CURRENT "TOOLS FOR SALE"

 Last modified on Jan 25, 2020. 2019

Planes   Collectible Planes    Block Planes    Wooden Planes     Draw Knives & Shaves 
 Braces     Bits  Drills    Screw  Drivers     Chisels     Gages     Rules    Levels    Squares 
 Books   Machinist Tools   Saws     Nautical & Scrimshaw    Eskimo Tools etc   Miscellaneous  
 Surveying  Equipment 

                  Percy Likes the Sun

BOOKS, MAGAZINES & PHOTOS

BK2 - Brown & Sharpe “Construction and Use  of Universal Milling Machines" 1882_$30.00

BK3 - Lufkin Precision Tools Catalog No. 7.  Excellent Condition.  Fine.  ___________$40.00

BK5 - Modern Machine Shop Practice by Rose.  1st Am.  Ed.  Vol. I (1887) &Vol II (1888).  $75.00

BK6 - Modern Machine Shop Practice.  Supplement to the First Edition.  1892  _________$25.00

BK10 - Ronald S. Barlow. The Antique Tool Collector’s Handbook. Fine. ____________ $20.00

BK11 - Lufkin General Catalog No. 11 (ca. 1935). Rules, Tools, et al.  Easily Good ______  $20.00

BENCH PLANES 

P2 - Stanley No. 3 Smooth Plane.  Type 17 (1941-46).  Good+ ____________________$45.00

P4 - Millers Falls No. 9 .Smooth Plane.  Type Good+  ___________________________$25.00

P5 - Millers Falls No. 14C Jack Plane.  Type 4 (1953-66)  Most Finishes.  Fine _____   SOLD

P6 - Stanley No. 5 1/4 “junior Jack Plane.  Type 17.  Fine.  ______________________$65.00

P7 -  Stanley No. 5 Jack Plane.  Type 18 (1946-47).  Easily Good+ ___________________ $40.00

P8 -Stanley No. A 5 Aluminum Jack Plane.  Type 13. Nice Condition.  Fine  ________$125.00

Patent, Scarce & Older Types

CP1 - Steer’s Patent (1883) No. 307 Jointer Plane.  Early Example.  Good+  ________$300.00

CP3 - Chaplin’s Improved No. 1204 Smooth Plane.  Great Condition.  Fine. _________ $150.00

CP5 - Stanley No. 13 Circular Plane.  Type 2 (1871-78).  Collectible Condition. Fine.  $100.00

CP8 - Kellett’s Patent Plane Blade.  Sept 16, 1884.  Near Full Length.  Good+ ______ $15.00

SPECIALTY PLANES 

P22 - Stanley No. 278 Rabbet & Filletster Plane.  Type 1.  Lacks Depth Stop Good+_$100.00

P27 -  Stanley No. 141. Bull Nose Plow Plane. (Miller's Patent). Good. ____________$150.00

P31 -  OWT Router. Larger Size with 3/4” Cutter. Likely English. Easily Good+ _____$75.00

BLOCK PLANES 

BP2 - Stanley (Eng) No. G12-20 Adjustable Block Plane. New ___________________$35.00

BP3 - Stanley No. 100 “Squirrel Tail Block Plane.  SW Blade.  Easily Good+________  $35.00

BP4 - Fulton Tool Co. (NY) Lever Cap Block Plane (Sargent) Good  ________________$60.00

BP6 - Stanley No. 63 Low Angle Block Plane.  7” Sole.  Scarce Plane.  Good+  ________$125.00

BP7 - Double End Block Plane (Like Stanley 130) Reversible Blade Position. Good+ ____$25.00

BP8 - Stanley No. 9 ¼ Block Plane.  Like the 9 ½ sans throat adjustment.  Fine.  _______$25.00

BP9 -  Stanley No 65 Low Angle Block Plane.  Type 1.  Good+  ______________________$50.00

BP10 - Millers Falls No. 33 Non-Adjustable Block Plane.  IOB.  Fine.  ________________$25.00

BP12 - Stanley (England) No. G12-060 Low Angle Block Plane. New._________________ $50.00

BP13 - Stanley No. 9 ½ Adjustable Block Plane.  Long--Time Favorite.  Fine.  __________$35.00

