Look what i found in a bucket of junk at a buddies house gloat

[Loren Blount]

I was at a friends house and saw something sticking up out of a 5 gallon bucket of junk that caught my eye. I pulled it out and what did I find? A stanley #2. I told my friend it was a valuable plane. He told me " I'll never use it you can have it". The plane actually belonged to his late step grandfather who was not a woodworker, so why he had it remains a mystery. I think this qualifies as a GLOAT. The #2 has a proper home now in my C.E Jennings wall mount tool cabinet, which I think is much more fitting than in a 5 gallon bucket with bolts & sockets.

Loren

[Jim Kountz]

Ok you really suck!! What a find, Im always hoping when I go yard sale hunting that I might find something like this but it hasnt happened yet. Maybe someday!!

[CPeter James]

I got lucky too, and someone gave me one of those about a year ago. Worth a couple of hundred. I have seen and held an Stanley #1. That is worth about $1,000 or more.

CPeter

[Dewey Torres]

Loren,
I am sorry to tell you this never happened as the pics to not confirm the story. Sorry:(

[Gene E Miller]

No pics no no no it didn't happen. :rolleyes::rolleyes:

Gene

[Mark Norman]

Loren... find a camera...


LOL

Good score!
even without the pics...

[Bill Wyko]

What #2, I don't see any #2 other than the "#2":D

[Russ Sears]

I freely admit my ignorance of tool values. So...what's it worth? I'm headed to an auction tomorrow so I'll have to keep my eyes peeled.

[Rob Russell]

Loren,

You will need to reattach the pics. When I merged your 2 threads, I went to delete the post that didn't have pics - but the Vbulletin software removed your pics for some reason.

I also apparently can't remove the extra original post without the whole thread going away, so both of your original posts will likely have to stay in the thread.

Rob

[Loren Blount]

Rob, thanks for trying to fix my double post. I guess I got so excited about my find I double posted

Loren

[Rob Russell]

Loren - no problem, I'm also moving this to the Neanderthal Haven where the hand tool folks live.

[Dominic Greco]

Loren,
Nice find! That was really cool (and I mean Really Cool!!) of your friend to give it to you! I've seen these are go for anywhere from $125 to $200 (for really unique ones) on Ebay.

Make sure you do something nice for your friend! He may have a No1 somewhere around! :D

[Justin Green]

A number 2 is all I need to have the basic set of Stanley bench planes 1-8. My address is....

Nice find!

[Tom Stovell]

Congratulations on that 'find'.
(I've got to find some friends like that!)

Tom

[David Keller NC]

Loren - a comment - It appears from your photograph that you have a pre-lateral Stanley #2. Pre-Lateral planes are not common, and adds to the value if that's correct.

You will want to carefully type the plane you have - if it's a type 1, it's worth a great deal of money. If it's a type 2-4, it's still worth quite a bit - considerably in excess of $200. You can find links to type studies in the Neanderthal forum FAQ thread (it's a "sticky" at the top).

If you want to preserve its collector's value, do nothing to it, other than maybe lightly cleaning it with a rag and some paste wax, but I wouldn't recommend doing even that.

[James Carmichael]

I got lucky too, and someone gave me one of those about a year ago. Worth a couple of hundred. I have seen and held an Stanley #1. That is worth about $1,000 or more.

CPeter

What's the old neander saying? Oh, yeah,

YOU BOTH SUCK!!!

[Jim Koepke]

Fantastic find. I would be pinching myself on that one.

My #2 cost me about $214 with shipping. It is great for working small areas with changing grain.

jim