Price of hand planes?

[Clinton1]

An 8C is a rare, valuable tool. It shouldnt be worth 10bucks at a garage sale

Yes, it should, at least at the one I'm at.

[Clinton1]

I've been watching the price of "minor makers" planes on ePay since friday night.
A completed items Worldwide search will show some good listings. Lots of planes that are below what you will ever find here, and postage is $30 for most and $40 for jointers.
A bit of research on "minor" makers and you can get great bargains on good tools, and leave the Stanley's to the collectors. A lot of the minor makers actually offered better quality to Stanley, IMO, as a way of competing.

Try Sargent.
David Heckel sells a book on ePay about them, usually it goes for US$20.

Edit: I should sign off as "the guy that got so peeved at a new Stanely that I now have just about all the planes I'll need and only have 1 Stanley."

[Auld Bassoon]

Waldo,

This will always be the case. Anything collectable will have a user component & a collector following.

Now have a look around Oz, there are NO Stanley #8C's for sale at the moment. If ya want one ya gotta go overseas.
Demand will set the eventual price & there is NOTHING you can do about it.

I'm open to offers - very, very generous and enticing offers (of filthy lucre!) for my #8C :eek: