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WP8092 H. Hills, Springfield, MS This is a nice as found group of 4 planes by the same maker, and from the same chest, but they are not owner marked. Just to avoid confusion, MS is a 19th Century abbreviation for Massachusettes. There is a very nice slide arm plow that rates G++ and is a very nice example with wooden screws for the arms and depth stop. The depth stop itself is iron screwed to a wooden shaft, as oppossed to the more common brass shaft. This is a nice plane and I think that it is worth the money on its own. There are two side beads, one 1/4" and a fully boxed example in the scarce 7/16" size. The latter is missing its blade and thus I am putting no value on it. Also included is a one inch skew rabbet. This is the one that gets the Good rating, the rest are all better, but then you expect the rabbet to be the most used. You won't find many American slide arm plows this nice. G to G++ $165
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WP80818 W. Martin, Philad This is an early Philadelphia panel raiser. It is meant to cut a panel with a pretty steep angle. The maximum width of cut is 1 3/4". It has a round top James Cam iron. The tote has a great early look. The mark is not one of the ones in AWP. It is similar to mark B. but with no A at the end. There is a defect in the wood at the front which now has some roughness around it. The top of the wooden depth stop is broken off but it is useable as is. I think that this is a great early plane, despite its not being a really crisp example. Good $565
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WP80714 R. A. Parrish This is a particularly nice, uncleaned and crisp, pair of Philadelphia side rabbet planes. These planes have seen almost no use and have a very lovely patina. I bought them years ago from an estate sale of what had been a coffin maker for 8 generations in Western maryland. American side rabbets of this quality, and not later factory planes, are not easy to find. G+ $189
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WP80539 John M. Taber, New Bedford This is a nice clean matched pair of 7/8" tongue and groove planes. Both are plated, meaning that they have an extra cost thin plate of steel on the fence, which keeps them accurate with time since the wooden fence will not be exposed to wear. The skate and plates have pleasant light patina. A very nice pair of American match planes. G+ $69 Sold
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WP80541 A&E Baldwin This is a particularly nice as found solid boxwood plow plane with extra length arms. The arms are a full 12 inches overall. The brass is not polished. The skate is lightly rusted, but nobody has done anything to this plane. There are two old holes in the face of the fence where something must have been attached at one time. It is a virgin find. It has 2 irons with it, a fat 1/8" and a 7/16", both of which look original to the plane. This is one that I really hate to sell. G++ $259Sold
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WP80528 T. J. McMaster & Co, Auburn NY This is a moving fillester plane with the most graphic American mark of the 19th Century, the eagle marked used by McMaster in the New York start prison at Auburn. This mark does not come up very often and I just love it. The plane is as found and just slightly scruffy. The wedge has a bit of battering. The two fence screws both look wrong to me. They don't match each other. Otherwise there are no issues, just honest use. Still a good user or a collector's piece. Good $169
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WP8048 Unmarked This is a razee lignum jack plane of the type assumed to be shipwright's. It is a New England made plane of professional manufacture, but it is not marked. That is not uncommon because Lignum was so hard that it could break the stamp. The plane has been used so much that it has lost a good half inch off of the bottom and the mouth has been throated (a wear piece fitted in). It is as found and quite dirty. On the rear is some yellow crayon that tells me that it is ex Beitler collection. It has a pretty much full Buck Brothers iron that is clearly a replacement, but I think that it is a period replacement, and is so tight in the plane from shrinkage that it will need some work to get it out. This could be made to be a useable plane, or a collector's piece. It will look great when it is waxed up. G- $49
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WP80242 D.R. Barton, Rochester This is an unhandled solid boxwood plow plane. With boxwood, it is all about color, and this plane has homerun color. It is untouched with wonderful color. There is also some tiger figure to the fence. The nuts, which of couse also have wonderful color, have the original washers that some NY makers used, but which are almost always gone. Another noteworthy feature of this plane is that the arms are longer than normal. The arms are almost 13 inches long. The threads have scrattered chips, but no stripping and I would be happy with them. The brass on the plane is crisp and unpolished. The skate is very clean, and the screws have the original bluing, turning brown. In short, I think that this is a really great plane. G+ $379
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WP80226 E. W. Carpenter This is a particularly nice as found Carpenter plow plane. Like most Carpenter planes it has that oversized look to it. The color on this plane is fantastic and nothing has been polished. The brass trim on the skate has a lovely dark patina. Interestingly, the arms on this plane are made from ash or a similar wood. They are dead right, but that is an unusual choice of wood for plow arms. You won't find a nicer example non-patented Carpenter plow. This plane is consigned, but if it were mine I would not want to sell it. G+ $645
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WP8023 E. W. Carpenter, Lancaster This is a very nice as found toothing plane by one of the most original American plane makers. This plane has great color and shows signs of honest use, but not abuse. The iron is an old replacement by Sandusky. It fits nicely and has clearly been used with this iron, but the original was probably by Butcher, the favored brand of Carpenter. This is a collector's grade plane, that a discerning user would appreciate owning as well. Good $149
