#1 bench plane *LINK*

Re: #1 bench plane

Paul M. in San Diego

>Heh. I saw this same plane the other night and had a good chuckle. I wouldn't pay $2.00 for a broken pile-o-crud, yet the price soars just because it is a tiny near-useless plane that no-one wanted back when they were new so there are so few remaining that they are now collectable.

Sheesh.

Re: #1 bench plane

Mark Harrison -- in Sydney, Australia

>I know the winning bidder. His name is Hans Brunner who is an old tools dealer in Brisbane, Australia.

Hans is a respected dealer and I have bought several items from him in the past and would have no qualms about doing so again. No doubt the parts are what he is after as they are rather scarce.

Re: #1 bench plane

Todd Hughes

>I'm a sort of thinking you would pay $2 [or more] for it if you had a no. 1 missing some parts that you could sell for over a $1,000 if it was complete, eh?.......Todd

Re: #1 bench plane

Paul M. in San Diego

>Hey Todd,

So if I had a broken #1 already that I picked up for over $450.00, then I could buy this broken plane for another $450.00, and then sell it for $100 profit at $1K?

Sorry, but I'm very unlikely to plunk down the first $450 on the prospect of finding a matching donor plane for parts. I wish anyone who is such a speculator much luck!

-- Paul M.

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Stephen Colebourne,Ipswich,Australia

>Hi all,Hans brunner has been a tool dealer here for at least 10 years, I have known him for most of this time, Tool dealing is his business ,he has no collection of his own and his purchases are never based on sentiment. Chances are that he already has the parts to make this plane complete, if not you can still rest assured that there will be a substantial profit at the end of this transaction for him, one does not survive for that long in a business without a good knowledge of values and profit margins. If you are interested I could give you an update on the price for which this item is finally resold

Regards Steve

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Todd O. Cronkhite Native of Maine

>Stephen,

I for one would be interested. Thanks.

Todd O.