inches. Auction Item: (Estimate: 75.00-150.00)
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Buck Bros./Millbury, Mass. : Lot Of 15 Clean & Usable Carving Tools. Length: 11.00 Inches. Auction Item: (Estimate: 90.00-180.00)
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Lowell Plane & Tool Co. : "Worrall's Patent" Jack Plane. Length: 16.00 Inches. Auction Item: (Estimate: 125.00-250.00)
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Unmarked : 19th C. Log Marking Hammer. Length: 23.00 Inches. Auction Item: (Estimate: 75.00-150.00)
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Bizzarri, Elia/Hillsborough, Nc : Extra Clean 5 1/2" Chair Mkrs. Travishe. Length: 11.25 Inches. Auction Item: (Estimate: 90.00-180.00)
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Assorted Makers : Lot Of Braces And Bow Drills. Length: 14.50 Inches. Auction Item: (Estimate: 80.00-160.00)
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Butler, John W./New Britain, Conn : Butler's Patent R'wood Marking Gauge. Length: 7.00 Inches. Auction Item: (Estimate: 90.00-180.00)
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Ford Auger Bit Co./Holyoke, Mass. : Full Boxed Set Of Auger Bits. Length: 11.00 Inches. Auction Item: (Estimate: 80.00-160.00)
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Assorted Makers : Tools & Shop Items Opportunity Lot. Length: 13.50 Inches. Auction Item: (Estimate: 75.00-150.00)
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Selsor & Cook & Co./Philada. : Early Patent Dbl. Claw Hammer. Length: 14.50 Inches. Auction Item: (Estimate: 90.00-180.00)
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Unmarked : Adjustable Arm Beveling Plane. Length: 10.63 Inches. Auction Item: (Estimate: 150.00-300.00)
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Assorted Makers : Five Spec. Purp. Woodworking Plane. Length: 10.00 Inches. Auction Item: (Estimate: 75.00-150.00)
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Diamond Horseshoe Caulk Co. : Set Of Four Unused Display Wrenches. Length: 18.00 Inches. Auction Item: (Estimate: 100.00-200.00)
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Assorted Makers : Lot Of Early Trade Reference Books. Length: 12.00 Inches. Auction Item: (Estimate: 90.00-180.00)
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Stanley Rule & Level No. 10 1/2: Carriage Maker's Rabbet Plane. Length: 9.00 Inches. Auction Item: (Estimate: 150.00-300.00)
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Assorted Makers : Lot Of Asst. Wooden Woodworking Planes. Length: 16.00 Inches. Auction Item: (Estimate: 75.00-150.00)
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Stanley Rule & Level : 25 Year Loyalty Pin. Length: 0.40 Inches. Auction Item: (Estimate: 125.00-250.00)
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Stanley Rule & Level No. 7: Clean & Usable Jointer Plane. Length: 22.00 Inches. Auction Item: (Estimate: 80.00-160.00)
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Lie-Nielsen Tool Works/Warren, Me No. LN-60 1/2: Low Angle Rabbet Block Plane. Length: 6.00 Inches. Auction Item: (Estimate: 60.00-120.00)
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Disston & Sons, H./Danville, Va. No. D-100: Aluminum Handle Hand Saw. Length: 29.50 Inches. Auction Item: (Estimate: 60.00-120.00)
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Unmarked : Early Solid Brass Jeweler's Arbor. Length: 11.00 Inches. Auction Item: (Estimate: 60.00-120.00)
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Unmarked : Pair Of Solid Brass Trammels. Length: 6.25 Inches. Auction Item: (Estimate: 80.00-160.00)
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Assorted Makers : Lot Of Clean & Usabl Woodworking Tools. Length: 14.00 Inches. Auction Item: (Estimate: 80.00-160.00)
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Assorted Makers : Lot Of Tool Realted Reference Books. Length: 11.00 Inches. Auction Item: (Estimate: 80.00-160.00)
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Osborne & Co., C.S./Newark, N.J. : Stepped Set Of 9 Leather Wkrs. Tracin. Length: 6.00 Inches. Auction Item: (Estimate: 120.00-240.00)
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Sandusky Tool Co./Sandusky, Ohio : "Morris Pat. Scissor Arm Plow Plane. Length: 9.50 Inches. Auction Item: (Estimate: 600.00-1,200.00)
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Stanley Rule & Level (Unmarked) No. 2: Three Angle Rule Tool. Length: 3.75 Inches. Auction Item: (Estimate: 125.00-250.00)
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Mc Master & Co., T.J./Auburn, Ny : Extra Clean Mvg. Filletster Plane. Length: 9.50 Inches. Auction Item: (Estimate: 80.00-160.00)
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Starrett Co., The L.S./Athol, Ma No. 454: 12" Vernier Height Gauge. Length: 15.50 Inches. Auction Item: (Estimate: 80.00-160.00)
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Assorted Makers : Misc. Shop Items Opportunity Lot. Length: 27.00 Inches. Auction Item: (Estimate: 80.00-160.00)
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Unmarked : Cast Brass Body Fillet Cutting Plane. Length: 9.50 Inches. Auction Item: (Estimate: 100.00-200.00)
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Pic/Made In Spain : Modern Replica Of Marbles Safety Axe. Length: 10.25 Inches. Auction Item: (Estimate: 80.00-160.00)
