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From our 51st International Sale held on |
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Saturday 29 March 2008 |
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| To the relief of all concerned, our 51st International Auction was again a great success. Trade was surprisingly brisk despite the pre sale concerns of the weak dollar and general economic gloom. The rare 28 1/2" Norris jointer, although attracting many absentee bids, was eventually sold in the room for £10,500 plus premium, this must be a record for a conventional Norris plane. Ten Norris planes sold for more than £1000 each. The pair of Varvill plough and fillester illustrated on the back cover sold for £4500. The Mathieson mitre plane fetched £820 and another by Towell made £800. Llot 1109, the metal trimming plane, brought the hammer down at £2000. | ||
| Shown below are some of the results. | ||
| Price are given in Pounds Sterling and US dollars @2.00 | ||
| Note: All prices quoted are hammer prices and
do not include the buyers' premium of 11.75% inclusive of VAT. Lots not shown did not meet reserve |
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Lot 49 A STANLEY No 9 cabinet makers block plane
with adjustable throat and hot dog handle. G+ £600 / $1200 Lot 50 A little used STANLEY No 62 low angle plane. G++ £240 / $480 Lot 51 A fine, rare and little used STANLEY No 98-9" adjustable plumb and level. F £290 / $580 |
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Lot 56 A little used STANLEY No 101 1/2 block plane
with orig. iron. G++ £210 / $420 Lot 57 A STANLEY No 101 1/2 block plane. G+ £150 / $300 Lot 58 A little used English STANLEY No 90J bullnose plane. F £45 / $90 Lot 59 A rare STANLEY No 56 core box plane. G++ £500 / $1000 |
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Lot 60 A very rare early English MUNKS Patent
adjustable block plane 6 1/2" x 2" the handle forms part of
the frog assembly which holds the orig. iron marked Jan'y 16-84, very
few of these planes have ever come to light. G+ £1300 / $2600
Lot 61 A DEFIANCE B block plane with orig.. 1 5/8" iron. G+ £230 / $460 |
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Lot 70 A STANLEY No 11 Type 2 block plane with shoe
buckle cap, re-japanned, with Stanley iron. G+ £160 / $320 Lot 71 A STANLEY No 110 Type 2 block plane with incorrect front knob. G £75 / $150 |
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Lot 125 A journeyman's carving cabinet containing more than 100 carving tools. This cabinet made in quarter sawn oak with 10 dovetailed drawers was featured in the April 2004 edition of Traditional Woodworking (pp 18-24) in their restoration section by Stephen Simmons (a copy of this article is included). The cabinet contains 69 of the original 90 numbered boxwood handled carving tools by HENRY TAYLOR plus another 32 by various makers in the lower drawers, two small boxwood planes, numerous carvers' files etc are also included. G++ £1200 / $2400 | |||
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Lot 138 An unusually large tailors buttonhole chisel. G+
£65 / $130 Lot 139 An 18/19th C. buttonhole chisel with boxwood handle. G £24 / $48 Lot 140 An 18/19th C. buttonhole chisel with decorated blade and ebony handle. G+ £70 / $140 |
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Lot 163 A fine 18th C. French foresters strapped branding .