BP14 - Millers Falls No. 1455B Low Angle Block Plane. Uncommon. Fine. ____________$40.00

BP15 - Stanley No. 120 Block Plane. Third Type from the 1880s. Lever adjust. Fine. _____$30.00

BP16 - Sargent No. 207 Block Plane.  Older, Scarce Model.  Good+. _________________ $30.00

Wooden Planes

WP3 - Unmarked Early Appearing Ogee Molding Plane.  Ca.1800?  Fine. ___________ $56.25

WP4 - Coach Maker’s Curved Rabbet Plane.  Unmarked.  Outstanding Example!  Fine.    $93.75

WP5 - John M. Taber*. Ship Rabbet (Jack Rabbet) Plane.  Nice plane.  Easily Good+ ___ $55.00

WP13 - Hills & Winship (Springfield, MA) 6/8 Astragal.  Fully Boxed. .  Good+  ________$40.00

WP20 - Coachmaker's Boxwood Compass Rabbet Plane. 4 1//2” Sole. Fine. ____________$75.00

WP22 -  R & C. Carter * Troy, NY. Ogee with Astragal Molding Plane. Fine.____________ $45.00

Drawknives and Spoke Shaves, etc  (GREEN ITEMS REDUCED)

D1 - Jigger or Howeling Knife.  3 ¼” Edge.  “LIE” Rare and Good+.  ______________$50.00.

D2 - Stanley No. 62 Reversible Spoke Shave.  Two Blades.  Scarce and Good+.  ______$112.50

D4 -  A. J. Wilkinson (Boston) Folding Draw Knife.  10”.Nice Condition.  Fine.  _____$70.00

D5 - Stanley No. 58 Spoke Shave.  Flat Handles Scarce.  Good+ ___________________ $50.00

D8 - J. S. Cantello (Boston).  Folding Draw Knife. 8” Clean & Fine. ________________ $85.00

D17 - Chandler's Chamferer. Draw Knife Chamfer Guide Set. IOB. Scarce and Fine. ___$100.00

Chisels, Gouges, Knives, Adzes & Axes 

C1 - Greaves & Sons (Sheffield) Firmer Chisel.  2” Size.  Good+  __________________SOLD

C2 - I. Sorby. (Sheffield) Crank Handle Pattern Maker's Gouge Risque Engraving _____$60.00

C4 -   Neolithic Adze Head.  Probably American Indian.  Flaked Flint.  Good+  _________$150.00

C5 - Ice Chipper Extraordinaire 4 5/8” Blade. Great Handle. Fine_________________ $125.00

C6 -Sash Mortise Chisel, Underhill.  Nashua, N.H.   3/8” .  A Good Old One.  Fine. ______$40.00

C7 -  Group of 12 Single Owner Carving Chisels.  Small Sizes.  Easily Good. _________  $140.00

C9 -  Three Larger Bowl Turning Lathe Tools.  Early.  Good+  ______________________$40.00

C11 - Amory W. Crossman Framing Chisel.  2” Long Heavy Blade.  Good  ______________$60.00

Boring Tools

Braces  (See my Brace Collection)    (GREEN ITEMS REDUCED)

B1 - Amidon & White (Buffalo)  Corner Brace  1884 Patent.  Easily Good+ ________ $55.00

B2 - 18^th Century Wooden Brace with 7 Good Pads. Fine. _____________________$200.00

B3 - Millerw Falls  No. 33 Ratchet Bit Brace.  8”  Two 1871 Pats.  Easily Good+  ___$30.00

B5 - C. E. Jennings Co. (New York) No. 108 ¼ Ratchet Bit Brace.  Good+_________$35.00

B7 - Fray & Pigg.  Spofford Patent Iron Brace.  7” Sweep.  Good+ ______________ $25.00

B11 - D. Simal (Belgium) Surgeon’s Brace.  3” Sweep. Changeable Chuck.  Good+  $217.50

B14 - Millers Falls No. 502A Master Corner Brace.  Master" Chuck.  Easily Good. _ $35.00

Drills  

DR2 - Millers Falls No. 2A Eggbeater Hand Drill. Ever Popular.  Good+  _____________$35.00

