Stanley No 1

[Recky33]

Sorry if this sounds like a dumb question but , is a Stanley No 1 worth £751.77 ?

 

[adidat]

indeed they are, pretty rare. i have infact helf one and have photographic evidence.

adidat

 

[Recky33]

Ah, so spending that kind of money in the states and then selling it on ebay over here is a sound financial move then ?
I really must wake up and start smelling the Roses

 

[AndyT]

Ah, so spending that kind of money in the states and then selling it on ebay over here is a sound financial move then ?
I really must wake up and start smelling the Roses

Not if the people who really want one enough to pay a lot are all in the US.

 

[pedder]

To make buisnes on ebay you really need to know he stuff. All the collectors are there, too. And the do buy international.

One #1 might be "worth" 751 GBP another only 50 GBP, because it is a frankenplane.

Ebay is good for sellers of rare things, because the get a big public. Fleamarkets are good for buyers of rare things.

There is one exception: bidding on items with poor pictures or without, but that is roulette.

Cheers
Pedder

 

[Harbo]

A few years back my local tool shop was selling LN No 1's for about £140?
Very pretty little plane and for a few seconds I was tempted.
The salesmen reckoned most were being bought as a desk ornament?
They are now £196 so have not increased too much compared to some LN stuff?

Rod

 

[Recky33]

hmm, didn't work out too well for this chap then, seings as he paid £750 for it on the 2nd of June http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... fresh=true

 

[PeterBassett]

:lol:

 

[AndyT]

And ebay get their 10% each time it passes through. The bookie always wins!

 

[Sawyer]

Sorry if this sounds like a dumb question but , is a Stanley No 1 worth £751.77 ?

Not to me!
But then, I'm not a collector. I'd only want it for one thing; planing wood, so I'd save myself £550 and get a Lie Nielsen.

I wouldn't pay that for a paperweight either

Still, I don't wish to knock the antiques/collectables trade, as its a good source of work ....

 

[markturner]

I know what you mean, paying that kind of cash seems kinda daft, unless of course you can afford it. I did just buy a bedrock number 2 on E-bay, for what I considered a pretty good price of £200. It's needs the usual TLC, which I am very much looking forward to doing and should be a nice little plane when finished. I doubt if I will use it a lot, but I wanted a number 2 and to get a bedrock type at the same time seemed too good an opportunity to pass up. Its like anything really, something is worth whatever someone is willing to pay for it. That value will vary just like peoples opinions!!

Cheers, Mark

 

[pedder]

hmm, didn't work out too well for this chap then, seings as he paid £750 for it on the 2nd of June http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... fresh=true

Your forgetting about the custom......

Did you see he bought another #1 on June 24th? :roll:

If the sold plane is the same as he bought from Jim Bode (2lshark), why doen's he took better pictures (or asked Jim if he may uses his pictures)???

Sheers
Pedder

 

[Recky33]

Did you see he bought another #1 on June 24th

And here's me saving up for a new box of screws.
How the other half live :roll:

 

[mack9110000]

Did you see he bought another #1 on June 24th

And here's me saving up for a new box of screws.
How the other half live :roll:

Maybe you should have saved up for an "old" box of screws.
mack

 

[matthewwh]

Some planes are valuable because they are useful, others are valuable because they are rare. The No.1 is valued for its rarity, it was originally produced as a salesman's sample until they realised that some trades like instrument makers had a use for such small planes so they put it into production. There are a variety of stanley lemons that fetch inordinate prices due to the fact that they were of limited use and therefore small numbers were produced.

If you are trying to build up a complete collection of stanley products then a good example is worth shelling out for. The real issues occur when collectors and users agree about the desirability of a tool and end up going head to head ( the collectors normally win - hence they are held in such low regard by users).

Still, it makes a refreshing change for a brand new LN to be the budget option!!!!

 

[bugbear]

Still, it makes a refreshing change for a brand new LN to be the budget option!!!!

To a large extent the collector/user conflict on some rare tools is why LN was founded - the #212 was a very early LN product, for this reason.

BugBear

 

[dunbarhamlin]

Perversely, I grok collecting knackered, well used or modified tools, because it can give insight into their use and they have the aura (OK, filth) of ages past.
But hoarding NiB tools for anything but as spares or replacements I find harder to comprehend - even though I'm slightly afflicted with a DT saw perversion. At least when I/they shuffle off it gives tomorrow's woodworker access to decent examples.

 

[bugbear]

Perversely, I grok collecting knackered, well used or modified tools, because it can give insight into their use and they have the aura (OK, filth) of ages past.

I like (well made) user made tools for much the same reason, although sometimes they're shiny AS WELL.



BugBear