Chris Knight
Established Member
I just got back from this annual bean feast. It is very similar in format to the Tony Murland auction with many of the same people showing up - probably to sell what they bought at the last one!
The auction is plainly more popular with collectors rather than users but that is fine with me. Good quality user stuff is available at reasonable prices. I picked up a nice set of hollows and rounds and a couple of Stanley dado planes - a 1/4 and 3/4 inch, also some small carving chisels I needed.
There were a few Lie Nielsen tools which were unused and sold for about 2/3 new price. Excellent user Stanley planes were going for good prices too - nice between the wars models of 5,6, and 7 mostly for less than £100. A 29 1/2 jointer by Nurse went for £120
The most expensive items sold whilst I was there (I left before the end) were a couple of Dutch one man crosscut saws sold for £3000 and £3600. These were definitely wall models rather than users!
The auction is plainly more popular with collectors rather than users but that is fine with me. Good quality user stuff is available at reasonable prices. I picked up a nice set of hollows and rounds and a couple of Stanley dado planes - a 1/4 and 3/4 inch, also some small carving chisels I needed.
There were a few Lie Nielsen tools which were unused and sold for about 2/3 new price. Excellent user Stanley planes were going for good prices too - nice between the wars models of 5,6, and 7 mostly for less than £100. A 29 1/2 jointer by Nurse went for £120
The most expensive items sold whilst I was there (I left before the end) were a couple of Dutch one man crosscut saws sold for £3000 and £3600. These were definitely wall models rather than users!
