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276106 Ray S. <rsheley@r...> 2022‑08‑08 Re: Price insanity
I was an "Early Adopter" for L-N planes, and have many of the rare ones, that
"Fortunately (?) " due to divorce and loss of my shop have been sitting in their
original  boxes for many years (Bronze #1,, original Bronze-Manganese  #9,
Original Ductile-Iron #9, some # of 500 planes, at least (1) White -Bronze. Some
of the more common L-N are used, but those listed weren't, and now they sit, but
I am loathe to let them go. 😊

I've got to believe that specimens in their original, and sometimes mismarked
boxes (For the *9's) with paperwork are worth more to a collector than to me as
a casual user.
At some point it will be obvious that it is stupid of me to keep hanging on to
them.

-----Original Message-----
From: oldtools@g...  On Behalf Of Kevin Foley
Sent: Monday, August 8, 2022 5:00 PM
To: Tools Old 
Subject: Re: [oldtools] Price insanity

The Lie Nielsen thing adds another level to the craziness.  IIRC LN set out to
reproduce some useful tools that had become rare and expensive collector’s
pieces, therefore unavailable to woodworkers   The prices realized on some of
the LN repros are surpassing the antique originals. I listed and older LN item
on the ‘lectric landfill, it ended up in a bidding war and the final price was a
little north of 5x what I paid for it new.  I was waiting for the other shoe to
fall.  I figured the winner bid too much and was going to back out.  I hoped he
would just ask and not want to do a bogus return after shipping it.  But no.  He
couldn’t have been happier to get it at the wildly inflated price.

It’s easy to find a Stanley 10 1/4 for less than an LN.  The LNs are fetching
big prices which is strange because it’s on hold, not discontinued. It’s just a
matter of waiting.

Kevin in Chantilly where the dog bolted out the door, did one high speed lap of
the steamy back yard and right back in.

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