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10/25/06, 4:07 PM #1

WoodburnBob
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woodburnbob

>...and see what a really big safety deposit box would cost me.

I saw this #112 reach lofty heights yesterday and just now noticed it got the hammer at $425.75. Good pictures are worth a thousand words ... and about three hundred bucks.

I got curious what $425 works out to a pound, so took my #112 down from a shelf to weigh it and nearly dropped it on the floor.

I did first check for weight in my pristine, hardbound copy of Walter (I noticed a copy of cheesy softcover edition for $300 on Ebay yesterday too), which was a splurge buy off a "new books" shelf for $40 some years ago.

The #112 weights 3 pounds 1 ounce, which works out to nearly $150 a pound. I just checked silver bullion which is going for around $11 an ounce, so this #112 didn't quite reach it's weight in solid silver.

Some of you guys better start appraising your stuff and getting your fire insurance agent over for coffee and a review of your coverage.

That, or notify the wife, who'll be able to help you with a liquidation sale.

The one twelve in question

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10/25/06, 4:42 PM #2

Dave Thompson
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Dave Thompson

>I had to do a reality check with completed items search for 112, which confirmed my memory that the going rate being a third of that for a nice condition 112.

What's special about this one?

A Stanley #212 might do better in your bullion comparison. I seem to recall I saw one in the mid or upper $2k range last year.

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10/25/06, 6:10 PM #3

dennis mcdonaugh
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dennis mcdonaugh

>It looks like there was some back and forth between two bidders there at the end after the rational people quit bidding.

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10/25/06, 6:45 PM #4

V Parisian
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V Parisian

>I think I have seen that picture somewhere else...???

Victor in wonderful Houston

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10/25/06, 8:53 PM #5

Moses Yoder in White Pigeon, MI
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yea but...

Moses Yoder in White Pigeon, MI

>Somebody paid way to much for an average tool. This happens every day. The plane was obviously cleaned up, as evidenced by the shine on the edges. A reasonably nice example but I think if I paid that much I would want the original box.

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10/25/06, 10:23 PM #6

Todd Hughes
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>A beautiful over 100 year old classic Stanley plane in better condition then probably 95 % that you will ever see.Can't go wrong when you buy them like that

Tools like this are probably about the last antique that can be in this condition while being this old and still sell for this low amount.The day will come when it will seem cheap and we all will be wishing we had bought them when we could.....Well not me, I have a nicer, really about mint, example from about the same time period that I bought for $50.

I was a little surprised I had to pay that much to tell you the truth ......Todd

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10/28/06, 6:06 AM #7

Clint Jones
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Clint Jones

>Who would pay that much for a 112? I know theyre uncommon but over $400.00 is ridiculous. I would rather pay $200 for a tool that is not that overcleaned than fork out $200 more for a tool that looks pretty in a picture. Nice tool if you like em monkeyed with.

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