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Well, I own a copy of the 1906 #355 Hammacher Schlemmer catalogue ( all 1147 pages of it) prices were pretty stable from say, 1890 to WWI.
in 1906, this offering below from Hammacher Schlemmer hardware in NYC cost $85.
It was a toolchest/ workbench in fumed white oak for an apartment dweller that folded up to look like a sideboard.
It was called outfit number 100 because it contained 100 hand tools.
The planes included a Stanley #4,#5,#18 block plane, and a #78 moving filletster plane.
Elsewhere in the catalogue a Stanley Bailey #4 was $2.40.
A Staley #45 with 20 cutters was $9.00.
A Stanley #9 cabinet maker’s plane was $4.10. Collectors have paid a couple thousand for a good survivor.
Stanley shoulder planes #’s 92-94 averaged about $2.10 ea.
I assume your modern plane was based on the Stanley bedrock series. In 1906 a Bedrock #605 was in the catalogue for $3.20.