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GfB
15 February 2019 at 7:19 pm #555130

Larry, that is an amazing looking book and tool chest! In today’s inflation, that $85 would have been about $2000-2500. You might be able to get the tools for that much these days, but that chest itself would be worth a bit on its own.

As far as the cost of a Stanley #4 at $2.40, that puts it around $60-70 with inflation. Interestingly, with the prices the way they are on eBay, you can expect to pay that much for a re-fettled #4 from the same era.