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Unmarked : Early File Forged Die Stock. Length: 20.63 Inches. Auction Item: (Estimate: 60.00-120.00)
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Assorted Makers : Five Early Fixed Bit Braces. Length: 21.50 Inches. Auction Item: (Estimate: 90.00-180.00)
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Unmarked : Two Tropical Hdwd. "Deadeyes'. Length: 6.00 Inches. Auction Item: (Estimate: 50.00-100.00)
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Gomph & Company, Henry G./Albany : Wkg. Set Of Ten Leather Tools. Length: 6.00 Inches. Auction Item: (Estimate: 125.00-250.00)
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Assorted Makers : Early Drafting Tools Opportunity Lot. Length: 18.00 Inches. Auction Item: (Estimate: 75.00-150.00)
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Chapin, H./U. S. Standard No. 21: Two Foot, Four Fold Folding Rule. Length: 24.00 Inches. Auction Item: (Estimate: 125.00-250.00)
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Unmarked : Early 19th Century Tool Chest. Length: 20.50 Inches. Auction Item: (Estimate: 150.00-300.00)
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Assorted Makers : Misc. Shop Items Opportunity Lot. Length: 13.75 Inches. Auction Item: (Estimate: 80.00-160.00)
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Bishop & Co., Geo. H/Lawrenceburg : Rare Nested Set Of Saws. Length: 18.00 Inches. Auction Item: (Estimate: 125.00-250.00)
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Mathieson & Son, A./Glasgow : Extra Clean Ebony & Brass Bench Level. Length: 8.50 Inches. Auction Item: (Estimate: 80.00-160.00)
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Stanley Rule & Level No. 606 C: Early "Bedrock" Fore Plane. Length: 18.00 Inches. Auction Item: (Estimate: 75.00-150.00)
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White Co., L. & I.J./Buffalo, N.Y No. 20: Massive Mast Maker's Draw Knife. Length: 34.75 Inches. Auction Item: (Estimate: 125.00-250.00)
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Brooks, P./E. Hartford (Ct.) : Three Extra Clean Woodworking Planes. Length: 9.50 Inches. Auction Item: (Estimate: 80.00-160.00)
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Unmarked : Massive Early Wooden "Wool Wheel" Spinnin. Length: 70.00 Inches. Auction Item: (Estimate: 150.00-300.00)
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Lindner, Robert/Clarence, N.Y. : Coll. Of Four Carved Wooden Shore Birds. Length: 15.50 Inches. Auction Item: (Estimate: 125.00-250.00)
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Stanley Rule & Level No. 71: Open Throat Router Plane. Length: 8.00 Inches. Auction Item: (Estimate: 80.00-160.00)
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Ohio Tool Co./ Columbus, Ohio No. 97: Beech Handle Plow Plane. Length: 10.00 Inches. Auction Item: (Estimate: 80.00-160.00)
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Assorted Makers : Misc. Shop Items Opportunity Lot. Length: 13.50 Inches. Auction Item: (Estimate: 80.00-160.00)
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Unmarked : Early Wood & Iron Turpentine "Hack". Length: 15.25 Inches. Auction Item: (Estimate: 75.00-150.00)
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Unmarked : Leather Worker's Stitching Vise. Length: 11.00 Inches. Auction Item: (Estimate: 60.00-120.00)
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Fuller, Jo./Providence : Early Mkr. 22" Fore Plane. Length: 22.00 Inches. Auction Item: (Estimate: 90.00-180.00)
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Stanley Rule & Level : Rare "Four Square" Pry Bar. Length: 15.00 Inches. Auction Item: (Estimate: 125.00-250.00)
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Williamsburg Mfg. Co./ Wmsb'g, Ma : Cast Iron Plumb & Level. Length: 12.00 Inches. Auction Item: (Estimate: 75.00-150.00)
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Stanley Rule & Level : Orig. 1879 Stanley Letterhead. Length: 12.50 Inches. Auction Item: (Estimate: 125.00-250.00)
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Assorted Makers : Four Clean & Usable Transitional Plane. Length: 26.00 Inches. Auction Item: (Estimate: 80.00-160.00)
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Tower & Lyon/New York, N.Y. : Chaplin's Improved Fore Plane. Length: 17.50 Inches. Auction Item: (Estimate: 75.00-150.00)
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Assorted Makers : Misc. Hand Tools Opportunity Lot. Length: 17.25 Inches. Auction Item: (Estimate: 75.00-150.00)
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Unmarked : Octagonal Head Metal Wkg. Hammer. Length: 9.25 Inches. Auction Item: (Estimate: 60.00-120.00)
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Assorted Makers : Misc. Hand Tools Opportunity Lot. Length: 28.50 Inches. Auction Item: (Estimate: 75.00-150.00)
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Stanley Rule & Level : Two Clean & Usable Woodworking Tools. Length: 11.25 Inches. Auction Item: (Estimate: 120.00-240.00)
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Millers Falls Company (Unmarked) : Pratt's Patent Fret Saw. Length: 14.00 Inches. Auction Item: (Estimate: 75.00-150.00)
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Markos, Peter/Houston, Tx : Markos' Patent Lighted Plumb Bob. Length: 8.00 Inches. Auction Item: (Estimate: 80.00-160.00)
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