I'm thinking about getting one of the two antique tool pricing guides and was wondering if anyone has seen them and has a preference one way or the other.
There is one by Barlow:
And one by Kean:
I'm looking for info concerning if one of them has more photos, better descriptions, wider variety of entries, etc.
Rob
Forget the guides. They're out of date before they are published. Run price histories on Ebay.
They do have some value in pointing out that the left-handed whiffle scraper was particularly rare, in comparison to the right-handed version. Very often you don't need an absolute price estimate (and many damned fools take these books as gospel), you just need the hint as to which is the one worth bothering over.
If I got one it would probably be more for general reference than for pricing, I already have five different books on tools so I'm not sure it would be worth my money getting one for this purpose. I'd sure like to see one before I bought it.
That's more like what I want it for, I'm guessing they would have a few nuggets of info that some of the other books don't.
I once ran across a luncheon set of depression glass in a small shop. It was not one of the well known or often collected patterns but it was one that I was familiar with and liked. I wanted to buy it and asked about the price. The woman who owned the shop would not sell it to me because she had not been able to find a price for it in any of her "price guides!" Nuts!
Maryann
"Anything can be anywhere!"
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Smart lady...she obviously had been in business for a while... :)
One of the benefits of "Saturday morning saleing" is that quite often the seller either hasn't a clue, or just wants to be rid of "stuff" Like the Fluke 77 multi meter for $3 or the unused Electromaid fry pans for $2 and $3 that I have provided to family members. The chair I am sitting in cost me $2 and the one beside me for puppy was $3. Gerry :-)} London, Canada
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