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IMPORTANT ANTIQUE TOOL

AUCTION
In Two Sessions

To be held at our gallery, 76 Main Street
Amesbury, Massachusetts

Session I: Tuesday, April 22nd, at 4 p.m.
Session II: Wednesday, April 23rd, at 10 a.m.

Single-owner auction, featuring over 3,500 carpenter and woodworking tools from the collection of Tom Davis, Tarpon Springs, Florida, who had an eye for the unusual and great quality. He traveled the States as well as other countries amassing this fine collection over a period of 50 years.

The tools will be sold unreserved,
individually, and in lots, all in one day!

The auction will include a varied collection of all types of planes in wood, ivory and metal from the 18th century up, including a Henley optical miter plane, Stanley Pattern Makers planes, Excelsior cutter metallic plane, Norris planes, 18th-century Clifford molding plane, Phillips patent plug plane, router planes, French plough plane, infil plane, miniature planes, and hundreds more, including American, English, Dutch and German; bit braces, including Henry Pasley, Spoffords, Plumb Bobs; Dietzen ivory, dozens in brass, many sizes; calipers; chisels; spokeshaves; cooper tools; carriage-maker tools; Velander and other levels; wheelwright tools; Japanese tools; shipbuilding tools; fly fishing rod makers tools; chisels; violin makers tools; trammels; dividers; braces; saws; axes; gauges; drawshaves; augers; stamps and marking sets; taps and digs; bores; reamers; very fine carpenter tool chests; and other tool-related accessories.

Preview and Exhibition:
Monday-April 21st • 12 noon – 5 p.m.
Auction Days: Session I at 11 am • Session II at 8 am

For Terms and On-line Catalog with photos, descriptions and estimates:

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