Bits & Things         

B16 - One-Half Set of Irwin Auger Bits.  Near New in Roll.  Fine  _________________SOLD

B17 - Millers Falls No. 5 Tool Handle.  Largest Size.  Easily Good  _________________$25.00

B18 - Irwin Steel Auger Bit Rack.  Fine Addition to the Shop.  Fine  _______________ $35.00

B19 - Shell Auger Gimlet With Lead Screw. Rosewood handle. Fine._______________$50.00

B20 -Bridgeport Hdwe Mfg. Corp. Rosewood Tool Handle.  Large Size.  Good+ _______$35.00

B21 - Millers Falls No. 5 Rosewood Tool Handle.  1868 Patent Date. Scarce  Good+  ___$45.00

B22 -  Morse Patent Cylindrical Drill Index. Style 390. The Small One. Fine _________ $60.00

B23 -  Morse Wood Drill Stand for No. 5 Drill Bit Set. Good+ _____________________$60.00

B24 -Irwin USA Center Post 20/16 Single Auger Bit.  Fine. ______________________SOLD

B25 - Miniature Adjustable Nut Wrench.  Nice Detail.  Fine. _____________________ $25.00

B26 - Machinist-made Brass Drill Bit Index & Stand.  Unusual and Fine.  ____________$75.00

B27 - Doweling Auger Bits.  3 sizes, 3 makers.  Good+ __________________________ SOLD

Screwdrivers and Push Drills   (GREEN ITEMS REDUCED)

SC1 - Yankee (Stanley) No. 3423Ratchet Phillips Offset Screw Driver.  Fine  _________SOLD

SC3 - Yankee (North Bros) No. 42 Automatic Screw Driver.  Wooden Handle.    Good+ _ $25.00

SC4 - Yankee  (North Bros) No. 131A Ratchet Screw Driver.  The Big One.  Good+  ___$19.00

SC5 - Millers Fall No. 610B Spiral Ratchet Screw Driver.  Most Finishes.  Good+ ____ $15.00

SC6 - F. A. Howard & Son, Allard's Patent Spiral Screw Driver. Scarce and Fine. _____$45.00

SC7 - Yankee (North Bros) No. 20-2 Ratchet Screw Driver.  Scarce.  Fine  ___________$35.00

SC8 - Stanley Yankee No. SP135A Spiral Ratchet Screw Driver.  Finger guard. Fine.  ___$31.50

SC10 - Stanley Yankee No. 131A Spiral Ratchet Screw Driver. 4 bits. Fine.___________ $20.00

Levels, Layout & Measuring

 Gages & Calipers      (GREEN ITEMS REDUCED)

R1 - Winslow’s Adjustable Face Gage.  1900 Patent.  Uncommon.  Good+  ______$75.00

R2 - Stanley No. 72 Double Gauge.  Two Stems for Marking or Mortise.  Fine. ___ $18.75

R3 - Marples (England) No. 2154 Mortise and Marking Gage.  Fine  ____________$40.00

R4 -  Stanley (unmarked) No. 78 Rosewood Screw Adjust Mortise Gage.  Fine. ____$55.00

R5 - Panel Slitting Gage. Beautiful and “Different” Collector's Tool. Fine.______ $250.00

R6 - Crown Tools (Sheffield) Slide Adjust Mortise Gage.  Fine. ________________$35.00

R7 -  Stanley No, 77 Rosewood Mortise Gage.  Screw Adjust.  Fine._____________  $60.00

R8 - Stanley (unmarked) No. 73 Mortise Gage.  Boxwood.  Uncommon Good+ _____ $37.50

R9 - Brass Trammel Points. Fine Adjust. 4 ½" Fine ________________________ $50.00

R10 - Large Wood, Brass & Steel Compass/Dividers.  30” Legs.  Good+  ________$93.75

R11 -  Classic English Brass & Ebony Mortise Gage.  Fine.  ___________________$60.00

R12 - Stanley No. 77 Mortise and Marking Gage. Screw Adjust. SW. Good+ ______$55.00

R13 - E. C. Stearns Co. (Syracuse) No. 85 Butt Gage.  Like Stanley No. 95.  Fine. __$15.00

