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Title: Montgomery Presentation Plow Plane
Post by: Lewill2 on May 19, 2018, 12:56:18 PM
This special presentation plow plane was made by the Ohio Tool Company in 1857 as a retirement gift for Mr Montgomery who was a long time manager at the company. It was part of a 2 day auction selling the antique tool collection of Cliff Brown. It sold today for a mere $60,000.00 plus I think a 10% buyers premium.  Rosewood, Ivory and silver trim. Just a little out of my league.
Title: Re: Montgomery Presentation Plow Plane
Post by: Papaw on May 19, 2018, 06:31:56 PM
Way too rich for me !
Title: Re: Montgomery Presentation Plow Plane
Post by: bill300d on May 19, 2018, 11:05:26 PM
i'll say. That being said it is a beautiful piece.
Title: Re: Montgomery Presentation Plow Plane
Post by: skipskip on May 20, 2018, 09:15:47 AM
I wonder where its been all these years
Title: Re: Montgomery Presentation Plow Plane
Post by: Chillylulu on June 08, 2018, 12:16:59 PM
I would consider that price when I hit my 3rd million.

I'm working in my 3rd million because I gave up on the first two.....

Chilly
Title: Re: Montgomery Presentation Plow Plane
Post by: Bill Houghton on June 08, 2018, 01:50:31 PM
I'm approaching my first million...aches and pains.
Title: Re: Montgomery Presentation Plow Plane
Post by: Northwoods on June 08, 2018, 05:53:30 PM
We tasteful millionaires simply refer to ourselves as two comma folks.
Title: Re: Montgomery Presentation Plow Plane
Post by: Lewill2 on June 09, 2018, 06:10:01 AM
Skip, Cliff Brown had it in his collection for a number of years and it has been in written about in antique tool publications.  Jim Leamy made a few reproductions of it. I'm guessing it came up in a family auction or estate sale and that is how Cliff acquired it.

Seems like the really unique ones like this are family treasures until a generation isn't interested in it any longer or they can't decide how to keep it in the family because several family members are fighting over it.
Title: Re: Montgomery Presentation Plow Plane
Post by: Chillylulu on June 09, 2018, 04:59:06 PM
We tasteful millionaires simply refer to ourselves as two comma folks.

And I'm a "too common folk"

Chilly