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The Cobbs Auctioneers
Important Antique Tool Auction Saturday July 16th 2005 at 10am
in Historic Noone Falls Mill, Peterborough NH

 

 

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 Lot Number and Description Image
#1        
Lignum Vitae handle twist auger.
#3         
Work bench 5.5 ft. long. Painted base with pin-striping.
#4         
European decorated jointer plane.
#5         
Lot of 3 panel gauges.
#6         
Folding 2 man saw with case.
#7         
Wooden tool box with contents, 34" by 17" high.
#9         
Dove tailed box with trays, 34" wide by 18" high.
#11        
Large wooden dividers - 30 1/2" long.

#12          
"Stanley" #55 plane in wood carrying case, with 4 boxes of blades.
#13        
 Large wooden tool box 24" high by 40" wide, in old red paint, with trays.
#14        
2 marking gauges: 1- "Winslow's" patent, English Ebony, unmarked.
#15        
Box lot of 5 European smooth planes, molding planes. Nicely decorated.   One is dated 1804.
 
#17        
"Ohio Tool Co.", panel raising plane, 14 1/4" long.
#18          
Lignum Vitae large stump base for small anvil or hardy. 39" high.
#19        
2 levels: 1-Mahogany brass bound by "Zenith". Patented 1912. 23 3/4" long.  Plum level 24" long with leveling scale, interesting razed form.
#20        
Large wooden work bench with end vice. 6' 1/2" long. Handled storage compartment on bottom.  Pinned for easy disassembly, in old red paint.
#21        
"Stanley" #1 plane, 5". Replaced front knob, chipped tote and lever cap.
#22        
Small treadle lathe, bent wood. Construction, 30"   tall O.A. sculptural.
#23        
"Lester Improved", treadle jigsaw.
#24        
"Coopers" bit brace.
#25        
Box lot of 14 assorted miniature smooth planes, nosing plane, groove plane etc.
 
#26        
Lot of 2 gauges: "A.S.Granger" maker, Springfield, MA.   "SYERS" registered, marking gauge.

#27        
"F.H. Smith Manufacturing Co.", Chicago, patent June 1 1909, punch machine, foot powered.
#28        
Pair of large wooden dividers: 1-35" and the other 40".

#30        
Large European Spelk plane (basket makers plane). Adjustable, carved and decorated, 19"long.

#31        
Crown molding plane, 4' 7/8" wide. By "William Blair & Co.".
 
#33        
1.25” bead plane marked "E.W. Carpenter" Lancaster.

#35       
Coopers bent wood adjustable divider.
 

#36        
14 1/4" long by 4 5/16" wide large skew blade fillister plane, "J. Ashburn" marked, zigzag border.
#37        
Lot of 3 sets of plow plane blades, 21 total.
#39        
Handled ebony& box wood plow plane #564. "Greenfield Tool Co.", Greenfield, Ma. 3 visible thread chips. One side  bracket appears to have been moused. Fine condition otherwise.

#40       
"Ohio Tool Co.", handled boxwood center wheel plow plane. 1 3/4" stripping on center, adjustable spindle end Otherwise good condition +.

#41        
Ebony & brass slide arm plow plane with brass trim unmarked. English.

#42        
Ebony Y brass ultimatum bit brace with ivory button marked, "Stevenson, N.A.W.Hood  & Co."
 
#44        
Metal reciprocating breast drill, MCGS" limited metal with brass wash.
#45        
Lot of 3 planes, iron rabbit planer (throat chipped), low angled smooth plane with Sheffield blade wood, filled handle, small brass edge plane, marked "Barnsley".
   

#45A     
Box lot of 3 items: 1 brass router Marked "GR", 1 unusual brass wood & iron rabbeting plane and a handled tiger maple smooth plane with chrome front knob w/American flag embossed on.
 
 
#46        
WYE level with box marked "Charles G. King" made in Boston with tripod and surveyor's leveling rod. 

#48        
Boxed Transit by "Gurley", Troy New York.
 
#49        
Lot of 3 decorative carvers’ mallets: 1- Boxwood, 1- mahogany and 1- rosewood with ivory handle.
#50       
Large chip carved 1837 rounding plane, with forged iron clamps, 5 1/4" wide, no blade.
#51       
Miniature mold board plow model, 21 1/2" long.

#52       
Box lot of 3 "Stanley" tools, #48 & 49 tongue & groove, #71 router.
 
#53        
12" rosewood, "Stratton", brass bound level.
#54        
2', 4-fold, ivory and German silver rule #85.

#55        
English 5" ebony and ivory button gauge and a "Slack & Howden" Liverpool rope caliper rule.

#56        
16" ebony & ivory navigation rule, marked "Elliot Bros.", Strand, London.
 
 
#57        
Boxed drafting set, extensive with one legged adj. Divider.
 