R 14- Stanley No. 77 Screw Adjust Mortise Gage.  Rosewood.  Fine. ____________ $50.00

R15 - Stanley No. 92  Butt & Rabbet Gauge.  SW Near New.  Fine. ______________ SOLD

R16 - Unmarked Panel Gage.  24” Stem.  Nicely Made.  Fine:  _________________$45.00

R17 -  Older Traditional Veneer Worker’s Slitting Gage.  Easily Good.  _________$30.00

R18 -  "Hall-Mark" Cordage Rule.  Hull, England.  Near New.  Fine ____________$125.00

R19 - Wedge Lock Marking Gage.  Simple but Elegant.  Fine. __________________ $20.00

 Rules & Tapes   (GREEN ITEMS REDUCED)

RR1 - Brass (or bronze) Yard Stick & Tailor’s Yard. “H. W. Waite”.  Fine. ________ SOLD

RR2 - Lufkin No. 386 Four-fold, 12” Caliper Rule.  Like Stanley 32. Advertising.  Fine. $67.50

RR3 - Stanley No. 92 (unmarked) Four-fold Ivory 1-Foot Rule.  Good+  ____________$131.25

RR4 - C– S Co.  (Chapin-Stephens) No. 32 4-fold 12” Caliper Rule.  Fine. __________ $75.00

RR5 - Stanley No. 76 Arch Joint, Full Bound 4-fold 2’ Rule. Near Pristine.  Fine. ____ SOLD

RR6 - Sterling Silver 12” Folding Rule.  English 1820-50.  Unusual and  Fine.  _____$290.00

RR7 -- Stanley No. 53 ½ Architect’s Rule (Special).  Uncommon Edge Marks.  Fine. _ $100.00

RR8 - Stanley No. 73 Arch Joint Unbound, 4-Fold 2’ Rule.  SW Mark.  Fine.  _______$80.00

RR9 - Stephens & Co.  Un-numbered 4-Fold, 2-Foot Rule Special Scale.  Good+_____ $75.00

RR10 - “London” Four-Fold 12” Ivory Rule.  Arch Joint.  Fine._________________  $150.00

RR11 -Stanley No. 50 Textile Yard Rule.  Two Distinctions.  Good+ _______________ SOLD

RR12 - Stanley (unmarked) No. 69 Four-fold 12” Rule.  Good+.  __________________$25.00

RR13 - Stanley Rule & Level Co. No. 85 4-Fold 2-Foot Ivory Rule.  Good+  _________$150.00

RR14 - Zig Zag Folding Ivory Rule in Shagreen Case.  Likely French.  Fine.  _______$400.00

RR15 - W. & L.E. Gurley Special Dry Measure Rule. Scarce. Easily Good+ _________$200.00

RR16 - Stanley No. 66 ½ Rule.  3-foot, 4-fold rule.  Later type.  Easily Good+  _______ SOLD

RR17 - Steel Rule. Early. Hand Engraved. 12” Probably English. Good _____________$10.00

RR18 - Belcher Bros. Shrink Rule. 1/8" & 1/16" Sides.  Good+_________________ $30.00

BR21  -  6 Inch Sterling Silver Rule. Tiffany & Co. Gift for Sewing Basket. Fine. _____$170.00

RR24 - Wood Straight Edge.  Dated 1809 & Initialed.  Great Item!  Fine. ___________ $180.00

Bevels & Squares     (GREEN ITEMS REDUCED)

RB1 - Philo L. Fox (Bridgeport, CT) Patent Bevel.  Uncommon Tool.  Good. _______ $105.00

RB2 - Scherr-Tumico (S-T Co) (St. Johns, MN) 6” Combo Square Head.  Good. ______ $25.00

RB4 - Wood  Bevel.  Mahogany with 14” Blade.  Fine.  _________________________$20.00

RB6 -  A. McKenzie (Boston) Patent Square and Level.  Rare Tool.  Good+ _________ $220.00

RB11 - Stanley No. 2 Traut's Patent Tri Square. 8” Size. Scarce. Easily Good+ ______$37.50

RB12 - Miniature Silver Carpenter’s Square . Masonic Pendant.  Fine.  ____________$90.00

Levels     

L1 - Davis & Cook, Watertown, NY No 269 Plumb & Level.  Fine.  __________________$90.00

L2 - Stanley No. 39 ½ Machinist Level. WWII Finishes.  Fine _____________________ $30.00

L3 - Keen Kutter, KKO, Plumb & Level.  Cherry.  28”.  Easily Good+  ________________$20.00

L4 -  Patent bevel/square/inclinometer/level.  Gagnon & Hawthorne 1917 Patent Good+ __$75.00

L6 - Stanley No. 36 Metallic Plumb & Level.  First Type.  9”  Easily Good+. ____________ $35.00

L7 - Millers Falls No. 10 Plumb and Level.  12” Rosewood with Brass Binding.”  Fine. ___ $190.00

L8 - 

L9 - Stanley No. 3 Carpenter’s Level.  26” Size.  Faded Decal.  Fine. __________________$25.00

L13 - Stanley No. 3 Bench Level. Original Decal SW Mark. 26 inch Length Easily Good+_ $20.00

L14 -  Stratton Bros. No. 10 beass bound machinist level BB. Type 5. 8 inch  Fine. ______$250.00

Saws & Stuff

S4 -

S5 -

S14 - Atkins No. 1 Silver Steel Mitre Box Saw (For Marsh Mitre Machine)  Fine. _________ $50.00

MACHINISTS' TOOLS

                        (GREEN ITEMS REDUCED)

MA2 - Brown & Sharpe No. 633  Screw Thread Gage.   51 pitches.  IOB ______________SOLD

MA3 - Brown & Sharpe No. 530 Knife Edge Straight Edges.  Light Tarnish  Fine _______$40.00

MA7 -

MA9 - Starrett No. 216 Micrometer.  1”  Digital Readout. _________________________ $45.00

MA11 -  Precision Machinist's Square. Craftsman Made and Fine. ___________________$75.00

MA15 - Joshua T. Slocomb Co. (Providence, RI).  Thread Micrometers No. 29 & 30.  Good+  $25.00

MA20 - The L. S. Starrett & Co. No. 228 Hub Micrometer.  Special Purpose.  Good+ ______ $25.00

MISCELLANEOUS

M1 - Roller Wheel Adjusting Pipe Wrench.  Craftsman Tool Co.  1907 Pat.  Fine.  _$33.75

M2 - Double Claw Hammer.  Unusual Design.  Not Patent.  Good+ _____________ $187.50

M3 - Carver’s Whimsy. Wood ring with four sets of chain links and Captive Balls .  $25.00

M8 - Shapely Steel Plumb Bob.  2lb 12oz.  Nice Form.  Good+ _________________ $60.00

M9 - Engraved Bone Spatula.  Leather Tool.  Snake images.  Fine.  _____________$60.00

M10 - H. D. Smith (Plantsville, CT).  Perfect Handle Ball Peen Hammer.  Fine ____$75.00

M11 - Upholsterer's Tack Hammer. Strap Handle. Side Tack Claw. Good. ________$75.00

M12 - L. Coes & Co. Adjustable Nut Wrench. 4 5/8” Smallest Size. Good.________ $75.00

M13 - American Seating Co. Nut Wrench.  Unusual Implement Nut Wrench.  Good+  $15.00

M14 - HandE Wrench Co. (New Bedford) Patent Pipe Wrench.  Slide Adjust.  Good+  $30.00

M15 - Reed Mfg Co. (Erie, PA) 1897 Patent Adj. No. 11  Pipe Wrench Good+ ______$26.25

M16 -  C. E. Gibbs (Boston). Paper liner(?) with Graduated Brass Edge Easily Good. _$50.00

M17 -  Underhill (Boston) Shingling hatchet. Later Mark. Good+________________ $25.00

M18 - HandE Wrench Co. Unmarked (unfinished?) Nut Wrench_________________$37.50

M19 - Upholster's Style Tack Hammer. Strap Handled. Superb. Fine. _____________$97.50

M20 - General No. 800 12 oz Brass Plumb Bob.  Original Box.  Fine.  _____________$35.00

M21 -  Brown & Sharpe No. 790 Liquid Filled Plumb Bob. Smallest size. Fine. ______$35.00

M22 - Syracuse Wrench Co. Champion Ratchet Wrench Set No. 1 IOB. __________ $67.50

