Originally Posted by
Mark Baldwin III
Ha! That must be the philosophy of just about every person in the Milwaukee area with a couple of old tools for sale. Crooked molders for $90, seen a Stanley combo plane with a $1400 price tag (and I believe it sold). I think most of these folks see an excellent to perfect example go on the bay for a chunk of change and they think that their twisted/rusted/beat up piece can fetch just as much. Had a standard #4 with a $250 tag on it, the seller was trying to tell everyone that it was the Heavy model. It clearly wasn't. That plane isn't there any more, don't know if they moved it to a different store (lots of sellers operate in 2 or more places) or if it sold. Should I start with the $50+ saw described as: "Signed by Henry Disston"?
From what I know, the lady has had the bedrock for sale for about 2 years. She has had offers of $250, and flatly refused. Personally, I think the buyer that offered $250 was being generous.