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Nashua Spring International Catalogue Antique Tool Auction

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11 Tara Boulevard Nashua NH
Auction Start Time: May 8, 2021, 9:31AM
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Lot - 1
A DIMINUTIVE BOXWOOD SPOKE SHAVE by William Marples & Sons, Sheffield, England. This essentially unused spokeshave of diminutive form has a one-inch cutting edge. From the Collection of the late William S. "Bill" Brooks, Pepper Pike, Ohio.
Estimate: $50.00 - $100.00
Current High Bid: $0.00
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Lot - 2
AN EARLY TURNED BRASS PLUMB BOB having dual knurls on the cap. This pretty plumb bob is in brand new, unused condition. From the Collection of the late Gary Trinkle, Florence, Kentucky.
Estimate: $50.00 - $160.00
Current High Bid: $0.00
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Lot - 5
A COLLECTION OF SIX EARLY SCISSORS SHARPENERS. Included are six different varieties, some of which were patented. From the Collection of Bruce H. Axler.
Estimate: $60.00 - $120.00
Current High Bid: $0.00
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Lot - 7
TWO UNUSED BLOCK WOODWORKING PLANES, both by STANLEY. Included in this pairing are a later version of the No. 118 and a No. 130 double end block plalne. Both planes retain a full 98% of their original finishes and are in top collector quality condition.
Estimate: $50.00 - $100.00
Current High Bid: $0.00
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Lot - 8
A CLASSIC EARLY PLANEMAKER'S FLOAT. The handle on this planemaker's essentiality is fashioned from Tiger Maple. An uncommon tool in exceptionally well preserved condition.
Estimate: $80.00 - $160.00
Current High Bid: $0.00
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Lot - 9
A patent BIT & SQUARE LEVEL, No. 44, by STANLEY. This example of the November 16, 1886 U.S. Patent of prolific Stanley inventor Justus A. Traut is in essentially unused condition.
Estimate: $50.00 - $100.00
Current High Bid: $0.00
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Lot - 10
An unusual ARCH JOINT "SECTOR" RULE. This bright white rule is in essentially unused condition.
Estimate: $80.00 - $160.00
Current High Bid: $0.00
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Lot - 13
TWO ORIGINAL BOX WOODWORKING PLANES, both by STANLEY. Included in this pairing are a No. 191 1 1/4" width rabbet plane and a No. 110 non-adjustable block plane. Both are in unused condition.
Estimate: $60.00 - $120.00
Current High Bid: $0.00
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Lot - 14
A TWO-FOOT, FOUR-FOLD FOLDING RULE sold by the J.B. Hunter Company, Boston, Massachusetts In addition to inches, the rule is marked with red numerals to detail a different scale. It is marked bother by the seller and the maker, J. Rabone.
Estimate: $60.00 - $120.00
Current High Bid: $0.00
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Lot - 16
FIVE EXTRA CLEAN FOLDING RULES, all by STANLEY. Included in this grouping are a No. 32 1/2 six-inch caliper rule; a No. 36 1/2 R carpenter's caliper rule; a No 42 ship carpenter's bevel; a No. 84 two foot, four-fold rule; and a No. 163 rule two-foot, four-fold. All are in top collector quality condition.
Estimate: $80.00 - $160.00
Current High Bid: $0.00
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Lot - 19
A HAND FORGED LOCK MORTISE CHISEL. This artfully hand forged tool has a ball finial on the end. It is in top collector quality condition.
Estimate: $60.00 - $120.00
Current High Bid: $0.00
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Lot - 20
A SMALL SCREW TOP SNUFF CONTAINER . This most interesting little box is fashioned from one-half rupee coins from India dated "1874" featuring a portrait of Queen Victoria, Empress of India.
Estimate: $80.00 - $160.00
Current High Bid: $0.00
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Lot - 21
A SOLID BOXWOOD BEADING SPOKE SHAVE. This special purpose shave is used to create decorative chamfers. The boxwood has developed a superb golden patina of age and careful use. From the Collection of the late William S. "Bill" Brooks, Pepper Pike, Ohio.