M23 - Goodell-Pratt No. 29 1/2 Polishing Lathe.  All Original Finishes.  Fine.  _____$175.00

M24 - Wilton (Chicago) No. 825 “Bullet” Machinist's Vise. Small 2 1/2" Size. Good+ $350.00

M25 - C. S. Osborne Pad Nut Pliers. Harness Maker Tool. Scarce. Fine. ___________$30.00

M26 - Weight Set for Laboratory Pan Balance. Nearly Complete in Fitted Box. Fine ___$50.00

M27 - Locksmith Picks.  Partial Set.  Nice Case.  Good.  ________________________$20.00

M28 - Boynton’s Patent Adjustable Alligator Wrench.  1887 Patent.  Good+. ________$75.00

Nautical, Scrimshaw, and Surveying

Note: Because Antique Ivory from marine mammals has essentially been banned for sale in the following States, I cannot ship such products to: California, Hawaii, Illinois, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, Oregon & Washington.
 

Ship Builder's & Sail Maker's Tools    (GREEN ITEMS REDUCED)

NA1 - Two Quality Smaller Caulking Tools .  Unmarked ______________________$35.00

NA2 - Sailor's Fid. Very Dense Hard Wood. 10”. Fine. _______________________$70.00

NA3 -  Lead Whale Casting - Spline Weight. Bottle Opener? Good. _____________$50.00

NA4 -  Oyster Knives.  Group of Three.  Hand Forged.  Fine.  __________________$30.00

NA5 - -Serving Mallet.  Extra Nice “hammer” Form.  Small.  Fine,  ______________$40.00

NA6 -Sailor's Line Heaving Weight (or Shore Side Weapon). Turk's Head . Fine. __$245.00.

NA7 - Sailor’s Cosh with Fancy Rope Work. Sailor-Made, and Deadly.  Easily Good.  $225.00

NA8 - Serving Mallet.  Hammer Form and Well Carved.  Fine Grained Wood.  Good+  $60.00

NA9 - Rabone & Sons (England) Cordage Rule.  Cordage Wt. Calculation.  Good+ __ $93.75

NA10 -  Deck Prism for a sailing ship.  Slightly Tinted Glass.  Fine.  _____________$150.00

NA11 - Caulking Iron.  Unique—Made from File.  Single Crease  Fine ____________  $35.00

NA12 - Sailor's Sail Cloth Ditty Bag. Fancy Knot Work. Easily Good._____________ $400.00

NA13 - Group of Three Netting Shuttles.  Likely Arctic Origin.  Fine.  _____________$25.00

NA14 - Race Knife. Larger Size. A Nautical Tool. Easily Good+ __________________$50.00

NA15 - Four-arm Timber Scribe.  Uncommon Form.  Easily Good+  _______________$135.00

NA16 - Manhattan Tool Mfg. Co. Hawsing Iron.  Uncommon Caulking Tool.  Good.  ___$33.75

NA17 - B. D. Hathaway (New Bedford) Felling Axe.  No Handle.  Easily Good.  _______$105.00

NA18 - Vertical Double Block.  Outstanding Old and Unique.  Fine.  ______________$125.00

NA20 -  Shipwright's Wooden Boat Sway Brace. 18^th Century Form. Good__________ $60.00

Nautical Art & Books     (GREEN ITEMS REDUCED)

NART1 - Navigating Instruments.  M.V. Brewington. 1963.  Good+. ______________ $30.00

NART2 -

NART3 -

NART4 - 

NART5 - Whaling Bark Josephine Hove Down For Repairs.  Famous Photo.  Fine.  _____$20.00

NART6 -  19th Century Ship Painting on Pearl Oyster Shell.  Good+ ______________ $500.00

NART7 - Silver Gelatin Print of the Whaling Bark Greyhound,  Hauled Out __________ $25.00

NART8 - Whaling Bark "Charles W. Morgan" Outfitting for Voyage.  1906/7  Fine ___ $25.00

NART9 - Digital Print of the Whaling Bark "Sunbeam" being unloaded - Aug 1, 1906 __ $25.00

NART10 - William Gilkerson Print of "Thee Helen Mar Clearing. . . . "  Fine. __________$30.00

