Reply by derosa

I bought a brand new 1987 period #7 last year that had been used maybe once if it had ever been used, no signs of the blade being honed or anything. It was at an actual antique mall which is usually over priced and it only cost me 100.00. It didn’t have the box but it was otherwise intact. From what I read online these planes are about as desirable as similar vintage stanleys which means most people will pass them over. It was fairly flat to start with and didn’t take much to sharpen the blade so they are decent working from my example. 300 seems fair to me due to the less common sizes being offset by the age but still brand new.

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