Estimate: $60.00 - $120.00
Current High Bid: $0.00
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Lot - 23
A "FOUR SQUARE" JUNIOR JACK PLANE by STANLEY. In the early 1920's, the Stanley Company introduced the "Four Square" line of tools meant for the home owner. This example has the four red squares on the lever cap and retains 95% or more of all original finishes.
Estimate: $60.00 - $120.00
Current High Bid: $0.00
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Lot - 26
A COLLECTION OF LODGE RELATED BADGES. Included are badges from the Masons, Odd Fellows, Eagles, the Internatial Association of Machinists, the Improved Order of Red Men and the Imperial Order of Muscovites. An interesting assortment, all in excellent collector quality condition.
Estimate: $80.00 - $160.00
Current High Bid: $0.00
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Lot - 27
AN EARLY BOXWOOD HANDLE RACE KNIFE. This Eighteenth century pattern knife has a most appealing smooth, golden patina of age and use. It is inscribed with the name of the original owner, one "Iohn Smith". From the Collection of the late William S. "Bill" Brooks, Pepper Pike, Ohio.
Estimate: $80.00 - $160.00
Current High Bid: $0.00
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Lot - 29
An extra clean CORRUGATED SOLE JACK PLANE, No. 5 C, by STANLEY. This very little used example of the "Type 11" version retains a full 95% of its original black japan finish and is marked with the the ca. 1915 "Type 11" trademark.
Estimate: $75.00 - $150.00
Current High Bid: $0.00
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Lot - 31
A MINIATURE BONE HANDLE GIMLET. This tiny spiral thread tipped tool is smallest example of this tool we have seen. It measures 1 1/4" in length.
Estimate: $80.00 - $160.00
Current High Bid: $0.00
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Lot - 32
A DIMINUTIVE LADY'S SEWING KIT. This hinged velvet case holds everything a lady needs for emergency repairs including shears, a thimble, a small jackknife and a couple of needles.
Estimate: $90.00 - $180.00
Current High Bid: $0.00
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Lot - 34
TWO "CLEMENT'S PATENT TOOL HANDLES, both by STANLEY. Both are examples of the 1867 U.S. Patent of Nathan S. Clement of New Britain, Connecticut. The boxwood handle version has a ferrule fashioned from pewter.
Estimate: $80.00 - $160.00
Current High Bid: $0.00
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Lot - 35
THREE EXTRA CLEAN WOODWORKING TOOLS including a No. 100 1/2 convex sole block plane, a No. 101 "toy" block plane, and a No. 65 boxwood marking gauge. All are in top collector quality condition.
Estimate: $80.00 - $160.00
Current High Bid: $0.00
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Lot - 36
A DELICATE BONE HANDLE METAL WORKING HAMMER. This diminutive Jeweler's "Chasing" type hammer has a head fashioned from German silver and it is in top collector quality condition. From the Collection of the late William S. "Bill" Brooks, Pepper Pike, Ohio.
Estimate: $80.00 - $160.00
Current High Bid: $0.00
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Lot - 37
An EARLY PATENT KNIFE SHARPENER as patented by J. Nelson Jacobs, Worcester, Massachusetts on November 26, 1867. This rosewood body sharpener is clearly marked on the outside with the date of the Jacobs Patent. From the Collection of Bruce H. Axler.
Estimate: $60.00 - $120.00
Current High Bid: $0.00
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Lot - 38
THREE "PENDANT" TYPE PLUMB BOBS. Included are bobs of conical and turnip forms as well as a small gold carrot shaped bob. All are in top collector quality condition. From the Collection of the late Gary Trinkle, Florence, Kentucky.
Estimate: $80.00 - $160.00
Current High Bid: $0.00
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Lot - 39
A TURNED BONE SEWING ACCESSORY topped with a velvet pin cushion. This complex "geegaw" was almost certainly produced using an ornamental turning lathe. From the Collection of the late William S. "Bill" Brooks, Pepper Pike, Ohio.
Estimate: $50.00 - $100.00
Current High Bid: $0.00
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Lot - 40
A BOXWOOD COMPASS SOLE RABBET MOLDING PLANE by S. Tyzak & Son, 8 Old Street Road, London. This plane of diminutive form has a great golden patina and is marked with the initials of the original owner, one "G.C.".