(TC) axe with decorative work o/a and turned walnut handle. G+ £170
/ $340 Lot 164 A decorative European naval boarding axe, probably a presentation piece, with nickel plated fittings and knurled brass finial to ebonised handle 17" o/a G+ £320 / $640 Lot 165 A small strapped hatchet with Scout Masters Axe Rd No 548228 with ash handle. G+ £18 / $36 |
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Lot 249 A very rare PRESTON 1 1/8" adjustable
bullnose plane with waisted body and most orig.. Preston iron, this
model was never advertised in the Preston catalogues. G+ £150 /
$300 Lot 2500 A rare and little used PRESTON No 1347F Patent bullnose, rabbit and L & R fillester plane with fence and stop. G++ £250 / $500 |
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Lot 251 A PRESTON No 1347 bullnose rabbet plane
with 80% orig.. Preston iron. G+ £65 / $130 Lot 252 A brass chariot plane by PRESTON 3 1/8" x 1 1/2" with removable front, rosewood wedge and most orig. Preston iron. G+ £140 / $280 |
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Lot 266 A PRESTON violinmakers 1 3/4" brass
plane with flat sole. G+ £130 / $260 Lot 267 A similar lot with round sole. G+ £650 / $1300 Lot 268 A similar lot. G+ £100 / $200 Lot 269 A PRESTON violinmakers brass plane with round sole 1 3/4" x 1" with orig. Preston iron. G+ £160 / $320 Lot 270 A PRESTON violinmakers brass plane with flat sole 1 1/8" x 5/8" (the smallest in the range) with orig. Preston iron. G+ £220 / $440 |
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Lot 352 An early European coachbuilders tailed compass plane with steel sole the front tote carved in the form of a swans head and neck, 7" o/a G+ £300 / $600 | |||
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Lot 361 An unusual beech smoother by GLEAVE
Manchester the shaped heel and thumb grip with Elbydee Patent Applied
For. G+ £120 / $240 Lot 362 A very rare and probably unused beech toothing plane by MARPLES also stamped Garrett Patent No 111717/10/7. This refers to the heavy adjustable toothing iron, with screw adjusted back iron, only the second we have seen F £180 / $360 |
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Lot 370 A very rare set of two matching pairs of coachbuilders L & R scotia moulding planes by W. GASKIN Willington, one pair 6 1/2" long with radiussed soles, the other pair 9 1/4" with straight soles. G++ £220 / $440 | |||
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Lot 398 A fine 19th C. Swiss watchmakers brass rounding up tool on stand. G++ £280 / $560 | |||
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Lot 418 A superb, early Scandinavian sailmakers, needle and grease holder in horn, beautifully decorated with double heart carving with anchor and cross and dated A.H. 1617 also with a carved mans head finial. G+ £900 / $1800 | |||
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Lot 424 A unique and unused pair of ebony plough and dark rosewood fillester by VARVILL & SONS, Ebor Works, York. The handled plough with skate front, ivory scales to the stems, two ivory wedges and ivory end stem wedges, the fillester with double dovetail boxed sole, three ivory wedges and ivory end stem wedges. These were undoubtedly made for an exhibition, almost certainly for The Great Exhibition of 1851. These planes were kept together until they were offered separately at an auction in Goole, Yorkshire some 15 years ago where they were sold to different buyers, fortunately they have since been reunited, magnificent quality. F £4500 / $9000 | |||
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Lot 429 A very rare and little used, solid rosewood plough
by GREENSLADE Bristol with ivory scales to the stem tops, brass
faced fence and decorative brass plate supporting the iron and wedge,
one stem wedge split o/w F £720 / $1440 Lot 430 A rare brass screw stem beech plough by GREENSLADE with rosewood and brass nuts and acorn finials stamped Patent Applied for, Exhibition Medals etc. G++ £400 / $800 |
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Lot 436 An unusual 4" masons brass plumb bob with reversible point, cap and spacer. G++ £34 / $68 | |||
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Lot 440 An unusual and attractive probably 18th C. German gunmetal plumb bob with knurled and other decoration and reversible point. G £240 / $480 | |||
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Lot 446 A very rare exampleof BRANAN'S combined dipping and calculating rule by HUGHES Maker to the Excise London (see The Royal Gauger by Charles Leadbetter 4th ed. 1755 footnote to p34) Slotted together the two sections form a 4" diameter gauging rod, side by side with their logarithmic lines adjacent they slide against each other as a slide rule, (see Cat 35 lot 750 for similar, unnamed example which brought £4100) this example is in pristine condition. F £600 / $1200 | |||
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Lot 457 A fine, rare and little used 12" four slide boxwood gaugers rule by EDW'd ROBERTS Maker in Dove Court in Old Jewry London under one slide, and under another dated Robert Grand 1761. G++ £180 / $360 | |||
