Brown AuctionsHere comes my RSS infohttps://www.finetoolj.com/1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00FeedCreator 1.7.3B64-5471970-01-01T00:00:00+01:001970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00/auction/list-auctions/viewbids/12861/b64-547B64-547. PROTOTYPE HOLLOW AND ROUND SET. Justus Traut Patent. Patented 7/30/78, it consists of matched sets of hollow and round bottoms, each with a dedicated cutter, that are clamped onto a typical Stanley-type cast iron plane frame with two toggles. All the sources agree that it was never manufactured, so this was probably a prototype made by the model shop. The frame has the early serpentine casting on the tote and illegible remnants of a paper label, and it includes three hollow and round pairs plus one unmatched hollow. All contained in a wooden box with no markings. A unique (in the proper sense of the word) piece of Stanley history. Condition: Fine, Estimate: 3000-6000B64-5461970-01-01T00:00:00+01:001970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00/auction/list-auctions/viewbids/12860/b64-546B64-546. EARLY EUROPEAN IRON PLANE. Wrought iron body with 4" soldered sole, rounded heel, decorative scalloped edge, particularly at toe, 1-1/4" cutter, wood fill behind the cutter and wooden wedge that could be original. The wedge is held by an iron rod peened at the ends. Part of Cliff Sapienza's collection of fifteenth and sixteenth century planes from the alpine area of Northern Italy and Switzerland. In fine condition for its age, a museum quality example of the earliest days of European iron tools. Condition: Good+, Estimate: 400-800B64-5451970-01-01T00:00:00+01:001970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00/auction/list-auctions/viewbids/12859/b64-545B64-545. EARLY EUROPEAN IRON PLANE. Wrought iron body with 4-1/8" soldered sole, rounded heel, decorative scalloped edge, 1-3/8" cutter with curved end to form pushing surface, very small wooden wedge that could be original. The wedge is held by an iron rod peened at the ends. Part of Cliff Sapienza's collection of fifteenth and sixteenth century planes from the alpine area of Northern Italy and Switzerland. In fine condition for its age, a museum quality example of the earliest days of European iron tools. Condition: Good+, Estimate: 300-600B64-5441970-01-01T00:00:00+01:001970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00/auction/list-auctions/viewbids/12858/b64-544B64-544. EARLY EUROPEAN IRON PLANE. Wrought iron body with 4" soldered sole, rounded heel, decorative scalloped edge, 1-1/2" cutter, spalled, with unusually thick wooden wedge that's definitely old and could be original, some worm. The wedge is held by an iron rod peened at the ends. Part of Cliff Sapienza's collection of fifteenth and sixteenth century planes from the alpine area of Northern Italy and Switzerland. In fine condition for its age, a museum quality example of the earliest days of European iron tools. Condition: Good+, Estimate: 300-600B64-5431970-01-01T00:00:00+01:001970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00/auction/list-auctions/viewbids/12857/b64-543B64-543. EARLY EUROPEAN IRON PLANE. Wrought iron body with 4-3/4" soldered sole, rounded heel, decorative scalloped edge, 1-1/2" cutter, spalled, with crude wooden wedge that's definitely old and could be original, big chip. The wedge is held by an iron rod peened at the ends. Part of Cliff Sapienza's collection of fifteenth and sixteenth century planes from the alpine area of Northern Italy and Switzerland. In fine condition for its age, a museum quality example of the earliest days of European iron tools. Condition: Good+, Estimate: 300-600B64-5421970-01-01T00:00:00+01:001970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00/auction/list-auctions/viewbids/12856/b64-542B64-542. CURVED SOLE SHAVE. We've seen at least one more of these. It's clearly manufactured, and probably patented, but completely unmarked. It has a concave open sole, 7-1/2" long, with rollers at both ends, and a knob and loop at the toe for pulling it. 2-1/2" wide cutter marked "Corfield" with elaborate adjustment mechanism to set its depth and angle. Japanning about 50% and cutter rusty but otherwise very clean. Possibly for use by a cooper or wheelwright. If you know who made it we'd love to hear from you. From the collection of Cliff Sapienza. Condition: Good+, Estimate: 100-200B64-5411970-01-01T00:00:00+01:001970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00/auction/list-auctions/viewbids/12855/b64-541B64-541. SMOOTHING PLANE. Bailey Victor No. 3. Type 1 of the planes manufactured by Bailey after he left Stanley, with the original cutter adjustment that landed him in patent litigation with Justus Traut. See PTAMPIA I, Figure 59a. Very clean example, 8-1/2" sole, cast iron tote, proper