#58        
Pair of matching side rabbet planes. Iron, rosewood & brass construction.
#59        
 Device for counting by "C.L. Nesmith", Washington, Illinois, patent 1868 & 1870. Wooden painted &  pin-striped, pretty.
#60        
Marble camp ax, "Marble Arms, Manufacturing Co.", Gladstone, Michigan, pat. 1898.
#61        
Goose wing ax 14 1/2" blade marked, "M.G."
#63        
"Stanley" #45 plow plane in original box. Complete set of cutters andinstruction booklet included.
#64       
"Sandusky Tool Co." Ohio, screw armed beech plow plane.
#65        
"G.W. Denison", Winthrop, CT, handled, rosewood screw armed plow plane.
#66        
Mahogany and brass "Windsor" beader, adjustable.
#67        
Spoon bit European breast drill.
#68        
Bowl adze, 7 1/2" blade.
#69        
Bowl adze, 9" blade.
#70        
Lot of 2 board rules. 1 marked "Smith & Phillips Manufacturing Co.", Chicago, USA. The other Square tapered unmarked, bone stop.
#71        
Box lot of name stamps and "Improved Figure Wheel" numbering hammer. Numbers 1/2" and 1 thru 9. Made by "U.S. Bottler's Supply Co.", Chicago.
#72        
Box lot of 4 chair makers braces with fixed graduated spoon bits.
#73        
Box lot of 3 wooden braces with removable bits.
#74         
3 wooden "Archemedian" drills & bits.
#75        
Box lot of 1-incomplete breast drill dated 1833, and a wooden and iron hand adze.
 
#77        
European floor plane, 4 1/2; long, initialed ".H".
#79       
Wood sample cabinet dated 1911. Samples are carved like books. Eighty plus pieces.
 
#80        
Box lot of 3 European bit braces
#81        
Pair of brass & bronze bit braces, unmarked.
#82        
One brass & one iron egg-beater drills.
#83        
Buggy wrench bit brace and a "Duluth" quick adjustment wrench.
#86        
Early screw arm plow plane. Decorated & dated "1764".
 
#87        
"Coopers" plow plane decorated & dated early 1800's.
 
#89       
3- Race knives & saw mill wooden tally book.

#93        
Box lot of 3 pairs of trammel points, brass surface gauge, parallel rule etc.
#95        
Stanley Miller's patent #44, replaced wood & fence. Gun metal body.

#96        
Box lot of 5 hand adzes.0
#97        
Pair of carpenter's slicks. One marked "Witherby" 3 1/2" the other 3".

#98       
Box lot of 2 planimeters. 1-rolling rule and beam spry and a souvenir mini trowel, "Charles B. Cook" Dec. 14, 1914 India.
 
#99        
Lot of violin makers forms, presses, molds, clamps, and patterns etc. many pieces.
#100       "Wheelwright's" lathe, large 5'1/2 wheel. Used for turning wagon wheel hubs, 5' bed
#101      
"Victor" ,Seneca Falls. Manufacturing Co. NY, peddle jigsaw, with adjustable stool.

#102      
"WF & J Barnes" Rockford, Il, USA bicycle shaper or router with 90% japanning & pin stripping.
#103      
"Barnes" bicycle jigsaw.
#105      
Very large book makers book press: labeled "Bertrand, Paris" & book makers plow.
#106      
Lot of 3 book presses 1-with pages.
 

#107      
Book binder's sewing frame.
#110     
Set of 3 clogger's knives.
#111      
Pair of large wooden clogs. 0
#115      
Lot of 3 panel gauges, ebony and exotic woods.
 
#117      
Box lot "Wilkenson" folding draw knife, router & 2 adjustable spoke shaves.

#119      
Pair of double bit axes. Embossed "Our very Best & Black Raven".
#120      
Box lot of 4 bronze tool: 2-tongue & groove planes, router & a block plane
#121      
2 pair of Shopley coach maker's routers with 5 extra bits.

 
#128      
Lot of 3 handled slitting gauges.
#130      
Lot of 4 marking gauges, boxwood, ebony, rosewood & brass.
#133       
Lot of 3 pistol grip leather slitters. "Osborne, Souep", Newark, NJ. And unmarked.
#136      
 Lot of 4 bone handled Ferrier’s knives.
 
#139      
Lot of 2 "Sandusky Tool Co." planes. Plow plane in beech & an adjustable plow plane.
#141      
Boxed lot of 2 sighting levels, one with tripod and "Craigh Osborne", marching compass "Shorts & Mason" sighting pocket compass.
#142      
Lot of 4-steel measuring tapes. Three by "K & E" and I-Chicago steel tape co, with surveyor's pins & chains.

#148      
Pair of adjustable weede compass  planes, "Gleave's Oldham St, Manchester" & "Sandusky Tool Co. Ohio"
#149       
Box lot of 3 iron bit braces 1-cage head, 1-Scotch & 1- spring bit & box of Irwin auger bits.
#150      
Stanley #55 combination plane with 55 blades in a craftsman's made box. Very complete.
#151      
Large blacksmith bellows in old red paint.

#152      
Machinist's tool box with contents.
#153      
Machinist's tool box with work station.
 
#154     
Pair of large wooden door clamps.
#155      
 2 pair of large carpenter's clamps.

