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Stanley No. 3 Type 16 bench plane prices

What Stanley No. 3 Type 16 bench planes actually sell for, from 40 recorded sales and 4 listings for sale now.

Sold prices

Median sold
$100
Most sell for
$93.50–$125
Sales on record
40
For sale now
4
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For sale now (4)

1 of these 4 is priced under what this tool usually sells for.

Compared with 40 recorded sales: “typical” is the middle half of sale prices; the percentage is against the median. Condition and completeness vary — check the listing.

Stanley No. 3 by type

Stanley-pattern bench planes are dated by type study. Sales where the listing gave enough detail to place the type are broken out here.

TypeSalesMedian sold
Type 25too few
Type 41too few
Type 96too few
Type 103too few
Type 1123$100
Type 125too few
Type 1314$120
Type 145too few
Type 156too few
Type 1640$100
Type 174too few
Type 184too few
Type 1920$125

All Stanley No. 3 sales, every type →

Every recorded sale. The band spans the middle half of all sales; the line is the median.
median $100Dealers40 sales$89 — Fine STANLEY No. 3 Smooth Plane (Jim Bode Value Guide)$89 — Good User STANLEY No. 3 Smooth Plane (Jim Bode Value Guide)$89 — Fine STANLEY No. 3 Smooth Plane (Jim Bode Value Guide)$89 — Extra Fine STANLEY No. 3 Smooth Plane (Jim Bode Value Guide)$89 — Fine STANLEY No. 3 Smooth Plane (Jim Bode Value Guide)$89 — Fine STANLEY No. 3 Smooth Plane (Jim Bode Value Guide)$89 — Good User STANLEY No. 3 Smooth Plane (Jim Bode Value Guide)$89 — Fine STANLEY No. 3 Smooth Plane (Jim Bode Value Guide)$89 — Fine STANLEY No. 3 Smooth Plane (Jim Bode Value Guide)$89 — STANLEY No. 3 Smooth Plane (Jim Bode Value Guide)$95 — Extra Fine STANLEY No. 3 Smooth Plane (Jim Bode Value Guide)$95 — Fine STANLEY No. 3 Smooth Plane (Jim Bode Value Guide)$99 — STANLEY No. 3 Smooth Plane Type 16 (Jim Bode Value Guide)$100 — Excellent STANLEY No. 3C Smooth Plane (Jim Bode Value Guide)$100 — Extra Fine STANLEY No. 3 Smooth Plane (Jim Bode Value Guide)$100 — Extra Fine STANLEY No. 3C Smooth Plane (Jim Bode Value Guide)$100 — Extra Fine STANLEY No. 3C Smooth Plane (Jim Bode Value Guide)$100 — Fine STANLEY No. 3 Smooth Plane (Jim Bode Value Guide)$100 — Fine STANLEY No. 3 Smooth Plane (Jim Bode Value Guide)$100 — Fine STANLEY No. 3 Smooth Plane (Jim Bode Value Guide)$100 — Fine STANLEY No. 3 Smooth Plane (Jim Bode Value Guide)$100 — Phenomenal STANLEY NO. 3 Smooth Plane (Jim Bode Value Guide)$100 — Premium STANLEY No. 3 Smooth Plane (Jim Bode Value Guide)$110 — Fine STANLEY No. 3 Smooth Plane (Jim Bode Value Guide)$110 — Fine STANLEY No. 3 Smooth Plane (Jim Bode Value Guide)$110 — Premium Extra Fine STANLEY No. 3 Smooth Plane (Jim Bode Value Guide)$115 — Premium STANLEY No. 3 Smooth Plane (Jim Bode Value Guide)$115 — Extra Fine STANLEY No. 3 Smooth Plane (Jim Bode Value Guide)$115 — Extra Fine STANLEY No. 3 Smooth Plane (Jim Bode Value Guide)$125 — Extra Fine STANLEY No. 3 Smooth Plane (Jim Bode Value Guide)$125 — STANLEY No. 3 Smooth Plane (Jim Bode Value Guide)$125 — Extra Fine STANLEY No. 3 Smooth Plane (Jim Bode Value Guide)$125 — STANLEY No. 3 Smooth Plane in Original Box (Jim Bode Value Guide)$139 — STANLEY No. 3 Smooth Plane In Original Box (Jim Bode Value Guide)$145 — Fine STANLEY No. 3 Smooth Plane in Original Box (Jim Bode Value Guide)$150 — STANLEY No. 3 Smooth Plane Type 16 circa 1933-41 NEAR MINT in Original Box (Jim Bode Value Guide)$150 — Premium STANLEY No. 3 Smooth Plane (Jim Bode Value Guide)$175 — Near Mint in Box STANLEY No. 3 Smooth Plane (Jim Bode Value Guide)$179 — STANLEY No. 3 Smooth Plane Near Mint in Box (Jim Bode Value Guide)$185 — Fine STANLEY No. 3C Plane Near Mint in Box (Jim Bode Tools)$100
WhereMedian soldMedian asking
Dealers$10040$1203
Marketplaces—$852
Forum classifieds—$501

