Vintage Stanley Tools: A Comprehensive Beginners Guide

What is it? When was it made? How much is it? You'll find your answers in this comprehensive beginners guide for identification and valuation of vintage Stanley tools with colour illustrations, product information and price estimates for buyers and sellers. This guide is based on the Stanley Catalogue No 120 from 1923. We chose it because it was the first major catalogue of the combined Stanley Works. It was tempting to reproduce the catalogue without additions but that has been done before. We decided to reduce the size of the original line art pictures in favor of color illustrations, values and additional product information. The result therefore isn’t a true re-print of the original catalogue but rather an enhanced reproduction that will assist budding Stanley collectors with identification and valuation of Stanley tools. We did not set out to compile a complete list of Stanley tools but rather give you a snapshot of the Stanley range available at the time the Sweetheart catalogues were issued.

Hans Brunner started off as an accountant. After leaving his job as operations director with USA Today International he made antique tools his full time business in Australia. For well over twenty-five years Hans has sold tens of thousands of vintage woodworking tools to buyers all over the world. Hans Brunner is a published author with over a dozen books to his credit. He is married with three children and four grandchildren.