Estimate: $80.00 - $160.00
Current High Bid: $0.00
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Lot - 42
An OPEN THROAT ROUTER PLANE, No. 71, by Stanley Tools, Sheffield, England. This example is complete in essentially unused condition, complete with three original cutting irons and all original parts in new condition in its original pasteboard box.
Estimate: $80.00 - $160.00
Current High Bid: $0.00
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Lot - 43
A DUPLEX RABBET AND FILLETSTER PLANE, No. 78, by STANLEY. This pristine example is marked on the cutting iron with the ca. 1930's "Notched Rectangle" trademark. It is in new condition in its original pasteboard box.
Estimate: $60.00 - $120.00
Current High Bid: $0.00
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Lot - 44
THREE ORIGINAL BOX WOODWORKING TOOLS, all by STANLEY. Included in this grouping are a No. 60 1/2" low angle block plane, a No. 75 bull nose rabbet, and a No. 59 doweling jig. All retain 90% or more of their original finishes.
Estimate: $80.00 - $160.00
Current High Bid: $0.00
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Lot - 45
A ONE-FOOT, FOUR-FOLD FOLDING RULE of IVORY and German silver, No. 97 1/2, by Stephens & Company, Riverton, Connecticut. This square joint, unbound rule has aged to a uniform medium yellow. It is clearly marked with both the maker name and product number.
Estimate: $125.00 - $250.00
Current High Bid: $0.00
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Lot - 46
FOUR EXTRA CLEAN BOXWOOD FOLDING RULES, all by STANLEY. Included in this grouping are a No. 32 carpenter's six-inch caliper rule; a No. 36 six-inch two fold carpenter's caliper rule; a No. 36 1/2 one-foot two fold aliper rule; and a No. 84 half bound two-foot, four-fold rule. Also in this lot is a an H. Chapin No. 73 caliper rule. All are in top collector quality condition.
Estimate: $80.00 - $160.00
Current High Bid: $0.00
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Lot - 47
A NICKEL PLATED CHISEL GRINDER, No. 200, by STANLEY. Fully 98% of the original shiny nickel plating remains on this exceptionally clean example.
Estimate: $80.00 - $160.00
Current High Bid: $0.00
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Lot - 48
An original ca. 1870's BOTTLE FOR SEWING MACHINE SPERM OIL by New Home. This early bottle retains nearly all of its original paper label, which depicts a spouting Sperm Whale, the "New Home" brand name and the designation "Crystal Sewing Machine Oil" and the words "Warranted Not to Gum". The back of the bottle is cast in raised letters with the words "Sewing Machine Sperm Oil".
Estimate: $80.00 - $160.00
Current High Bid: $0.00
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Lot - 49
A FANCY EBONY HANDLE TRY SQUARE having an exceptionally complex brass escutcheon inlaid in the handle. It is in excellent condition, but it is not marked with a maker name.
Estimate: $80.00 - $160.00
Current High Bid: $0.00
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Lot - 50
A FANCY ROSEWOOD & SILVER SNUFFBOX. This circa 1870's box is ornamented with a silver applique of a carpenter at his workbench. From the Collection of the late William S. "Bill" Brooks, Pepper Pike, Ohio.
Estimate: $300.00 - $600.00
Current High Bid: $0.00
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Lot - 51
An UNUSUAL GLOBULAR CAP PLUMB BOB nicely ornamented on the cap with a series of knurled bands. It is in essentially unused condition. From the Collection of the late Gary Trinkle, Florence, Kentucky.
Estimate: $75.00 - $150.00
Current High Bid: $0.00
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Lot - 54
THREE EXTRA CLEAN SPIRIT LEVELS, all by the L.S. Starrett Company, Athol, Massachusetts. Included in this selection are six-inch and eight-inch length bench levels and a No. 136 cross test level. All are in top collector quality condition. From the Collection of Joel Hodapp, St. Louis, Missouri.