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Lot 462 A rare and early navigators brass sector with folding arm by M. BERGE London (w.1800 d.1819) (Ramsden's apprentice) with Rhu, Lon, Che, Tan etc. G+ £750 / $1500 | |||
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Lot 481 A fine boxwood and brass inclinometer rule stamped
EUGENE DIETZGEN Co New York & Chicago also a registration
mark with SM London, probably made by Davis Derby & London, c/w
folding sights, protractor hinge and compass in leather pouch. G++ £150
/ $300 Lot 482 A 6" boxwood and brass inclinometer with compass, level and folding sight, surprisingly unnamed. G++£130 / $260 |
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Lot 484 A late 18th C. French two fold boxwood rule with folding square scaled to 18 Puces de Roi and to 48 cm to the edges with decorative hinge. G £90 / $180 | |||
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Lot 485 A CURTA Calculator No 502191. G+ £260 / $520 | |||
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Lot 541 An unusual 18th C. French surgeons brace with shapely frame and attractive "tulip" decoration around the revolving grip, turned fruitwood head and brass ferrule, 9 1/2" o/a, museum quality. G+ £500 / $1000 | |||
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Lot 561 A rare 15" pair of 19th C. steel tipped brass
dividers with decorative stop chamfers to legs. G+ £160 / $320
Lot 562 A 14" pair of brass dividers with faceted legs. G+ £70 / $140 Lot 563 A 12" pair of 19th C. steel tipped brass dividers with decoratively chamfered legs. G+ £65 / $130 |
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Lot 567 A pair of 18th C. Dutch brass dividers with simple decoration and wheel device makers mark. G £70 / $140 | |||
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Lot 571 A beautiful pair of 18th C. hand forged dividers 4 1/2" o/a with ornate decoration to legs. G++ £250 / $500 | |||
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Lot 577 A very fine 17/18th C. German 4 1/2" brass protractor by ANDREAS a ULM Conrad fecit beautifully engraved with floral designs. G++ £1900 / $3800 | |||
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Lot 578 A most unusual 18th C. German brass protractor ark engraved J.G. PUFCHNER Fecit Norib with scaled arm. G+ £550 / $1100 | |||
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Lot 579 A rare 6" circular brass protractor with slot
scaled in minutes. G+ £16 / $32 Lot 580 An 8" brass protractor by DAVIS Leeds, minor ding's to edges. G £40 / $80 Lot 581 An early masons 6" brass square with moulded ends and line decoration. G+ £20 / $40 |
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Lot 582 A most unusual, 18th C. French, 6" silver
(tested) protractor engraved Au Griffon, Putois Rochette, Quai de
L'horloge, A Paris. G++ £350 / $700 Lot 583 From the same gentleman's etui an ebony and silver handled pricking tool 4 1/2" o/a G++ £170 / $340 Lot 584 And again from the same etui a 4" ebony and silver handled combination screwdriver. G++ £150 / $300 |
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Lot 596 A very rare brass combination mortice and marking gauge, trammels and rule by GEORGE KENNY Nashua New Hampshire with rosewood heads of two different shades for swift identification, complete with orig.. central scribing screw which, apparently, is usually missing. G++ £400 / $800 | |||
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Lot 624 A little used brass stemmed ebony mortice gauge by
MARPLES with orig. trade label and much orig. lacquer. F £75
/ $150 Lot 625 A brass stemmed ebony mortice gauge. G+ £32 / $64 Lot 626 A little used ebony and brass mortice gauge by MARPLES. F £45 / $90 Lot 627 A combination three pin ebony and brass mortice gauge adjustable by a screw at each end, a groove in the stock allows one pin to hide when not required. G £32 / $64 |
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Lot 655 An unusual European kitchen chopper with various touch marks of two leaves, a galloping horse over I.G.U. and D.W. and orig. fruitwood handle. G+ £180 / $360 | |||
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Lot 674 A pair of 18th C. brass nutcrackers with knurled decoration. G+ £35 / $70 | |||
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Lot 677 An unusual pair of 19th C. European copper candle snuffers beautifully decorated o/a G++ £65 / $130 | |||
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Lot 678 A rare, early 18th C., pair of dated nutcrackers 5" o/a, with inset brass plaque on either side with W.B. and 1722. G+ £150 / $300 | |||
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Lot 690 A rare 17th C. smith made oak money box with iron banding and double locking mechanism, lacks keys, minor old worm. G £320 / $640 | |||
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Lot 709 A very rare and probably unique 17/18th C. hand forged miniature brace, the four bar head formed as a crown with turned baluster and chamfered frame. G+ £2000 / $4000 | |||
