Is a plane really worth this much

[christoph clark]

Looking throgh ebay I found an old unusual hinged woodworking plane that went for 6400 dollars . whats so special ? :shock:

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[Ironballs]

I think the answer is in his questions, but it looks like if it had been in good nick he could have got another 10K US for it!

 

[Jake]

He should have altered the title and description after being told what it was - I reckon that cost him dearly.

 

[Martingchapman]

And I agonise about spending £340 on a Festool TS55 saw.

Complete madness!!

Martin.

 

[Jake]

One can sensibly be regarded as an investment, in that it is likely to appreciate over time (at least in the medium to long term).

The other is only ever going to depreciate.

Oh sod the logic - collectors :roll:

 

[Vormulac]

Looks to me like he asked himself a few questions just to mention how fabulously valuable it was, I've never seen that happen on any other auction. Maybe I'm just a little cynical :wink:

 

[Pete W]

Maybe I'm just a little cynical :wink:

Me too, but in this case too much so. At least a couple of the questions/posts were from members of the Woodnet handtool forum.

 

[Vormulac]

In that case I doff my cap to him getting a huge wad of cash for a rare and expensive item!
Just think, with all that money he could nearly afford a post-price-hike Lie-Nielsen... :wink: :lol:

 

[TheTiddles]

What a lot of tat! It's rusted up and will never meet the performance of a new LN, it's like fossilized dinosaur poo, it may be old but it's no use for anything! So why is the US economy in so much trouble??

Aidan

 

[Ironballs]

I'm with Aidan, as a tool it isn't much use and to get it into a useable state you may have to do things that will devalue it as a collectors item. If it was something that was the workhorse of a well known master craftsman then that's something else entirely and is where collecting comes in, you may wish to put it in a display cabinet on your mantelpiece rather than use to plane boards in your shop.

That said, if I stumbled across one in a car boot and could turn it into mucho spondies then I wouldn't think twice about taking the cash :twisted:

 

[TheTiddles]

Oh hell yes! All the time being thankful that there are people willing to part with so much money!

Aidan

 

[George_N]

That said, if I stumbled across one in a car boot and could turn it into mucho spondies then I wouldn't think twice about taking the cash :twisted:

Me too. Personally I don't see the point in collecting tools that will only ever sit in a display cabinet but at the end of the day the value of an item is what someone is prepared to pay for it...just look at Damien Hirst's recent sale.

 

[Grinding One]

NO

 

[BradNaylor]

I've never understood this tool collecting thing.

Near me there used to be a fantastic shop selling nothing but antique woodworking tools. I used to pop in regularly and pick up various pieces which still make up the major part of my working tool box.

The owner was always vaguely surprised that I actually intended to work with the tools. He told me that his customers were generally either 'collectors' or 'users'. It seems that I was one of the very few 'users'.

I wish now that I'd bought a lot more. He had to retire due to ill-health a few years ago and the shop is now gone.

Dan

 

[AndrewC]

Because now they've realized vapour ware house prices don't cut the mustard the effing lunatics have to look elsewhere !