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Hi bad, Last Sunday I dropped off my wife at a not-too-serious antique mall (unattended individual booths with all purchases made through the store register). I ran out of things to do before my wife ran out of steam so I ended up spending some time looking at the tools there. My impression was that most people must be seriously uninterested in old things in this country. Beautiful tools, most of them in working condition, many appearing to be 80 to 110 years old, were for sale for little more than garage sale prices. When anything crosses the threshold from old to antique, it must go into a completely separate pricing system. When it's just old, it seems to not be worth much. Your library should have books to help you identify and determine the value of actual antiques. If the level you got is not an antique, try to appreciate it for what it is. Use it, or hang it on your shop wall, or give it to someone you know who likes things like that. How often does anyone look at their five year old Stanley level and think, "Boy, that's really a beautifully made tool?" All the best, Stan
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