cutter with marked chip breaker, cap screw on lever cap, nice crisp casting on both screw and knob. Condition: Fine, Estimate: 300-600B64-5401970-01-01T00:00:00+01:001970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00/auction/list-auctions/viewbids/12854/b64-540B64-540. SMOOTHING, RABBET & FILLETSTER PLANE. Bailey Victor No. 11-1/2. Nickel-plated version of the rarest of Bailey's Victor line, complete with the almost always missing depth stop and fence. Japanning on the bed is nearly complete, proper marked cutter, good casting on knob. The worst thing we can say about it is that the nickel is mostly gone from the dimpled cast iron tote. One of the holy grails of patented planes. Condition: Fine, Estimate: 2500-5000B64-5391970-01-01T00:00:00+01:001970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00/auction/list-auctions/viewbids/12853/b64-539B64-539. BLOCK PLANE. Birdsill Holly Patent. Super rare example of Holly's early "shoebuckle" lever cap design that influenced the Stanley 110. See PTAMPIA I, page 39. Instead of a screw to hold the lever cap, it has the cast brass wedge as shown in Holly's 1852 patent. Looks like it's been cleaned, missing its front knob, 1-3/4" Baldwin Tool cutter. Condition: Good, Estimate: 600-1200B64-5381970-01-01T00:00:00+01:001970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00/auction/list-auctions/viewbids/12852/b64-538B64-538. JOINTER. L.L. Davis No. 46. Rare example of the line of planes manufactured by Leonard Davis, maker of the famous inclinometers, in the longest, 23" jointer size. Second version without the scalloped bridge. 9" sole, 2-1/4" Moulson Bros. cutter. Japanning 75% with the gold stripe around the frog, wood has wear but no damage. Condition: Good+, Estimate: 300-600B64-5371970-01-01T00:00:00+01:001970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00/auction/list-auctions/viewbids/12851/b64-537B64-537. SMOOTHING PLANE. Preston & Sons No. 1340. Uncommon example of Preston's patented cutter adjustment. 10" sole, malleable iron body, 2-1/4" Turner cutter, chip breaker marked with patent . Tote and knob are a tropic hardwood, split in knob has been repaired with two screws but tote near fine. Japanning 95%. Condition: Good, Estimate: 200-400B64-5361970-01-01T00:00:00+01:001970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00/auction/list-auctions/viewbids/12850/b64-536B64-536. FLOOR SCRAPER. Boufford Patent. The patent, issued to Joseph Boufford of Linwood, MA, in 1899, was for a long handled scraper design to reduce fatigue in scraping floors. However, it's best known for the elaborate cast iron floral decoration that the unknown manufacturer added to the body. 13" long, with a 3" retrofitted Stanley cutter. Japanning near perfect and not repainted. From the collection of Steve Dice. Condition: Fine, Estimate: 500-1000B64-5351970-01-01T00:00:00+01:001970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00/auction/list-auctions/viewbids/12849/b64-535B64-535. JACK PLANE. Bailey Tool Co. Defiance No. 15. Example of Selden Bailey's uncommon design with the lever-type cutter adjustment. ?Bailey Tool Co.? cast into lever cap. The chip breaker has the proper "Defiance" mark as well as the patent date for Eckert's double iron, but the cutter itself is from Stanley's later Defiance line. Beech tote has overall wear but no damage, japanning mostly worn. From the collection of Ray Schmidt. Condition: Good, Estimate: 200-400B64-5341970-01-01T00:00:00+01:001970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00/auction/list-auctions/viewbids/12848/b64-534B64-534. SMOOTHING PLANE. Knowles Type. Unmarked, 10-1/4" sole, 2" unmarked cutter, beech tote, knob and wedge, tote has some stains but no damage, otherwise very clean. Condition: Fine, Estimate: 200-400B64-5331970-01-01T00:00:00+01:001970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00/auction/list-auctions/viewbids/12847/b64-533B64-533. BLOCK PLANE. Bailey Little Victor No. 51. Japanned version with locking wheel, japanning 60%, original unmarked cutter. From the collection of Ray Schmidt. Condition: Good, Estimate: 150-250B64-3531970-01-01T00:00:00+01:001970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00/auction/list-auctions/viewbids/12667/b64-353B64-353. SMOOTHING PLANE. Pike & Dean No. 102. Patented in 1875 by Asahel Dean of Philadelphia and sold by Pike & Dean. PTAMPIA II, pages 152-53. The lever cap has ring hook on the left cheek, which was supposed to make it easier to replace the cutter. 