Brown AuctionsHere comes my RSS infohttps://www.finetoolj.com/1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00FeedCreator 1.7.3TC25-1061970-01-01T00:00:00+01:001970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00/auction/list-auctions/viewbids/15139/tc25-106TC25-106 HANDLED IVORY TIPPED SCREW ARM PLOW PLANE. Sandusky Tool Co. No. 133. Very dark rosewood throughout. A few small dings in the threads but the wood is otherwise near perfect. The ivory tips are lightly yellowed, one tight crack and some small chips. I mark. Sandusky cutter with the "crown" trademark on it. Overall a near fine example of one of Sandusky's top of the line planes. From the collection of David Jeffers. Good+ 400-800TC25-1051970-01-01T00:00:00+01:001970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00/auction/list-auctions/viewbids/15138/tc25-105TC25-105 ENGLISH PLOW PLANE. E. Preston. Very unusual design. Unhandled with a short, 6-1/2" sole. The arms are anchored in the body and protrude to the left, they are wood with brass tops and a central slot, the fence is positioned and locked by bolts projecting through the slots that are locked by brass wingnuts. The "E. Preston 77 Lichfield St. Birm'm" mark on the toe identifies it as early, before Ed Jr. joined the firm and the iconic "EP" mark was adopted. Red beech, overall light wear. From the collection of Steve Dice. Good 100-200TC25-1041970-01-01T00:00:00+01:001970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00/auction/list-auctions/viewbids/15137/tc25-104TC25-104 HANDLED SCREW-ARM PLOW PLANE. Owasco Tool Co. Solid boxwood throughout. Moderate thread chips but otherwise clean and creamy. Humphreysville cutter; B1 mark. Good 75-150TC25-1031970-01-01T00:00:00+01:001970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00/auction/list-auctions/viewbids/15136/tc25-103TC25-103 HANDLED SCREW ARM PLOW PLANE. Farrington & Burditt. Solid boxwood throughout, nice and creamy. The threads are very clean, but there are a few other chips and dings, notably a crack at the corner of the body that runs into the toe, smoothed over chips from the front of the skate and the bottom of the toe, and some grooves on the nuts where someone used pliers to tighten them. Farrington & Burditt was a Holyoke, Mass, hardware store, four stars in AWP. Two user names. From the collection of David Jeffers. Good+ 100-200TC25-1021970-01-01T00:00:00+01:001970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00/auction/list-auctions/viewbids/15135/tc25-102TC25-102 SLIDE-ARM PLOW PLANE. I. Carmont. Unhandled, beech throughout, riveted skate, depth stop controlled by cast thumbscrew with nib on top. A. Hildick No. 2 cutter. The plane described in AWP as the only known example of this unrated mark. A reglued crack in one shoulder and overall light wear. Arm wedges look original. Good 60-120TC25-1011970-01-01T00:00:00+01:001970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00/auction/list-auctions/viewbids/15134/tc25-101TC25-101 HANDLED SCREW ARM PLOW PLANE. Union Factory No. 240-1/2. Rosewood body and boxed fence, boxwood arms, nuts, shoulders and wedge. A mark; M. Chapin cutter that has been rounded to cut a flute. The wedge has some wear and there a few tiny chips to the threads but otherwise a very clean example. From the collection of David Jeffers. Good+ 100-200TC25-1001970-01-01T00:00:00+01:001970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00/auction/list-auctions/viewbids/15133/tc25-100TC25-100 SCREW-ARM PLOW PLANE. Handled rosewood body and fence, boxwood arms, nuts and wedge. Unmarked other than user initials but probably by Ohio Tool Co. Dwights French cutter. A few small chips in the threads and some overall dinging and wear, but no damage. Good+ 80-160TC25-991970-01-01T00:00:00+01:001970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00/auction/list-auctions/viewbids/15132/tc25-99TC25-99 SCREW-ARM PLOW PLANE. Arrowmammett Works. Unhandled, beech body and fence with boxwood arms and nuts; wedge probably a replacement. Baldwin Tool Co. cutter. A mark, very faint. A couple of small chips in the threads but wood otherwise clean. Good 60-120TC25-981970-01-01T00:00:00+01:001970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00/auction/list-auctions/viewbids/15131/tc25-98TC25-98 SCREW-ARM PLOW PLANE. P. A. Gladwin & Co. Unhandled, with boxwood arms and nuts and boxed fence. B1 mark (four stars) with the "P" worn off. Some overall wear but no damage, threads have only a few small chips. There's a hinge-like device that locks the depth stop screw (brass with a patch of corrosion) which we've never seen before. Porter Gladwin was an inventive guy with several patents to his name, so maybe this was his idea, or it could have been added by an ingenious user. Good 100-200TC25-971970-01-01T00:00:00+01:001970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00/auction/list-auctions/viewbids/15130/tc25-97TC25-97 SCREW-ARM PLOW PLANE. H. Wells. The