Maybe I’m just a dumb guy or something but I’ve been collecting antique tools for 15 years and I run across this saying in peoples descriptions of their tools once in awhile and still to this day have no idea what it means. What does “New Old Stock” refer to?
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MV,
"New old stock" means that it was manufactured a fairly long time ago, but is "brand new" and in unused, new condition; in other words, it was made in 1936, and has been sitting unused in original packaging in a warehouse for 70 years.
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James
Usually it means that it is something that was never sold, an example would be somebody who buys out the inventory of a old store or Manufacture and is selling the merchandise that has been buried in the back of the store. Lee Valley often has items like this in there monthly catalogs. Hope that helps.
Troy
AAAAHHHH.. I have seen the light.... Thanks Troy and James!
The cynical may also believe that the stock was no good to man or beast and therefore has not been sold for 86 years, but now someone believes that it will sell on E bay as a collectors item .
Ah Yes! Much like the proverbial Stanley 55 with all the cutters completely unsharpened because the plane was too complicated to actually use..."I'll give you $700 for it."
mvflaim, I paid $650 for one of my #55's the cardboard box was a little ratty but the plane was sparkling nickle and the four sets of cutters(in one box, the last issue I think) with factory grind and grease, not one had been used. The rose wood fences have no scratches on their facesand the factory wire tags on the depth foot advising the owner to put his own own wooden shoe using the holes provided . You can have it for $1,500 Hah.
In truth it goes to my middle daughter who will know what to do with it twenty years or so from now. Enjoy, Paddy
Wow, except for the box, sounds like you have a tool thats New Old Stock... $1500 may be a steal...especially with those prices that come up at the Brown Auctions.
phillip,
As we all know, there are no cynics on this forum, as it is simply not allowed.
Rich
"As we all know, there are no cynics on this forum, as it is simply not allowed.
Rich"
Sigh.... I guess I will be leaving this forum then...... sniffle :(
Doug Meyer
(sorry could not resist)
Ahhhhh, new old stock. As an ex-antique dealer, that phrase makes my mouth water!!!! The best of the best when looking for inventory. That being said, unless your a passionate collector, it shouldn't make you yearn to spend 200% more for whatever you're buying.
Second to NOS is NIB (new in box). I went to an estate auction a couple of years ago, involving the estate of a deceased woodworker who had a passion for tools and a wallet to match. There were dozens of quality items that were still NIB!! Items he opened up, maybe read the manual, reboxed and put on a shelf. What a trip that was (oops, showing my age, that). I spent $800, sold off enough of the stuff to pay for the things I kept, including a NIB JDS air cleaner and a variety of tools.
forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl ;-)
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