7" sole, 1-3/4" cutter. Patent date marked on left cheek. There's a significant chip from the tote and some patches of light pitting but otherwise a clean and complete example of a very rare plane. The shorter length Pike & Deans are particularly hard to find. Condition: Good+, Estimate: 3000-5000B64-3521970-01-01T00:00:00+01:001970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00/auction/list-auctions/viewbids/12666/b64-352B64-352. MILLER'S 1872 PATENT. Stanley No. 50. Rarest of the combination planes based on Miller's patent, this is the cast iron version with copper wash. Casting is crisp and free of any breaks or chips, copper wash is about 50%, rosewood knob clean. No cutters. From the collection of Steve Dice. Condition: Good+, Estimate: 5000-10000B64-3511970-01-01T00:00:00+01:001970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00/auction/list-auctions/viewbids/12665/b64-351B64-351. JACK PLANE. Morris Patent Diamond Sole. The design patented in 1870 by Ellis Morris and marketed by Sandusky as the "Diamond" plane. This is the version with the flat sole with decorative floral casting on top, shown on the bottom of Figure 124 in PTAMPIA I. Very unusual to find these in the jack size; the jointer (Figure 123) is more common. 15-1/2" sole, proper 2-1/4" Sandusky cutter with mark obscured by rust. There's a big chip from the tote and the wedge is very worn. Condition: Good, Estimate: 300-500B64-3501970-01-01T00:00:00+01:001970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00/auction/list-auctions/viewbids/12664/b64-350B64-350. FLEXIBLE SOLE PLANE. Type 1 Stanley No. 13. Incredibly rare example of the version of the No. 13 manufactured by Stanley prior to Bailey's 1871 patent, with the bent strips at the ends of the sole and solid brass adjustment knob. PTAMPIA I, Figure 294. Japanning is long gone, there is light pitting on the sole and the proper marked cutter, and one of the brass locking wingnuts has a wing broken off, but let's not pick nits. These things come on the market once in a blue moon, better grab this one as it'll be a long time before you see another. Condition: Good, Estimate: 1000-2000B64-3491970-01-01T00:00:00+01:001970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00/auction/list-auctions/viewbids/12663/b64-349B64-349. JOINTER. Chardoillet Patent. 1850s French patent with variable pitch cutter adjustment. This one has some issues; it is missing its cutter and depth adjustment mechanism. However, it has a gunmetal rather than cast iron cutter holder and the pitch adjustment is toothed as in the patent drawings. 21" sole. Despite the problems, one of the most collectible of the early metal planes. From the collection of Cliff Sapienza. Condition: Good-, Estimate: 500-1000B64-3481970-01-01T00:00:00+01:001970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00/auction/list-auctions/viewbids/12662/b64-348B64-348. JOINTER. Birmingham Plane Co. Uncommon 24" version of the Birmingham design based on Mosher's 1884 patent. Has the older clamp iron shown in Figure 233b of PTAMPIA I. Original marked cutter, some light surface rust, japanning probably retouched. From the collection of Pat Gefre. Condition: Good+, Estimate: 125-250B64-3471970-01-01T00:00:00+01:001970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00/auction/list-auctions/viewbids/12661/b64-347B64-347. CORRUGATED SOLE JACK PLANE. Sandusky Tool Co. No. 13SC. Part of the line of "semi-steel" bench planes manufactured by Sandusky in the 1920s and based on the 1928 patent of Wilbur Schwer (Sandusky's corporate secretary) for a simplified adjustment mechanism. 14" corrugated sole, 2" proper marked cutter, full intact japanning. These were typically sold with stained maple tote and knob, but these are rosewood and look original with a streak of sapwood in the knob. Possibly a special order. The Schwer patent was a dead end, and these planes are uncommon, particularly in this condition. Condition: Fine, Estimate: 150-300B64-3461970-01-01T00:00:00+01:001970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00/auction/list-auctions/viewbids/12660/b64-346B64-346. JACK PLANE. Knowles Type. Unmarked, 15" long, 1-7/8" cutter, spalled with worn mark, open tote, very clean. Condition: Fine, Estimate: 200-400B64-3451970-01-01T00:00:00+01:001970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00/auction/list-auctions/viewbids/12659/b64-345B64-345. BLOCK PLANE. Birmingham Plane Co. The non-adjustable, 4" version of Birmingham's squirrel-tailed block. PTAMPIA II, Figure 203. Japanning 50%, unmarked cutter slightly pitted. An uncommon plane. Condition: Good+, Estimate: 100-200B64-3441970-01-01T00:00:00+01:001970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00/auction/list-auctions/viewbids/12658/b64-344B64-344. BLOCK PLANE. Owens Patent. Brass body with 3-3/4" sole, 1" unmarked cutter held by a slip-in lever cap. It's stamped "Owens Patent Pending," but we are unaware of whether it ever actually received a patent or, frankly, what the inventor could have claimed as an innovation. In good condition, and the only one we've seen. From the collection of Pat Gefre. Condition: Good+, Estimate: 100-200