NART11 -Additionl William Gilderson Prints Available -Fine ______________________@$30.00_

Navigation    (GREEN ITEMS REDUCED)

NA24 - Stuart’s “Distance Meter.”  English 1895 Patent.  For Use at Sea.  Fine. _______ $225.00

NA25 - Classic Ebony & Brass Navigator’s Parallel Rule.  12” Size.  Fine.  ____________$25.00

NA26 - Ivory Navigational Parallel Rule. 6 3/8” Brass Hinges. Fine._________________ $75.00

NA27 - Fancy Mahogany Parallel Navigation Rule.  8 5/8’’  _________________________$85.00

NA29 - Navigational Parallel Rule.  18”  Macassar Ebony & Brass.  Good+ ____________$25.00

NA31 - Sounding Lead & Line from Down East, Maine.  Good+  _____________________$100.00

NA32 - Merrifield & Co. (New York) Gunter’s Rule.  For Navigation.  Ca. 1820s.  Good+ __ $250.00

Whalecraft & Miscellaneous Whaling -   (GREEN ITEMS REDUCED)

WC1 - Piece of Baleen from a Large Whale.  Probably Humpback.  Good  ___________$25.00

WC2 -

WC3 -  Swordfish Dart (Toggle Harpoon).  Brass. Gangion Rigged.  Fine.____________  $25.00

WC4 -

WC5 - “Whale Smoking Tobacco” Empty Pouch with Bright Chromolitho Label.  Good+ $100.00

WC6 -  “Mystery” Tool.  Perhaps a Baleen Scraper.  Good+. ______________________ $200.00

WC7 - Whale Toggle Harpoon.  Modified Temple Type.  No Handle  Fine. _____________ $400.00

WC8 -  Whaling “Bone” Spade. Old but Scarce.  Fair Condition ___________________$300.00

WC9 - Spermaceti Wax Cake. Imported from Scotland in the 1950s Rare Item. _________$100.00

Scrimshaw   

SCR1 -  Whale Bone Fid. Smaller Size with Turned Cap. Nice Looking.  Fine. _________$250.00

SCR2 -  Whalebone Body Cod Jig.  Uncommon and Nice.  Fine  ______________________$225.00

SCR3 - Whalebone Serving Mallet.  Unusual Double head Sort.  Unusual  Good+  ________$375.00

SCR4 - Sculpted Bird.  Whale Tooth.  Signed, “M. Simas”  Fine. _____________________ $125.00

SCR5 -  Sailor-Made Leather Burnisher/creaser. Whale Bone. Easily Good+. ___________$340.00

SCR6 - Snake-form Bodkin.  Bone.  Uncommon and Exceptional.  Fine.  ________________$500.00

SCR7 - Key Helm Spoke. Whale Bone Cap.  Helm "Up" mark.  Fine  __________________$150.00

SCR8 - Sculpted Whale Tooth.  “FEB”.  6” Tooth.  Fine.  ____________________________$185.00

SCR9 -  Timber Scribe. Bone or Antler Handle. Small Size. Good+ ____________________$290.00

SCR10 - Shark Vertebrae and Baleen Pointer. Unusual Size. Fine. ___________________$255.00

SCR11 - Small Scrimshaw Marking Gage.  Wood, Whale Ivory, Ebony.  Fine. ___________ $350.00

SCR12 - Whaler's Pan Bone Fid. 11” Length Decorated. Fine. ______________________$675.00

SCR13 - Whale Bone Pie Crimper. Bird Head Design. Sailor-made Good+. _____________$280.00

SCR14 - Complex Whale Bone Leather Creaser and Burnisher. Fine._________________ $475.00

SCR15 - Small Engraving or Carving Knife.  Bone Handle. Good+______________________$35.00

SCR16 - Whale Bone Wrench Stem.  Ornately Turned Fine.  ________________________$295.00

SCR17 - Smaller Whale Bone Fid.  7 Inches.  For Sail Making.  Whale Bone.  Fine. ______ $200.00

SCR18 - Small Ivory Handled Magnifying Glass.  For Scrimshaw work?  Fine.  __________$225.00

SCR19 -  Bone Handled Ornate Food Chopper.  Good+  _____________________________$200.00

SCR20 - Scrimshaw Walrus Tusk Segment.  Native American Figure.  Fine.  ____________$850.00

SCR21 - Whale Bone Fid.  9 1/2" Nice Grommet Setting Wear.  Good+___________________$250.00

Eskimo and Inuit Tools and Artifacts 

Many of the following tools and objects are mostly prehistoric (17th Century & earlier), and are derived from privately owned property on St. Lawrence Island in the Bering Sea, where they were found in ancestral  ruins by native Yupik Eskimos living there, and sold legally.