body, fence and wedge look like Cuban mahogany; arms and nuts are boxwood. W. Butcher cutter; B mark; user name stamped on leading edge of fence. A few tiny chips to the threads but wood overall very clean. Good+ 75-150B66-6101970-01-01T00:00:00+01:001970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00/auction/list-auctions/viewbids/14855/b66-610B66-610 SCREW-ARM PLOW PLANE. E.W. Carpenter Patent. Very clean example of Carpenter's revolutionary 1838 patent. Boxwood body, arms and inner nuts, rosewood wedge and outer nuts, combination boxwood and rosewood fence. There are unfortunately a couple of major chips from the threads, but they are placed so you can cover them with the nuts for display purposes, and the rest of the wood is very clean. The oversized rosewood outer nuts, almost always found badly chipped, have only a few minor dings. The mark is uncommon; it's the D mark without the word "Patent", but has two names underneath it that are in the same lettering but look like users. W. Butcher cutter. Good+ 750-1500B66-6091970-01-01T00:00:00+01:001970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00/auction/list-auctions/viewbids/14854/b66-609B66-609 IVORY TIPPED PRESENTATION PLOW PLANE. W.L. Epperson. Solid rosewood throughout, including arms and nuts. Turned ivory tips with what appear to be mother of pearl centers. Brass inlaid decorations include a Masonic compass and square design with a "G" on the left cheek, six pointed star on top of body just behind the toe, heart shape on tote, string inlay on the edge of the fence, and a plaque on the body that was undoubtedly intended to be engraved with the name of the person to whom it was to be presented. In addition, the tote has an unusually decorative shape. The wood has been polished and is near perfect except for a small flaw in the fence face. Epperson was a Louisville plane maker who was also a cabinetmaker and luthier, and his planes often featured exotic woods and decorative inlays. This is his B mark with the words "Made by" added; four stars. W. Greaves cutter. A truly unique and stunning plane. Fine 5000-8000B66-6081970-01-01T00:00:00+01:001970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00/auction/list-auctions/viewbids/14853/b66-608B66-608 UNHANDLED SCREW-ARM PLOW. J & L. Denison. Solid boxwood throughout. A couple of small chips from the threads, tight check in front shoulder, and a couple of other minor dings but overall a very clean and attractive boxwood plow. Brothers John and Lester Denison made planes in partnership in the 1830s; John continued in business until 1876 but plows marked by the partnership are uncommon. B mark, without the upper and lower decorations. From the collection of David Jeffers. Fine 200-400B66-6071970-01-01T00:00:00+01:001970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00/auction/list-auctions/viewbids/14852/b66-607B66-607 IVORY-TIPPED PLOW PLANE. H. & W.T. Carey. Ebony throughout, four flat ivory tips with turned balls. A couple of small chips in the wedge but the wood is otherwise immaculate, the ivory tips are yellowed and have cracks and chips but intact. Carey was a hardware dealer in Xenia, Ohio, with a four-star mark; the plane was undoubtedly made by Ohio Tool. OTC cutter. From the collection of David Jeffers. Fine 300-600B66-6061970-01-01T00:00:00+01:001970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00/auction/list-auctions/viewbids/14851/b66-606B66-606 FALCONER STYLE COACHMAKER'S PLOW. In 1846, Thomas Falconer received a medal from the British Royal Society of Arts for his revolutionary design for a plow plane designed for the ornate curved surfaces on coach bodies; it incorporated a squirrel-tail body with a short fence that could follow curves and a single arm with an adjustable spring steel fence. Plows actually made by Falconer are incredibly rare, but other coachmakers were quick to follow the design. This one is unsigned, with a 7-1/2" rosewood and brass body and 2-3/4" skate, wedged depth stop and nicker blade, and heavy brass arm with adjustable fence. There's an old flaw in the handle where a bole in the wood broke out, but it is otherwise very clean. From the collection of Steve Dice. Good+ 1000-2000B66-6051970-01-01T00:00:00+01:001970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00/auction/list-auctions/viewbids/14850/b66-605B66-605 SELF-ADJUSTING PLOW PLANE. D. Kimberley & Sons. Good clean example of England's only three-arm plow, patented and manufactured by D. Kimberly & Sons. Less common handled version, wood and metal both very good with typical wear but no damage, has the often-missing wingnut. Toe is marked with the patent number and prominent user names. Wm. Marples cutter. From the collection of David Jeffers. Good+ 200-400B66-6041970-01-01T00:00:00+01:001970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00/auction/list-auctions/viewbids/14849/b66-604B66-604 IVORY-TIPPED PLOW PLANE. D.R. Barton. Rosewood body, fence and