What Marples 1/2 inch chisels actually sell for, from 54 recorded sales.
Every recorded sale. The band spans the middle half of all sales; the line is the median. median $49 Dealers 54 sales $25 — English Boxwood Handle Bench Chisel MARPLES (Jim Bode Value Guide) $30 — English Boxwood Handle Bench Chisel MARPLES (Jim Bode Value Guide) $30 — MARPLES 1/2 Inch Tang Chisel 10 1/4 Inches Long (Jim Bode Value Guide) $30 — ExcellentMarples 1/2in Tang Paring Chisel (Hyperkitten) $33 — 1/2 Inch MARPLES Boxwood Handle Chisel 11 Inch (Jim Bode Value Guide) $39 — Fine MARPLES 1/2 x 13 3/4 Inch Boxwood Handled Mortise Chisel (Jim Bode Value Guide) $39 — 1/2 Inch Boxwood Handle Mortise Chisel by MARPLES (Jim Bode Value Guide) $39 — 1/2 inch Boxwood Handle Mortise Chisel MARPLES 14 inches long (Jim Bode Value Guide) $39 — 1/2 x 11 Inch Mortise Chisel MARPLES (Jim Bode Value Guide) $39 — MARPLES 1/2 Inch Beveled Paring Chisel (Jim Bode Value Guide) $39 — Long, Thin 1/2 Inch Bevel Edge Paring Chisel by MARPLES (Jim Bode Value Guide) $39 — Fine MARPLES 1/2 Inch Paring Chisel (Jim Bode Value Guide) $39 — Fine MARPLES 1/2 Inch Paring Chisel (Jim Bode Value Guide) $39 — Fine MARPLES 1/2 x 13 Inch Boxwood Handled Mortise Chisel (Jim Bode Value Guide) $42 — Heavy English Mortise Chisel MARPLES (Jim Bode Value Guide) $42 — Heavy English Mortise Chisel MARPLES (Jim Bode Value Guide) $44 — Heavy English Mortise Chisel MARPLES (Jim Bode Value Guide) $44 — MARPLES Mortise Chisel 1/2 x 13 1/2 Inch Boxwood Handle (Jim Bode Value Guide) $47 — Long, Thin 1/2 x 12 1/4 Inch Paring Chisel with Boxwood Handle MARPLES (Jim Bode Value Guide) $49 — 1/2 x 13 1/2 Boxwood Mortise Chisel MARPLES (Jim Bode Value Guide) $49 — Extra Fine MARPLES (Unmarked) 1/2 Inch Mortise Chisel with Boxwood Handle 13 /8 Inches Long (Jim Bode Value Guide) $49 — 1/2 Inch Fine Boxwood Handle Mortise Chisel MARPLES (Jim Bode Value Guide) $49 — Fine MARPLES 1/2 Inch Boxwood Handled Mortise Chisel (Jim Bode Value Guide) $49 — Long, Thin Ash Handled Paring Chisel 1/2 Inches Wide MARPLES (Jim Bode Value Guide) $49 — 1/2 Inch Long, Thin Paring Chisel MARPLES (Jim Bode Value Guide) $49 — 1/2 Inch Long, Thin Paring Chisel MARPLES (Jim Bode Value Guide) $49 — MARPLES 1/2 x 14 1/2 Inch Pig Sticker Mortise Chisel (Jim Bode Value Guide) $49 — Really Fine MARPLES Boxwood Handled Mortise Chisel 1/2 x 13 1/2 Inches (Jim Bode Value Guide) $49 — MARPLES Long, Thin Paring Chisel with Octagonal Boxwood Handle 1/2 x 13 (Jim Bode Value Guide) $59 — 1/2 Inch Pig Sticker Mortise Chisel MARPLES (Jim Bode Value Guide) $59 — Long, Thin 1/2 x 13 1/4 Inch Paring Chisel with Boxwood Handle MARPLES (Jim Bode Value Guide) $65 — VERY FINE MARPLES 1/2" PARING CHISEL (Ted Dawson Antique Tools) $65 — MINT HEAVY 1/2" MARPLES BOXWOOD HANDLED MORTISE CHISEL (Ted Dawson Antique Tools) $69 — MARPLES Boxwood Handled 1/2" Swan Neck Mortise Chisel (Jim Bode Value Guide) $69 — 1/2 Inch Boxwood Handle Crank Neck Mortise Chisel MARPLES (Jim Bode Value Guide) $69 — English Long, Thin Paring Chisel with Boxwood Handle 1/2 Inch MARPLES (Jim Bode Value Guide) $69 — 1/2 Inch MARPLES Swan Neck Mortise Chisel (Jim Bode Value Guide) $69 — Mint MARPLES 1/2 Inch Paring Chisel with Boxwood Handle 14 Inches Long (Jim Bode Value Guide) $69 — Near Mint 1/2 Inch Boxwood Handled Crank Neck Mortise Chisel MARPLES (Jim Bode Value Guide) $75 — NOS HEAVY MARPLES 1/2" SWAN NECK MORTISE CHISEL (Ted Dawson Antique Tools) $79 — 1/2 Inch Swan Neck Mortise Chisel MARPLES (Jim Bode Value Guide) $79 — 1/2 Inch swan Neck Mortise Chisel MARPLES & SONS (Jim Bode Value Guide) $79 — Fine MARPLES Boxwood Handled Swan Neck Mortise Chisel (Jim Bode Tools) $79 — Boxwood Handled 1/2 Inch Swan Neck Mortise Chisel MARPLES (Jim Bode Value Guide) $79 — 1/2 x 15 Swan Neck Mortise Chisel Boxwood Handle MARPLES (Jim Bode Value Guide) $79 — 1/2 x 13 3/4 Inch Boxwood Paring Chisel MARPLES (Jim Bode Value Guide) $79 — MARPLES 1/2 Inch Swan Neck Mortise Chisel (Jim Bode Value Guide) $79 — MARPLES 1/2 Inch Swan Neck Mortise Chisel (Jim Bode Value Guide) $79 — 1/2 Inch Swan Neck Mortise Chisel MARPLES (Jim Bode Value Guide) $79 — Fine MARPLES 1/2 Inch Swan Neck Mortise Chisel with Boxwood Handle (Jim Bode Value Guide) $85 — 1/2 Inch Swan Neck Mortise Chisel MARPLES (Jim Bode Value Guide) $89 — Boxwood Handled Swan Neck Mortise Chisel by MARPLES 1/2 Inch Fine (Jim Bode Value Guide) $89 — Extra Fine MARPLES 1/2 Inch Swan Neck Mortise Chisel (Jim Bode Value Guide) $89 — Fine 1/2 Inch Swan Neck Mortise Chisel (Jim Bode Value Guide) $25 $50
About Marples 1/2 inch chisels William Marples & Sons of Sheffield, England, was a major edge-tool and joiner's-tool maker from the nineteenth century through the twentieth. Chisels and gouges account for most of the output seen here, alongside marking and mortise gauges, braces, beech bench planes, and brass-backed saws like the tenon and dovetail saws in this group. Rosewood or ebony and brass gauges, the brass-framed Ultimatum-pattern braces, and the cast M-series planes such as the M4 1/2 jumbo smooth sit above plain beech and boxwood work. Crisp stamps, original irons and double irons, uncracked handles, complete fittings, and original boxes all add; rust, chips, and replaced parts subtract.
The 54 sales behind these figures come from Jim Bode Value Guide (47), Jim Bode Tools (3), Ted Dawson Antique Tools (3) and 1 other source, and run from 2020 to 2026; 12 closed in the last twelve months.
Updated 2026-10-13.