 ESK1 - skimo or Inuit Seal Skin Mukluks.  Genuine.  Have Seen Some Use.  Good+_______ $225.00

ESK2- Beveled Straight Edge with Marquetry Inlays. Eskimo Theme. Fine. ______________$50.00

ESK3 -   Model Eskimo Kayak.  Norton Sound, Alaska Type.  Fine.  _____________________$325.00

ESK4 - Inuit or Eskimo Stone Ax & Hammer.  Driftwood Handle. Prehistoric  and Fine.______ $100.00

ESK5 -  Eskimo Wooden Ladle.  Lg Size.  19^th Century.  Fine. _________________________ $100.00

ESK7 - Eskimo Woman's Knife (Ulu). Carved Ivory Handle. Steel Blade. Fine. _____________$270.00

ESK8 - Inuit Whale Bone Plaque in the Style of Judas Ullulaq (Gjoa Haven)  Good+ _________ $150.00

ESK9 - Inuit Whale Bone Sculpture. Transformation subject. Fine. _____________________$125.00

ESK10 - Bering Strait Repurposed Harpoon Head.  Extraordinary  Fine.  _________________$550.00

ESK11 -  Eskimo-made Knife.  Paper or Butter Knife.  Walrus Ivory.  Fine.  _______________$90.00

ESK12 -  Walrus Ivory Eskimo-made Bag Handle.  Zoomorphic Form.  Fine._______________  $120.00

ESK13 - Eskimo or Inuit Ulu (Woman’s Knife) with Steel Blade.  Interesting Form.  Good+ ___ $230.00

ESK14 - Bering Stait Whaling Harpoon.   Extra Large Bone & Slate.  Fine.  _______________$500.00

ESK15 - Inuit Snow Goggles.  Caribou Antler. Fine__________________________________$400.00

ESK16 - Eskimo Bone & Wood Container.  Late 19^th Century.  Decorated.  Snuff ? Fine. ____ $520.00

ESK17 - Bering Strait Eskimo Hollow Tube (drinking)  Punuk Carving.  Fine   _____________$400.00

ESK18 - Old Eskimo Medallion/Ornament/Talisman/Toggle.  Old Walrus Ivory.  Fine.  ______$200.00

ESK19 - Eskimo  or Athabaskan Dagger.  Metal Blade and Bone Handle.  Interesting Good+ ___ $675.00

Surveying Tools & Instruments   (GREEN ITEMS REDUCED)

SUR1 - Buff & Berger (Boston) Engineer’s Dumpy Level.  17” Telescope. Good+ __________$200.00

SUR2 - Keuffel & Esser No. 6440 .50’ Engineers Chain . Brass Handles & Tags.  Fine. ____ $225.00

SUR3 - Engineer’s Surveying Chain.  100 Feet.  Stanley (London).  Fine. ________________ $275.00

SUR4 - Spencer & Co. (London) Surveyor's Compass. IOB with Vanes. Good ____________$350.00

SUR5 - U. S. Military Field Alidade.  For Traverse Table.  In Original Leather Case  Fine ___.  $50.00

SUR6 - R. Bucher (Meilen)  Swiss  Plane Table (for Alidade) with Tripod, Case,Map Folder.  _ $175.00

SUR7 - Uncommon Surveyor's Metric Chain - “Decimetre” Gunter's Style. Fine. __________$250.00

SUR8 -  Set of Japanese Surveyor's Scales with Offsets. WWII Vintage Bamboo. Fine. _______$125.00

SUR9 - W. & L. E. Gurley Surveyor’s ½ Chain.  50 feet, 33 links.  Fine.  __________________$300.00

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