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Lot 710 A rare 18th C. French hand forged iron brace with boxwood head and handle, with decorative designs to frame boldly stamped CLAVDE CHATELLAIN. G £320 / $640 | |||
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Lot 711 A very attractive early Scandinavian birch brace decorated with scalloped and scroll carving to both the front and rear webs. G+ £380 / $760 | |||
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Lot 720 A little used Ultimatum brass framed ebony brace by
Wm. MARPLES with ivory ring in ebony head. G+ £140 /
$280 Lot 721 A little used brass framed ebony brace stamped J.A. Patent Sheffield (Arctic ? see T.U.B. p165) with ebony head. G++ £150 / $300 |
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Lot 746 A WELL'S Marine Boiler Water Space Lamp by A. C. WELLS, this is the rarest of the Well's lamps, only 3/4" wide, to pass between the pipes in a ships boiler room. G+ £240 / $480 | |||
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Lot 760 A rare, small, d/t steel mitre plane by SPIERS
7" x 2" with rosewood infill and scrolled wedge behind brass
bar, fine mouth and replaced iron. G+ £390 / $780 Lot 761 A d/t steel mitre plane by SPIERS 10 1/2" X 2 3/4" with rosewood infill and scrolled wedge and fine mouth, orig. snecked iron by Ward. G++ £560 / $1120 Lot 762 A rare 8" d/t steel mitre plane by SPIERS with rosewood infill and wedge. G £340 / $680 |
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Lot 768 An unusual, little used d/t steel shoulder plane by SPIERS Ayr with a unique deco. appearance, a style not seen before, with rosewood infill and wedge 90% orig. 1 1/8" Stewart Spiers snecked iron remains. G++ £880 / $1760 | |||
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Lot 772 An unused miniature bronze mitre plane with d/t
steel sole by CARTER 3" x 7/8" with rosewood infill
and scrolled wedge, the iron stamped Carter London 1987, this plane can
be seen being made on Bill's CD (see ad in this catalogue). F £410
/ $820 Lot 773 An unused, miniature, d/t bronze mitre plane by CARTER 4 1/4" x 1 3/8" with boxwood infill and scrolled wedge, the iron stamped Carter London, this is an exact copy of a unique Buck iron mitre plane owned by Bill. F £500 / $1000 Lot 774 An unused, skew mouth, small bronze mitre plane of decorative form and d/t steel sole by CARTER 5 1/2" x 1 3/8" with boxwood infill and wedge and James Howarth iron, this plane is shown being made on Bill's CD (see ad in this catalogue). F £700 / $1400 Lot 775 An unused d/t steel mitre plane by CARTER London 6" x 1 3/4" with rosewood infill and scrolled wedge, the iron stamped Carter London, Diana 1987, this plane is an exact copy of the rare Buck mitre plane with the upturned front tote. This plane is shown being made on Bill's CD (see ad. in this catalogue). F £460 / $920 |
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Lot 778 A fine 18 1/2" iron jointer with walnut infill
and handle and scrolled wedge behind gunmetal bridge, with boxwood
strike button and initials WB and FT as two monograms inlaid in ebony
behind the handle, possibly the owner and his girlfriend or a colleague,
30% of the 2 1/2" Sorby iron remains, a quality piece. G+ £190
/ $380 Lot 779 A rare 14 1/2" iron panel plane by H. SLATER Maker London with elegant figured rosewood infill and handle. G++ £400 / $800 |
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Lot 817 A fine and rare 10" d/t steel mitre plane by
ROBERT TOWELL London also stamped Buck 245 Tottenham Ct Rd with
rosewood infill and scrolled wedge and very fine mouth, this plane is in
remarkably good condition for an early Towell and we have never come
across one also signed by Buck. G+ £800 / $1600 Lot 818 An early iron mitre plane 10" x 2 1/4" with rosewood infill and wedge behind unusual brass bridge. G £210 / $420 |
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Lot 845 A 19th C. joiners tool chest 34" x 18" x 18"h. the lid interior decoratively veneered in rosewood and other colourful hardwoods reminiscent of Tunbridge Ware, the single till is missing and the laminated or banded roll top dust proof hinge needs attention, ripe for restoration. G £200 / $400 | |||
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Lot 861 A rare and impressive saw makers leg vice known to have dated from 1908, 42" o/a with 10" jaws. G++ £130 / $260 | |||
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Lot 862 An unusual, early 19th C., Chinese ink line carved as a Lion Dog or the "Dog of Foe" which is a sign of good will and protection, similar to the Japanese tsubi tsubo but from a Northern province of China. G £260 / $520 | |||
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Lot 871 A fine quality glazed display case by MARPLES 36" x 36"h. containing 42 Marples tools centred with the Shamrock Brand Hibernia in the Gold Marples Tools emblem. G++ £2000 / $4000 | |||
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Lot 872 A massive display trowel produced by BRADES also stamped W.H.S. Hunt & Sons with bulbous beech handle, 52" o/a G++ £600 / $1200 | |||
