A Price Guide to Antique Tools by Kean New 9781931626217 Fast Free Ship PB+-

A Price Guide to Antique ToolsAuthor(s): Herbert P. Kean\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Astragal Press, United States\nImprint: Astragal Press\nISBN-13: 9781931626217, 978-1931626217\nSynopsis\nA price guide is only as helpful as its prices are current. With this in mind, we offer a new fourth edition of Herbert Keans A Price Guide to Antique Tools, its prices taken from the latest live and internet auctions as well as from private sales. As before, there are over 12,000 prices (individual and chart combinations) that represent extraordinary tools, as well as those found in flea markets. There is an explanation for each tool group that allows the reader to judge the condition of a tool, the most critical of all factors when determining price. The chapter on American wooden planes covers over 400 makers, each graded with a single value number, a system that is at the same time simple and comprehensive. To help even more, almost every tool is illustrated with a photograph or line drawi.