A few days ago I decided to go by a garage sale and found a Stanley Type 1 Circular plane. On the front knob the patent date is Sept. 25,1877. Does anyone know how I could go about getting an appraisal for its worth?
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gb,
in a very short time you are going to get a great many good answers. there are several very good web sites with an astounding amount of the kind for info you're seeking.
any chance of posting a photo?
eef
i just took a moment to google stanley no.113 plane, clicked the link to circular plane and, vola, a picture AND a price list!
Thanks for your help.I noticed some prices on the internet ranging from about $100 to $400. I am not sure where mine would fit in.
Here's Patrick Leach's Blood and Gore page on the plane. Looking at your pictures and his descriptions it seems pretty clear that you've the earliest design of this plane, which increases its value significantly. If it can be typed as version 1, it will be worth considerably more - $400 may be a low estimate.
http://www.supertool.com/StanleyBG/stan12.htm
Though it isn't in "Wow!" collector's condition (which would untouched, bright full nickel plating, 100% japanning), it will still be desirable at one of the national tool auctions like Martin J Donelly's Live Free or Die, or perhaps the Brown auction. Generally speaking, you will get considerably more for it at one of these auctions than you will on e-bay.
Personally speaking, if you need a compassed-sole plane, I would look for one of the later versions in decent shape. You should be able to pick one up for $100 or perhaps considerably less. Finding one of these early ones with a full original iron is not common, and a careless bump off of the bench will shatter it, so I'd keep it as an investment or let a collector pay you quite a lot for it.
Edited 6/13/2009 3:39 pm ET by dkellernc
That's a nice early 113 (side wheel (solid) adjustment, plane iron, shield shaped plates on sole, etc.) and if there is nothing missing or broken (it looks fine in the pictures), I would place it in the higher end of the $100-400.
You can look on eBay and see what these are actually selling for.
If you are considering using it, I would consider selling the plane and buying a later version to use.The later versions had some improvments that made them easier to adjust.
I think you could sell the plane, buy a later version, and come out ahead.
Rick
I luv old tools a lot, but I is just a tad perplexed how someone can innocently ask the value of a tool, while declaring it is a type 1.
To my pea-brain, the neophytic will have gone through a tad of internet research -including about a couple of dozen searches on the 'bay before they get into type studies.
And along the way they likely have certainly encountered various pricings, along ith photos of conditon etc, so I'd be hardpressed to believe that the basic "due diligence" searches would not have placed a spectrum of values in front of the poster. But who's to say that he/she saw them....after all the question is "what is the Worht"
it could be worth 115.00$ or if yu cant type it might e worth 00.115$
And if it's broken and unusable or missing significant parts it might be worth exactly nothing, ie 00.0
Appraisals cost money, and the bottom line is that, in my experience, if this pupply has value , the cost of the apprisal would be at least half of it's estimated value (complete, undamaged, etc)
Better to do yer own appraisal of this old tool by going to the public library and scoping out the Barlow tome on antique tools.....which mentions this plane being sold for 62 years and having an auction value of70-90$, later editions of Barlows than mine might add 10% more to those values, so best estimate is 100 bucks.
After asking our assessment of it's value, when and if you do sell it, it would only be right and proper to tell us what you sold it for eh?
Eric in Calgary
Got no compunction
Everyone, thanks for your help. The person I bought it from at a garage sale thought she she was lucky to get $25 for it and that the fishing tackle boxes and tackle next to it were worth more.Because I do woodworking and not collecting I needed help in establishing a condition in an effort to obtain its worth. I did contact an auction and am waiting to hear back from them. In looking at a number of websites it made me feel old because some of the tools I have were bought while I was in college and they are not being made. So now I have some tools that cannot even be purchased new.
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