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WP70427 Ohio Tool. Co This is a 1/2" going and coming tongue and groove plane. It has been varnished, but it was probably done by the original owner and was carefully done. It does not detract. There is the usual lengthwise split in one of the wedges but that is the only flaw on this handy plane. G+ $68
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WP61259 J. Colton, 247 South 2cnd St., Phila. This is a very rare child's jack plane. Measures a bit over 13". Absolutely as found and needing a gentle cleaning. The only one that I have ever seen outside of ones made by the big factories. Good $69
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WP60728 J. Colton, 379 Market St. Phila. This is a 1/2" going and coming tongue and groove plane. This size is perfect for things like drawer sides. The plane is as found and needs a light cleaning. Good $79
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WP51236 Early New England Dado This is an early birch dado plane with very eclectic, but professional looking features. Nice chamfering and an interesting relieved wedge. The width is 5/8" and the plane is really a hybrid between a rabbet and a dado. It is nickered but it has no depth stop like a dado would have. Good $49
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WP50966 Henry J. Nazro & Co, Milwaukee This is a one inch size applewood tonguing plane. I would never sell a single tonguing plane except that it is such a scarce mark that I thought it might interest someone. The plane is certainly made by McMaster. It is as found and very dirty. It will clean up nicely and applewood looks great. Good $36
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4123 R. W. Booth, Cincinatti, Oh This plane is a very nice 1" dado that unfortunately is not useable because of a check in the body. (visible in the side near the top of the blade). This plane could be made useable but it is desireable collector's piece and we would leave it as is. G+ $39
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3097 R. W. Maccubbin, Baltimore This is a 1/2" going and coming tongue and groove plane from the Avon Hall auction. As found condition. The grooving blade is a replacemnt so this plane would not be a good user. I have found that you will never find a replacement blade that fits well enough for a tongue and groove plane to work properly. One wedge has a split that need to be glued. Good $89
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British & European Wooden Planes

WP80950 Griffiths, Norwich This is a 3/4" pair of tongue & groove planes. Nice as found condtion. This will be a great working pair of match planes. Good $44
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WP80923 Kimberley This is an unused 1/2" rebate plane, and yes it really is unused. This is not one of the big auctions where a worn out tool is called lightly used. It is as found and needs only to be waxed to loose the light surface dirt. This is a good study piece for what a wooden plane was like when it was new. Rarely do we see this kind of condtion. Really superb. Fine $79
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WP80928 Griffiths, Norwich This is a nice as found 1 1/4" spar plane. Collector's call these spar planes but the profile is too narrow and too tight a radius for that. Stair nosing would make more sense. Th eplane has nice patina with original French polish finish and a nicely shaped throat. Quite a pretty plane. G+ $79Sold
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WP80428 Unmarked This is a rare matched pair of Scottish door check planes. They have been in my collection for more than 15 years. They are uncleaned and could use a careful waxing. The right side plane is in perfect condition, little used with a full iron. The left side plane is more worn, and the iron is down below the top of the wedge, and the side is split from shrinkage on the blade. It is still perfectly useable and in fact I did use it once years ago. I don't recall ever seeing another pair of these rare planes. They are 4 3/8" long. G+ $265
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WP80159 Holtzapfel & Co., 64 Charing Cross This is an unusual size 12" jack plane marked by Holtzapfel. It would be nice to think that this was a gentleman's jack plane, but it is more likely just a small jack plane retailed through the prestigious Holtzapfel shop. It is used but nice, and has been properly waxed by a former collector. It has a chip breaker, which the ones made for training typically do not. There is a big chip out of the right front corner where it was run into a bench dog or something similar, and it has some scattered insect holes. A rare plane and reasonably priced as it is not a pristine example. Good $95
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WP70828 Pair of Side Rebates This is a matched pair of craftsman made side rebates. They have boxwood wedges and hornbeam bodies and are nicely made. The bad news is that the left handed plane has some heavy pitting on the skate. Still a great working or collectible pair. Good $99
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WP70619 Griffiths, Norwich This is a standard size 16" badger plane in nice useable condition. G+ $85
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WP60150 English Coachmaker's Plow This is a classic English coachmaker's plow. I have seen quite a few of these that are very similar, but never quite the same, so I can't say with confidence that these were manufactured, but they probably are, and by a maker in London. None that I have seen have ever been marked. This is a very nice example that has not been overcleaned and has a nice patina on the brass and iron parts. The blade is not right. The correct blades have raised edges reminiscent of a carving tool. And indeed, signed examples are often made by Addis. These planes were made with replaceable fences that were dovetailed to allow easy replacement, so that you could change the fence depending on the curvature you needed. This plane only has the fence that is on it now. I have seen the same type of plane bring twice as much in England. The exotic wood versions bring even more and many of these are fakes. I have seen some very clever fakes, many of them sitting in respected collections unbeknownst to the owners. G+ $995
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