Help with pricing of planes

Re: Help with pricing of planes

cooper suter

>EBAY!

It's the spot-market price guide to the world.

Be sure and search completed auctions and take condition into account.

Look for the hump in the bell-curve of prices and you'll have as good an idea of market value as you can get.

coop

Re: Help with pricing of planes

Richard Gillespie

>I've bought a number of planes on Ebay. One thing I always keep in mind when bidding is the shipping costs. IMHO this keeps the price of most items on Ebay somewhat lower than a direct sales exchange might achieve.

I've never been to a flea market to make a comparison so that will be the next step.

Re: Help with pricing of planes *LINK*

walt quadrato

>Art,

first off you have to know what you have, especially for the US Stanleys. Below is a link for a good easy plane dating guide. Then pick up a copy of Walter's 2003 Stanley price giude. Don't go by the prices they list but it will give you a better idea of what is desirable. then go on the bay and compare their prices..then go to a couple of fleas and check out their prices...Then go to a few anteek mauls for their prices. Somewhere in the middle of all that is the epiphany and you will see the horizon slowly receding behind you as you start the long slide down the slipperiest of slopes.

walt q(DAMHIK)


plane dating

Re: Help with pricing of planes

art Liebeskind

>Thanks for your help....Do I really want to sell these things and If I saw them at a good price would I buy them again?????? Such a puzzlement!

Art Liebeskind

Re: Help with pricing of planes

Ernie Miller Topeka

>Never sell tools that you work with that is for you wife to do after you are gone. Duplicates are ok to sell.

My stab at a fair price

Andrew F in Australia

>Of course, I haven't got them in front of me so I could be wrong.

USD15-20 3 needs some wiping and cleanup

USD60-80 #7 Jointer(England made)

USD15 #5 England made

USD50-70 #6 US Made

USD50 $4 US with Hock blade

?????? #249

USD70-80 #79 in box

USD30-40 #78 England

USD70-90 #71P England(Router in Box)

USD25 #60-1/2 Maroon color metal

USD20 #271 Router English

USD50 #92 Rabbet Metal

USD50 Beautiful Bailey transition 18" Long(wood and metal mechanism)

What do you guys think - are these fair prices?

Cheers,

Andrew

Re: My stab at a fair price

Mike-in-Michigan(Richland, that is)

>Your prices seemed low but w/o condition it's hard to tell.. However I checked ebay and within the last 2 weeks(of course condition makes a big difference too) here are some pricing ranges:

#92 - AU 117.50$ (sold last week)

#3 - 50-76$ USD

#5 - 35-50$ USD (lower end cause it's English)

#6 - 60-90$ USD

#79 - 40-60$ USD (higher side since it's in box)

#71p - 30-50$ USD (probably low - not great sellers)

#271 - 40$USD (not as common but not in demand)

#7 - 50-60$ USD (English reduces price)

#249 -- is no such thing I don't think. It's not Patrick Leach's site either. You sure it's not a 289 or 248 -- 289's go high, like anywhere from 90-250$ USD depending on condition and completeness. A 248 is around 50$ USD or less. Not to much in demand.

I teach a class, "Using Ebay to Appraise Antiques", for the local community ed group. It's a great resource for this type of projet...

Michael Cody

"All men are created equal - some just work harder"

Re: My stab at a fair price

Pam Niedermayer - Austin, TX

>I teach a class, "Using Ebay to Appraise Antiques"

Very interesting. Want to share some of your tricks that wouldn't be obvious (such as simply doing a search on completed items)? How do you handle selling price history?

Thanks,

Pam