I have a Millers Falls no. 714 that is in excellent shape. I have been
using it for a couple of years off and on. It was designed for general
carpentry, but it appears to have a lot of value in the collector’s
market. http://www.public.coe.edu/~rro <!—->eder/main/bench/buckr.htm http://www.toolsrules.com/PLAN <!—->ES.htm
(see 4th item down) Mine is a type 1. There is one of the handle screws missing, but
otherwise it looks like it could have been bought last week. I often wonder if I should sell it and get a Lie Nielson equivelent and
possibly still have money left over for some other tools. Although it
works very well, it was designed for carpentry (has a fairly wide fixed
throat). Does anyone know what the range of prices are for this plane? The
$1,500 price seems like it would be at the top end.
Eric
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I have a Millersfalls jointer plane and it is a decent tool but if I could get the kind of money that person is asking for your style of jack plane I would sell it in a heart beat. The Lie Neilsen plane might not be as neet of a collectable but they are really nice planes to use.
Troy
$1,500 appears to be pretty steep. A collectible is only worth what a collector is willing to pay. I have the Buck Rogers jack and smoothing plane in pretty good shape. It's not the greatest plane. It was designed as a general carpentry plane with 50's styling. I see them on ebay on occasion and don't recall seeing them go that high so it's a kind of hit and miss proposition. I haven't tried selling on ebay but a friend does a lot and sometimes high bidders get cold feet and back out for whatever reason. I've been to tool auctions where bidders go crazy bidding something way up and have seen someone offer the losing bidder a comparable item after the auction at a lesser price and the losing bidder decides he doesn't really want the item after all. So you might get a bid of who knows what. It's not something you can guarantee by any means.
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