Philip DiPaolo
03-13-2007, 9:40 AM
hi --
i know a guy who wants to sell a bunch of planes he inherited from his grandad i think -- there are about 18. he doesn't know anything about planes; he just wants the money. i know a little bit, but nothing like the folks here!
since i can't use all of them, we made a deal that i'd help him sell / list the planes, and in exchange i'd get to buy 1 or 2 for myself, for a reasonable price. (i'd like to get a decent deal for my time and effort. does this sound fair?)
anyway i've seen photos, and i recognize many of the planes. many of them are stanley bailey-type -- block, bench, smoother, jointer, router, rabbet -- and a few are wood planes, with an odd duck or two in the lot. no bedrocks that i can tell. but as for details -- i certainly can't tell you which frog-style or lever cap the #7 jointer has, for instance.
i would guess that these are mostly pre-WWII era and older. i don't know if any of them are truly rare or unusual, but they seem to be in decent shape, and well-cared for -- besides the years of surface rust. i imagine they'd clean up well.
whoever owned these probably did carpentry and furniture work for a living, because there is a range of tools in the group.
anyway, i'm trying to figure out the best way to help him sell them -- and get the best deal for him. he was hoping to get as much as $750-800, but i am skeptical, though i didn't tell him that.
**note -- he's already done craigslist, unsuccessfully, and doesn't want to spend that much time again. he's also *not* interested in ebay. i don't want to do ebay either, nor do i want to act as a dealer.
ideally these would sell to just a few people, so there's not a bunch of separate shipping to do -- but whatever works!
i thought i'd try listing here first, and on FWW knots, and woodnet. i was also thinking of contacting one or two of the well-known guys who refurbish planes.
what do you folks think? can you make any specific suggestions, ie people to contact, or old-tool sites for selling? people here know so much it's amazing.
anyway, thanks very much in advance!
philip
oh, and here are pics of the 3 wood planes on which you can unleash your expertise. what are these, and what are they worth?
i know a guy who wants to sell a bunch of planes he inherited from his grandad i think -- there are about 18. he doesn't know anything about planes; he just wants the money. i know a little bit, but nothing like the folks here!
since i can't use all of them, we made a deal that i'd help him sell / list the planes, and in exchange i'd get to buy 1 or 2 for myself, for a reasonable price. (i'd like to get a decent deal for my time and effort. does this sound fair?)
anyway i've seen photos, and i recognize many of the planes. many of them are stanley bailey-type -- block, bench, smoother, jointer, router, rabbet -- and a few are wood planes, with an odd duck or two in the lot. no bedrocks that i can tell. but as for details -- i certainly can't tell you which frog-style or lever cap the #7 jointer has, for instance.
i would guess that these are mostly pre-WWII era and older. i don't know if any of them are truly rare or unusual, but they seem to be in decent shape, and well-cared for -- besides the years of surface rust. i imagine they'd clean up well.
whoever owned these probably did carpentry and furniture work for a living, because there is a range of tools in the group.
anyway, i'm trying to figure out the best way to help him sell them -- and get the best deal for him. he was hoping to get as much as $750-800, but i am skeptical, though i didn't tell him that.
**note -- he's already done craigslist, unsuccessfully, and doesn't want to spend that much time again. he's also *not* interested in ebay. i don't want to do ebay either, nor do i want to act as a dealer.
ideally these would sell to just a few people, so there's not a bunch of separate shipping to do -- but whatever works!
i thought i'd try listing here first, and on FWW knots, and woodnet. i was also thinking of contacting one or two of the well-known guys who refurbish planes.
what do you folks think? can you make any specific suggestions, ie people to contact, or old-tool sites for selling? people here know so much it's amazing.
anyway, thanks very much in advance!
philip
oh, and here are pics of the 3 wood planes on which you can unleash your expertise. what are these, and what are they worth?