Guess I'm Lucky
Todd Hughes
>Picked up a pretty good plane yesterday at my every week auction......Went with my friend Leigh and while lots of stuff not to much for us, she got a nice Roy Croft book and I picked up a very nice older split nut open handle dovetail saw along with a box of etc. for $5 but not to much else.
.... We had lunch and then looked over the junk again. Looked in this wooden tool tote that mostly had just junk in it when there laying alng the side was.....a Stanley 196 Curved Rabbet plane !
...Simply amazing, this is a very rare plane, not made for that long of a time and a very specialised tool with few gettingsold. this one was complete and in excellent plus condition..Really goes to show you that you have to look good EVERYWHERE at places like this for stuff because you never know what you might find..
...We staked it out to keep thieves from stealing it which is very common at this auction, someone stole a no. 9 a few months ago I wanted. Auctioner came down the row and some guy had pulled it out but didn't know what it was because I got it for $40 !
....Leigh was very excited when I told her it is probably worth around $1,500 - $2,000
I'm kind of superstitious but I've always thought that things get "sent" to you that you are supposed to get. Been thinking but for what ever reason I guess I live a pretty lucky life ....well at least some of the time!
...Anyway here is Leigh holding the plane smiling big and looking cuter then a dead kitten as my grandmother would say .....Todd