These are different markets, not a contradiction. Dealers list restored, checked tools and price accordingly; marketplaces carry everything from collector-grade down to parts. Compare within a row, not across the table.

About Stanley No. 3 Type 16 bench planes

Stanley is an American toolmaker based in New Britain, Connecticut, and its hand tool lines dominated the trade from the late 19th century through the mid 20th. The Bailey-pattern bench planes shown here, from the small No. 2 smoother up through the No. 5 1/2 jack, are the core of that output, alongside block planes, combination and plow planes, braces, router planes, rules and gauges. Value tracks model scarcity and completeness: small castings like the No. 2 and full combination planes with their cutters bring more than common No. 4 and No. 5 sizes, Sweetheart-era marks on irons and saw plates add a premium, and items still boxed, such as a No. 49 auger bit gauge, outrank worn users with pitting, cracks or replaced parts.

The 40 sales behind these figures come from Jim Bode Value Guide (38) and Jim Bode Tools (2), and run from 2020 to 2026; 4 closed in the last twelve months.

Recorded sales

The 24 most recent of 40 sales behind the numbers above. Click through to the source.

ListingSourceSoldPrice
Fine STANLEY No. 3 Smooth PlaneJim Bode Value Guide2026-10-03$89
Near Mint in Box STANLEY No. 3 Smooth PlaneJim Bode Tools2026-06-29$175
Fine STANLEY No. 3C Plane Near Mint in BoxJim Bode Tools2026-04-22$185
Premium STANLEY No. 3 Smooth PlaneJim Bode Value Guide2026-01-16$150
Extra Fine STANLEY No. 3 Smooth PlaneJim Bode Value Guide2025-06-27$95
STANLEY No. 3 Smooth PlaneJim Bode Value Guide2025-06-25$89
Premium Extra Fine STANLEY No. 3 Smooth PlaneJim Bode Value Guide2024-11-10$110
Fine STANLEY No. 3 Smooth PlaneJim Bode Value Guide2024-10-07$110
Good User STANLEY No. 3 Smooth PlaneJim Bode Value Guide2024-09-04$89
Fine STANLEY No. 3 Smooth Plane in Original BoxJim Bode Value Guide2024-08-26$145
Good User STANLEY No. 3 Smooth PlaneJim Bode Value Guide2024-05-14$89
Extra Fine STANLEY No. 3 Smooth PlaneJim Bode Value Guide2024-05-13$89
Excellent STANLEY No. 3C Smooth PlaneJim Bode Value Guide2024-05-03$100
Extra Fine STANLEY No. 3C Smooth PlaneJim Bode Value Guide2024-04-20$100
Premium STANLEY No. 3 Smooth PlaneJim Bode Value Guide2024-01-18$115
Premium STANLEY No. 3 Smooth PlaneJim Bode Value Guide2023-08-21$100
Fine STANLEY No. 3 Smooth PlaneJim Bode Value Guide2023-08-18$100
Extra Fine STANLEY No. 3 Smooth PlaneJim Bode Value Guide2023-07-31$115
Extra Fine STANLEY No. 3 Smooth PlaneJim Bode Value Guide2023-05-08$115
STANLEY No. 3 Smooth Plane Near Mint in BoxJim Bode Value Guide2023-04-26$179
Fine STANLEY No. 3 Smooth PlaneJim Bode Value Guide2023-04-22$110
Extra Fine STANLEY No. 3 Smooth PlaneJim Bode Value Guide2023-04-09$125
Fine STANLEY No. 3 Smooth PlaneJim Bode Value Guide2022-12-31$100
STANLEY No. 3 Smooth Plane In Original BoxJim Bode Value Guide2022-05-21$139

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Updated 2026-10-13.