#156      
Pair of specialized wooden clamps.
#157      
Box lot of machinist's tools: taps, dyes, surface gauges, squares, rules & drawing instruments etc.
#158      
Lot of 5 hand adzes.

#159      
Lot of 3 items: 2 witchets & 1 wooden hand carved pulley.
#163       
Lot of 5 threading tools.
#164      
Ferrier’s tool cart with a cast iron nail carousel.
 
#166      
Lot of 4 cooper's tools: side ax, adze, chamfer knife.
 
#168      
Lot of 4 cooper's crozes.
#169      
Large wooden cooper's divider
 
#170      
Lot of 4 cooper's tools, 2 crozes & 2 howells.
#173       
Cooper's windlass.
#174      
Lot of 6 tools: 3 adzes, 2 scorps and hoop dog.
#175     
2 branding irons, 3 name stamping irons & a log marking hammer.
#176     
Lot of 6 mallets: cooper's carver's etc.
 
#179      
Lot of 5 travelers. Iron blacksmithed and manufactured.

#179A    
Cooper's barrel former. Adjustable floor model.
#181      
Lot of 4 tooth routers & lignum vitae smooth plane.
#182      
2 screw arm plow planes 1 marked "White & Spear".
#184      
2 screw arm plough planes: 1 marked "Shiverick & Malcolm", 133 Myrtle Ave., Brooklyn.
#185       
2 handled screw arm plow planes, "Sandusky Tool Co." & "Ohio Tool".
#188       
Lot of 4 European decorated smooth planes.
#189      
Very large "Commander" mallet.

#190      
Lot of 4 ax heads: 1-marked "Lincoln Ax Co.", another marked with "Double Crossed scythe blades" twice.
#191     
Lot of 3 tools, mortising chisel, clap board slick & carpenter's slick.
#192     
Lot of clap board slick and a hewing ax.
#193      
Box lot of 3 metal plough planes: Stanley #45, #46 & a Seigley.
#194     
Tool box & contents: augers, planes, lathe tools, hardware bits & drills, loaded.
#195      
Pair of large panel saws.

#196      
2 hewing ax and a ship builders adze.
#197      
Large handled scorp with a large chopper.
#198      
Lot of 3 saws: 1 bent wood bow saw & 2 buck saws.
#199      
Lot of 3 buck saws, 1 decorated.
#200      
Stanley Universal #55 combinations original plane, labeled, slide topped wooden box with instructions. 4 boxes of blades, complete & fine.
#201      
Lot of 3 saws: Rams horn panel saw, panel saw and framing saw.
 
#205      
4 foot long brass grain thief (tester)
#206      
Cast iron crow foot scale "National Scale Co." Chicopee Falls Mass. Good pin stripping, brass pan, extra rod, but seems to be missing something.

#207      
Counter top wood & metal platform scale. 17" high. European, pretty construction, unmarked.
#209      
Lot of 3 levels: "HM Pool" Easton, Mass 27" eagle touch mark, 28" "Stanley" bound mahogany level, 30" "Stratton Bro." Brass bound rosewood level.
#210      
Box lot of 5 plough planes: 4 screw arm 2 handled, "E & W Ring Co." Worhtington, Mass & "Sanduskey Tool Co."

#211      
Lot of 3 Sheffield type braces.
#213      
Box lot of 7 metal & wood filled craftsman made plough & groove planes.

#216     
Box lot of 6 stair makers saws.

#218      
Lot of 14 tri-squares & bevel squares brass rosewood & iron.
 
#222      
Box lot of 6 wooden planes including: pair of German tongue & groove planes, tiger maple side rabbet plane. Etc.
#226      
Box lot of 4 complex molding planes (need cleaning)
#227      
Box lot of 4 complex molding planes 2" and 3" wide (need cleaning)
 
#232     
Lot of 5 drills: "Millers Falls", breast drill, brass breast drill, "Rusby" patent and unmarked.
#235      
Box lot of 5 tooth routers.
#236      
Box lot of 4 planes 2 fillisters, 1 toothing plane all by "D.R. Barton" with assorted plough plane blades by "D.R. Barton"
 
#237      
Box lot of 4: 1 maritime azimuth, 1 Oriental sighting level ,1 brass level &box of drill bits.
#238      
Lot of 3 complex molding planes: 2 double bladed (need cleaning)
 
#244      
Lot of 3 plough planes & 1 nosing plane by "Ohio Tool Co.".
 
#247       
Lot of 3 planes: 2 fillisters, 1-2 handled jack plane.
#248      
Lot of 5 Continental craftsman made complex molding planes.
 
#251      
Box lot of 6 complex molding planes (need cleaning).
#252      
Lot of 6 molding planes 1 pr, tongue & groove, pair of skew handle rabbet plane by "Auburn Tool Co." 1 moving fillister plane "Casey Tool Co." Auburn NY.
#258       
Pair of Cooper's long planes.
#265      
4 foot Mason's level in wooden case.

#268      
3 English molding planes: 1 halving with a cracked wedge, 1 beading and the other a grooving plane.