Free tool appraisal app
A free tool appraisal app helps sort the first question: is the tool collectible, useful, decorative, incomplete, or worth a professional appraisal?
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Start with tool type, maker mark, size, material, condition, completeness, and whether similar tools have sold. Rust, missing parts, and mixed lots can change the answer quickly.
Auction records are market evidence, not a final appraisal. Condition, authenticity, provenance, completeness, size, rarity, and demand can materially change value.
Photo checklist
- Photograph the whole tool, maker marks, patent dates, handles, blades, jaws, screws, boxes, labels, and damage.
- Measure length, width, jaw size, blade width, and include set contents if it is a kit or box lot.
- Note rust, sharpening, cracks, replaced handles, missing parts, repainting, and whether it works.
What changes the answer
- Maker, rarity, trade use, condition, completeness, original box, and collector demand drive value.
- Single tools, tool lots, Native American stone tools, and later shop tools compare differently.
- Heavy rust, missing jaws, broken handles, over-cleaning, and mixed incomplete sets reduce value.
What similar items actually sold for
To help ground this guide in real market activity, here are recent example auction comps from Appraisily’s internal database. These matched sales are market context only, not an object estimate or identification, and they do not guarantee a price for your specific woodworking plane.
Shown USD range: USD 10-USD 50. Median of these 4 USD examples: USD 35.
| Comparable | What sold | Auction house | Date | Lot | Source-reported amount |
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Union No 7 Woodworking PlaneSource blocked; provenance matched | Atlee Raber Auctioneer | 2025-11-03 | 509A | USD 45 (buyer’s-premium treatment unknown) |
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Woodworking plane: A Mathieson & Son, Glasgow rosewood infill woodworking plane and blade. 7 1/4" longSource blocked; provenance matched | Claydon Auctioneers | 2015-06-06 | 888 | GBP 55 (buyer’s-premium treatment unknown) |
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Vintage Japanese Steel Woodworking PlaneSource blocked; provenance matched | Vidi Vici Gallery | 2025-08-07 | 412 | USD 25 (buyer’s-premium treatment unknown) |
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1954 BOXED RECORD WOODWORKING PLANE, MODEL 04Source blocked; provenance matched | Cato Crane & Company | 2019-04-17 | 220 | GBP 22 (buyer’s-premium treatment unknown) |
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Woodworking Plane Signed Sandusky Tool CoSource blocked; provenance matched | Smith Auction Company | 2016-02-20 | 285 | USD 10 (buyer’s-premium treatment unknown) |
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A Stanley #4 woodworking plane,Source blocked; provenance matched | Bargain Hunt Auctions | 2021-03-02 | 8163A | AUD 45 (buyer’s-premium treatment unknown) |
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Woodworking plane: A Mathieson & Son, Glasgow rosewood infiSource blocked; provenance matched | Claydon Auctioneers | 2015-08-01 | 817 | GBP 48 (buyer’s-premium treatment unknown) |
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Winchester 19In Woodworking PlaneSource blocked; provenance matched | Atlee Raber Auctioneer | 2026-04-08 | 163 | USD 50 (buyer’s-premium treatment unknown) |
How these auction records were verified
Each row retains its exact source URL, lot identity, retrieval time, access result, and immutable record hash. Live source access was blocked; the exact record matched Appraisily's immutable pipeline provenance. Inspect the public comparable provenance record.
Disclosure: prices are shown as reported by auction houses and are provided for appraisal context. Learn more in our editorial policy.
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