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I should point out to you that posting ebay links is going to bring these items to the attention of hundreds of woodworking readers and will probably drive up the selling prices. Again, the best way to get a sense of retail values is to do a Completed Auction search to see what similar items have sold for.
I’ll echo what Cragglerock has said. While older Disstons are excellent saws there were plenty of saw makers on both sides of the Atlantic back in the day who made similarly fine saws. If I was in the UK I’d be looking at British saws which will probably go cheaper and be every bit as good as Disstons. (I’m referring mainly to back saws. Full size vintage Disston handsaws MIGHT have an edge over their British competitors although I couldn’t make that case myself.
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