Pages: 160
Binding: TP
Publisher: Astragal Press
Series: 3
Here at last is a price guide for the 21st century! It stands out as the only price guide that factors in prices realized from tool sales on the internet. I get asked all the time what this or that tool is worth. And frankly I often have no idea. That's why I rely on Herb Kean's expertise. Herb is a familiar face at auctions and sales, keeping track of what selling, for how much, and why. His skill is not just monitoring what is selling, but also evaluating the conditions of the sale and understanding its context. This book is where it all comes together.
The prices in this fourth edition (a total of over 12,000 individual and chart combinations) are averaged from recent live and electronic auctions, as well as from the author's knowledge of general market trends. The prices cover tools from top-of-the-line treasures to common flea market pieces. They demonstrate that tool collecting is reaching its maturity, where condition, signature, and provenance reign supreme and top condition and/or rare pieces bring increasingly higher prices. The prices cover tools that are available in the marketplace, with explanations for each tool group to help the reader classify that most critical of all factors, condition. The chapter on American wooden planes is at the same time simple and comprehensive, covering over 400 makers, each graded with a single value number. New to this edition is a section on internet auctions, where the author explains the mechanisms of electronic auctions and shares some of his secrets for successful bidding. . 7 x 10. Fully illustrated.