Antique Trade Tools Price Guide

Clarence Blanchard

Covers a vast range of tools made from the 18th to 20th century. Detailed descriptions and color photos make it easy to identify overlooked gems at auctions, garage sales, thrift stores, flea markets, estate sales, and even long-forgotten items in Grandpa Jake’s shed. Packed inside is the expertise you need about tool terminology, manufacturers, materials, variations, condition grades, and values to give you the edge in buying, selling, and collecting tools.

$22.99

The Stanley Little Big Book for Rules and Other Stanley Tools 2007-2008

Clarence Blanchard

Comprehensive Pocket Price Guide For Rules and Other Stanley Tools

The complete guide to Stanley tool values with type information that can help identify many of the more valuable types. The information is up-to-date and reflects the current trends in collecting. A three-category pricing system gives a range of values that reflects the importance of condition when pricing Stanley tools--all in a small book that fits in your pocket and will be there when you need it.

• Hundreds of actual photos. Many models shown in full-color photos.
• Dozens of the more important types described with the important features for quick on-the-spot identification.
• Realistic three-price system establishes actual value range based on condition.

3 ½-by-4 ½-inch format
292 pages
Full Color

$16.99 (Shipping   $2.50 First Class Mail for this book only)

The Stanley Little Big Book for Planes 2006

Clarence Blanchard

Comprehensive Pocket Price Guide For Stanley Planes

The complete guide to Stanley plane values with type information that can help identify many of the more valuable types.   The information is up-to-date and reflects the current trends in collecting.   A three-category pricing system gives a range of values that reflects the importance of condition when pricing Stanley planes--all in a small book that fits in your pocket and will be there when you need it. Most models illustrated with actual plane photos and many photos showing the early-type planes. Dozens of the more important types described with the important features for quick on-the-spot identification. Information is up to date and based on recent sales and 30 years of experience in the antique tool world.

3 ½ by 4 ½ inch format. 230 pages

$14.99 (Shipping   $2.50 First Class Mail for this book only)

From Logs to Lumber

Dale Butterworth & Tom Whalen

A History of People & Rule Making in New England

The two authors have spent the better part of their lives pursuing log rules and lumbering history. Dale’s extensive collection, the basis of the Maine maker’s listed in the book, now resides at the Maine State Museum. Tom covered the rest of New England, spending many hours collecting and researching.

The book starts with the earliest rules and tables dating to the 18th century and traces all of the known makers of log rules right up into the 1980s. The details put forth in this book are not available in any other single source. And as if the text was not enough, the book is full of dozen of historical photos, rule close up photos, as well as how it was done detail shots. A very limited printing this book will be sold out and its own collector’s item before we know it.

8 by 10 ½ inch format.
110 pages

$39.95

Warman's Tools Field Guide

Clarence Blanchard

Comprehensive Pocket Guide for Tools of all Trades and Makers

A guide you can really carry along to flea markets and auctions that contains thousands of listings and hundreds of color photographs to make on the spot appraisals easy. With 2,000 price listings covering planes, levels, saws, braces, drills, gauges, edged tools, and more. All listing are from actual sales made within the past few years. Information is up to date on trends and values, with advice on building a collection. Hundreds of color photos in a easy to tote 4 by 5 inch format. 512 pages

$12.99

Antique Trader Tools Price Guide

Clarence Blanchard

Kyle Husfloen

Compiled from the pages of the Fine Tool Journal and Brown Auction Catalogs, this is an up-to-date price guide. Nearly 4,000 listings broken down into such categories as planes, saws, wrenches, levels, and much more. 1,500 photos, including a 16-page color section. If you are tired of price guides that are out of date or full of overpriced listings, this is for you. All items listed sold for the amount listed within the last few years. Accuracy you can depend on. 304 pages.

$18.50

Patented American Planes for Wood, Leather, and the Allied Trades Volume 1. 1795 to 1875

Lars Larson

Clarence Blanchard

The one book that covers all the patented planes. Have the same information that has been available only to a very few people for years. The first volume has over 400 patent drawings indexed by date, patented number, patentee and function. With detail indexes a plane from woodworking, leather or many other trades can be quickly identified and rated. As an aid to determining value each patent has been reviewed for rarity and assigned a relative rarity rating. The three volume covers all US patents from the first right up to 1934. Approximately 225 pages 8 1/2 x 11 soft cover.

$26.95

Patented American Planes for Wood, Leather, and the Allied Trades Volume 2. 1876 to 1900

Lars Larson

Clarence Blanchard

The one book that covers all the patented planes. Have the same information that has been available only to a very few people for years. The first volume has over 400 patent drawings indexed by date, patented number, patentee and function. With detail indexes a plane from woodworking, leather or many other trades can be quickly identified and rated. As an aid to determining value each patent has been reviewed for rarity and assigned a relative rarity rating. The three volume set covers all US patents from the first right up to 1934. Approximately 225 pages 8 1/2 x 11 soft cover.

$26.95

Patented American Planes for Wood, Leather, and the Allied Trades Volume 3. 1901 to 1934

Lars Larson

Clarence Blanchard

The one book that covers all the patented planes. Have the same information that has been available only to a very few people for years. The first volume has over 400 patent drawings indexed by date, patented number, patentee and function. With detail indexes a plane from woodworking, leather or many other trades can be quickly identified and rated. As an aid to determining value each patent has been reviewed for rarity and assigned a relative rarity rating. The three volume set covers all US patents from the first right up to 1934. Approximately 225 pages 8 1/2 x 11 soft cover.

$26.95

Scottish and English Metal Planes Manufactured by Stewart Spiers and T. Norris & Sons.

Ken Roberts, Editor

Details and historical information of both companies. Includes section by Robert Baker that gives some insight into construction methods and the techniques used to manufacture the great tools. Spieres catalogs for 1909 and 1930 reprinted. Norris catalogs include a 1914 and an undated post-war issue. This one book offers much of the available written information on these two important makers 100 pages.

$14.95

Sargent Planes Identification and Value Guide 2nd Edition

David E. Heckel - All copies are signed by the author.

The second edition Sargent Planes is a much-needed book. With a larger 8 1/2 x 11 inch format and 20 more page, the book not only offers more information, it also has larger and greatly improved drawings. The additional information includes more Sargent history, the latest in type studies, and a very interesting section on early Sargent advertising and catalogs. The value guide section not only has clear and larger pictures, all prices have been revised to more accurately reflect the market. And, in many cases, it has been expanded to include the differing values for early and late types of a particular model. If you do flea markets, the auction circuit, or just like old tools, you must have this book. Stop guessing which Sargent is a good Sargent and know. This book is to Sargent as Sellens Stanley Plane was to Stanley. Soft cover. 104 pages. 8 1/2 x 11 inches.

$21.95