Good day at the auction
Bryan Danner - Broad Ripple, IN
>Had a good day at an estate auction today.
Tally:
Stanley #65, no rust, 99% jappaning, war-time casting, great shape: $15
Matched set of 12 paring chisels, full length, shiney, little rust, "Celebrated Hardware Co": $63
James Swan 7/8" firmer chisel, full length, shiney, a little bit of rust on top of bevel: $5
I spent more than I wanted today, but still think I came out pretty well. I really wasn't interested in the 65, but it was about to sell for $10, and I couldn't let that happen.
I've already got a "Celebrated" chisel, and really like it, so I swooped in for the matched set. Funny thing is, they had the handles in a separate box lot from the bodies. They sold the box with the handles first, and I nabbed them up. Then I got nine of the chisel bodies in a separate lot. When I was looking throught the loot after I left, I then realized that the box with the handles had another three chisels from the same set....totally unexpected. I thought I was bidding on 9 matched chisels, and came away with 12.
None of the chisels have been used much. They look like they've been sharpened, used a few times, then put in a drawer and forgotten about. The chisels range in length from 13" to 16" long (with handle). Sizes are 1/8", 1/4", 3/8", 1/2", 5/8", 3/4", 7/8", 1", 1-1/4", 1-1/2", 1-3/4", 2".
The steel alone on the Swan is 12" long.
If you can't tell, I'm pretty excited about the chisels.
-Bryan