Estimate: $75.00 - $150.00
Current High Bid: $0.00
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Lot - 55
TWO EXTRA CLEAN LAYOUT TOOLS, both by the Bridge City Tool Company, Portland, Oregon. Included in this paring are a No. TB-2 sliding T bevel and a No. MS 1.5 mitre try square. Both are in unused condition in their original boxes.
Estimate: $90.00 - $180.00
Current High Bid: $0.00
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Lot - 56
THREE NICELY MADE BALL PEIN HAMMERS. Included are examples fashioned from brass and iron. One is marked with the designation "B. & O. R.R." and another with the mysterious designation "Store Room 1878".
Estimate: $80.00 - $160.00
Current High Bid: $0.00
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Lot - 57
A PAIR OF FINGER GRIP CANDLE STICKS, both by Joseph Shankey & Sons, Bilston, England. This company is documented as having worked between 1890 and 1932. The undersides are marked with the designation "J.S. & S.B.".
Estimate: $80.00 - $160.00
Current High Bid: $0.00
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Lot - 58
An UNUSED FOLDING HANDLE DRAW KNIFE by the Greenlee Tool Company, Rockford, Illinois. This example has a nine-inch cutting edge and a distinctive locking mechanism. It is in top collector quality condition.
Estimate: $75.00 - $150.00
Current High Bid: $0.00
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Lot - 59
A WIDE, HEAVY SMOOTH PLANE, No. 4 1/2, by STANLEY. This rosewood handle heavy smoother is marked on the cutting iron with the ca. 1930's "Notched Rectangle" trademark. Fully 95% of the original black japan finish remains.
Estimate: $80.00 - $160.00
Current High Bid: $0.00
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Lot - 60
THREE UNUSED WOODWORKING TOOLS, all by STANLEY. Included in this grouping are a No. 118 P block plane having black japan finish, a No. 65 boxwood marking gauge, and a No. 85 five-inch blade screwdriver marked with the "Sweetheart" trademark.
Estimate: $75.00 - $150.00
Current High Bid: $0.00
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Lot - 62
AN ARTFULLY CRAFTED BRASS BREAST DRILL. It has a stationary handle with a decorative knurled band on one side and a wooden crank handle on the other. It looks to date from the 1870's, or thereabout.
Estimate: $125.00 - $250.00
Current High Bid: $0.00
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Lot - 63
FOUR EXTRA CLEAN WOODWORKING TOOLS. Included in this selection are a Stanley No. 101 "toy" block plane, a Stanley No. 51 spoke shave, a J.S. Cantelo eight-inch patented folding handle draw knife, and a Millers Falls No. 77 hand drill. All are in top collector quality condition.
Estimate: $80.00 - $160.00
Current High Bid: $0.00
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Lot - 64
A CLASSIC EARLY HEWING HATCHET. This early hatchet has an eight and one-half-inch single beveled cutting edge It is nicely ornamented with festoon decoration and the traditional "tree of life" mark.
Estimate: $100.00 - $200.00
Current High Bid: $0.00
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Lot - 65
A FULL BOX OF SIX 1 1/2" SCREWDRIVERS, all No. 4595, by STANLEY. These "cabinet tip" screwdrivers are in new condition in their original Stanley box, which retaains its full, original paper label.
Estimate: $80.00 - $160.00
Current High Bid: $0.00
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Lot - 66
AN EXTRA CLEAN 3/4" CORNER CHISEL by the James Swan Company, Seymour, Connecticut. This ready to use chisel retains its ring type handle and could be put directly to use.
Estimate: $50.00 - $100.00
Current High Bid: $0.00
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Lot - 67
An ORNATE EARLY TYPE CANDLE WICK TRIMMER. This Victorian Era household accessory decorated with floral designs and has artuflly crafted handles.
Estimate: $80.00 - $160.00
Current High Bid: $0.00
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Lot - 68
AN EXTRA CLEAN TEN-INCH FOLDING HANDLE DRAW KNIFE by the Enderes Company, Chicago, Illinois. This essentially unused folding handle drawknife is the first we have sold from this maker. It is in top collector quality condition.
Estimate: $80.00 - $160.00
Current High Bid: $0.00
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