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Lot 873 A 30" gold painted alloy shop sign for YALE locks c/w hanging chains. G+ £95 / $190 | |||
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Lot 892 An unusual European 11" handled scraper with fixed 3" blade with simple chip carved decoration o/a. with heart design and initials in cartouche and dated 1749 light worm o/a G £280 / $560 | |||
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Lot 903 A pretty European dated coopers croze in cormierwood with I.K.1818 with finely carved decoration to both sides and two mahogany screws, one wedge replaced. G++ £150 / $300 | |||
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Lot 972 A very rare coachbuilders tailed circular plough plane by GABRIEL (mark G+ <1770-1820>) with steel face and brass fittings. G+ £720 / $1440 | |||
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Lot 984 A very rare 16/17th C. miniature stag horn block plane 3 1/2" x 1 1/4" with scrolled shield decoration to the front, castle ramparts and other decoration to one side and a hunting scene of horse and rider chasing a stag on the other, the various scenes are worn with age but signify Italian or German origin, a museum piece. G £5000 / $10000 | |||
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Lot 1034 A very early, probably 15/16c, European fruitwood block plane 5 1/4" x 1 3/4" decorated o/a and with pre-historic bird carvings to the sides, an important piece. G £300 / $600 | |||
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Lot 1044 An 18th C. European fruitwood roughing plane 9 1/2" x 2" with carved front tote, cupids bow decoration at escapement and dated on the sides M.R.M. 1776. G £160 / $320 | |||
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Lot 1045 A 9" Scandinavian compass plane in hornbeam with attractively scrolled front tote and E.L.S. 1854 on side. G+ £130 / $260 | |||
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Lot 1053 A fine, handled, twin iron complex moulding plane by S. LUNT Liverpool 16" x 2 3/4". G++ £270 / $540 | |||
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Lot 1058 A 4 1/4" double boxed, twin iron, wide moulder with damaged wedge, probably 18th C. G £85 / $170 | |||
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Lot 1080 A rare, wide section, 2' four fold ivory engineers rule with German silver slide and fittings by JAMES GARGORY 41 Bull St. Birmingham with protractor hinge, tables by I Routledge Bolton, 1/2" slither of ivory missing near slide o/w G++ £350 / $700 | |||
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Lot 1086 A rare, wide section, 2' two fold architects ivory rule by E. PRESTON Junr Maker Birmingham (rare mark) with German silver fittings and arch joint and inside bevel edges, outside numbers feint o/w G+£160 / $320 | |||
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Lot 1105 A fine, late 19th C., ivory okimono of a seated draper working his cloth surrounded by various accessories, signed 4" x 3"h.. G++ £520 / $1040 | |||
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Lot 1113 A rare 10 1/2" d/t steel mitre plane by MATHIESON Glasgow with rosewood infill and scrolled wedge "signed " Mathieson on brass bridge. most 2 1/4" Moulson Bros. snecked iron remains, fine mouth. G++ £820 / $1640 | |||
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Lot 1132 A rare, early and little used 13 1/2" d/t
steel NORRIS A1 panel plane with Patent Adjustable on brass
lever and rosewood infill, 90% orig. early Norris iron remains, slight
discolouration to metal o/w G++ £2000 / $4000 Lot 1133 A very, very rare and very little used 28 1/2" d/t steel NORRIS A1 jointer, early model with Patent Adjustable on brass lever and rosewood infill, 99% orig. early Norris iron remains. F £10500 / $21000 This example is one of six Norris planes we are offering in this auction from the fabulous American collection we have been selling from over the last couple of years, although there are still a few more in the collection, this is probably the last we will be offering from this source for a while. Norris collectors (and this auctioneer) must be very grateful to have these quality planes coming back onto the scene again. |
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Lot 1140 A little used NORRIS No 50G steel soled
brass smoother with what appears to be an unused early Norris iron, but
not quite convinced the iron is right! F £1300 / $2600 Lot 1141 A rare d/t steel NORRIS No 13 parallel smoother with rosewood infill and closed handle, iron by Sorby. G++ £1200 2400 |
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Lot 1148 A rare steel soled gunmetal NORRIS No 31
thumb plane with brass lever and rosewood infill and orig. early 1 1/4"
Norris iron. G £1700 / $3400 Lot 1149 A 1 1/8" NORRIS Patent Metal bullnose plane with ebony wedge, little orig. Norris iron remains all parts stamped 5. G £130 / $260 |
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