wedge, boxwood arms, shoulders and nuts. There are largish chips from the front of the fence and top of the tote, but otherwise very clean with intact threads; the turned ivory tips are lightly yellows and intact with one tight crack. G mark. A number of planes marked by Barton were actually made by other firms but this one appears to be made by Barton; it closely resembles in design the one shown on page 179 of Rosebrook and Fisher. From the collection of David Jeffers. Fine 300-600B66-6031970-01-01T00:00:00+01:001970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00/auction/list-auctions/viewbids/14848/b66-603B66-603 UNHANDLED SCREW-ARM PLOW. J. Kellogg. Body, fence and wedge are a dark rosewood; boxwood arms, nuts and shoulders. A couple of very small chips in the threads and typical light wear on wedge, otherwise immaculate. One interesting feature that we haven't seen is that the screw that adjusts the depth gauge has notches, and there is a lever that locks it at various depths. Possibly a user modification, but looks original. B mark. An unusual and exceptionally attractive plow. From the collection of David Jeffers. Fine 150-300B66-6021970-01-01T00:00:00+01:001970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00/auction/list-auctions/viewbids/14847/b66-602B66-602 WEDGE-ARM PLOW PLANE. W. Greenslade. Unhandled, red beech with ebony wedges, brass tips on arms, church window depth stop, Thos. Ibbotson No. 6 cutter. Wood has been polished and is in very clean condition, the wedges in particular are immaculate and may be later replacements, but if so they were very well done. Fine 100-200B66-6011970-01-01T00:00:00+01:001970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00/auction/list-auctions/viewbids/14846/b66-601B66-601 IVORY-TIPPED PLOW PLANE. Ohio Tool Co. No. 109. Solid ebony throughout and very clean, threads nearly intact with only a couple of old chips that are nearly invisible. Four flat ivory tips with turned balls, lightly yellowed with a few cracks. One significant chip from the bottom of the skate at the toe, otherwise only a few minor dings. Sandusky cutter. "A" mark without the model number. From the collection of David Jeffers. Fine 300-600B66-4081970-01-01T00:00:00+01:001970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00/auction/list-auctions/viewbids/14653/b66-408B66-408 BRASS SCREW-ARM PLOW PLANE. Varvill & Sons Red beech body, wedge, fence and outer nuts, brass arms, inner nuts and outer nut washers. Varvill's mark is partly obscured by a user mark but the shield for Varvill's York Ebor Works is clear (and upside down). Ward cutter. Wood has some wear but overall very clean. Good+ 300-600B66-4071970-01-01T00:00:00+01:001970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00/auction/list-auctions/viewbids/14652/b66-407B66-407 CENTER WHEEL PLOW PLANE. Sandusky Tool Co. No. 140. Rosewood version. Wood is immaculate, noting one tight check in the toe. Brass center wheel has some light oxidation. A mark. Includes complete set of eight numbered Sandusky cutters in original wooden box. From the collection of David Jeffers. Fine 2000-4000B66-4061970-01-01T00:00:00+01:001970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00/auction/list-auctions/viewbids/14651/b66-406B66-406 AUSTRIAN SCREW ARM PLOW PLANE. Joh. Weiss Sohn. Cast iron body, wooden fence, arms fixed in body with nuts on either side of fence in typical European pattern. Full length depth stop. Marked by Weiss on cutter. A couple of chips in the threads and a few dings and stains but overall clean and complete. From the collection of Steve Dice. Good+ 200-400B66-4051970-01-01T00:00:00+01:001970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00/auction/list-auctions/viewbids/14650/b66-405B66-405 IVORY-TIPPED PLOW PLANE. J.M. McCune & Co. Solid boxwood throughout, flat ivory tips with turned balls. One tiny chip in the threads but wood is otherwise super clean, ivory tips are intact and only lightly yellowed with a couple of checks. McCune was a Columbus planemaker and hardware dealer, the plane was likely made by Ohio Tool. Includes a complete set of eight OTC cutters. From the collection of David Jeffers. Fine 300-600B66-4041970-01-01T00:00:00+01:001970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00/auction/list-auctions/viewbids/14649/b66-404B66-404 SELF-ADJUSTING PLOW. Israel White Patent. The second version of the earliest patented three armed plow plane, with the fence bridge. Beech body, wedge, center arms and fence, ebony outer arms with turned ivory ends, lignum boxing, ivory scales, W. Butcher cutter. D mark, without journeyman initials, and serial No. 62. According to AWP, there are eight surviving numbered examples made by White himself (six without the bridge and two with) and not marked by a journeyman; so this makes the ninth. In immaculate condition, like it just came from the shop. They don't come any rarer. From the collection of Steve Dice. Fine 8000-16000