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Preston level prices

What Preston levels actually sell for, from 9 recorded sales and 5 listings for sale now.

Sold prices

Median sold
$89
Most sell for
$59–$135
Sales on record
9
For sale now
5
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For sale now (5)

None of these is priced under what this tool usually sells for.

Compared with 9 recorded sales: “typical” is the middle half of sale prices; the percentage is against the median. Condition and completeness vary — check the listing.

Every recorded sale. The band spans the middle half of all sales; the line is the median.
median $89Dealers9 sales$25 — Excellent E. Preston 6in Spirit Level (Hyperkitten)$45 — UNCOMMON E PRESTON ROSEWOOD & BRASS TORPEDO LEVEL - 9" (Ted Dawson Antique Tools)$59 — Fine PRESTON 18 Inch Plumb & Level (Jim Bode Value Guide)$85 — LOVELY E PRESTON & SONS EBONY & BRASS SPIRIT LEVEL - 10" (Ted Dawson Antique Tools)$89 — E. PRESTON & SONS 8 Inch Level in Wooden Box (Jim Bode Value Guide)$100 — 4 1/2 Inch Brass Level by E. PRESTON in Original Box Fine (Jim Bode Value Guide)$135 — EXTRA FINE E PRESTON EBONY & BRASS SPIRIT LEVEL - 8" (Ted Dawson Antique Tools)$225 — Magnificent 24 Inch Mahogany & Brass Level by PRESTON LONDON (Jim Bode Value Guide)$295 — Fabulous & Rare Solid Ebony Brass Trimmed 12 Inch PRESTON Level (Jim Bode Value Guide)$25$50$100$250
WhereMedian soldMedian asking
Dealers$899$955
Marketplaces—$59.991

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 Preston levels

Edward Preston & Sons worked in Birmingham, England, from the Victorian era into the early twentieth century, when the plane and spokeshave patterns passed to Record. The firm is best known for small metal-bodied tools: adjustable spokeshaves, shoulder and rabbet planes, router planes, and dovetailed infill smoothers and chariot planes, alongside beech moulding and chamfer planes and boxwood-and-brass rules and gauges. Numbered patterns such as the No. 1364 block and chariot planes and the No. 1354 infill smoother, intact rosewood infill and boxwood fittings, crisp maker's stamps, and original cutters and adjusters all lift value; rust, chips to wooden bodies, and replaced irons cut it.

The 9 sales behind these figures come from Jim Bode Value Guide (5), Ted Dawson Antique Tools (3) and Hyperkitten (1), and run from 2021 to 2026; 2 closed in the last twelve months. 1 listing for sets, pairs or lots of Preston levels was left out, because a set's price is not one tool's price.

Recorded sales

Every sale behind the numbers above, most recent first. Click through to the source.

ListingSourceSoldPrice
Excellent E. Preston 6in Spirit LevelHyperkitten2026-06-09$25
EXTRA FINE E PRESTON EBONY & BRASS SPIRIT LEVEL - 8"Ted Dawson Antique Tools2025-12-28$135
LOVELY E PRESTON & SONS EBONY & BRASS SPIRIT LEVEL - 10"Ted Dawson Antique Tools2025-05-22$85
UNCOMMON E PRESTON ROSEWOOD & BRASS TORPEDO LEVEL - 9"Ted Dawson Antique Tools2025-05-22$45
Fabulous & Rare Solid Ebony Brass Trimmed 12 Inch PRESTON LevelJim Bode Value Guide2024-10-21$295
4 1/2 Inch Brass Level by E. PRESTON in Original Box FineJim Bode Value Guide2024-04-22$100
Fine PRESTON 18 Inch Plumb & LevelJim Bode Value Guide2022-03-21$59
E. PRESTON & SONS 8 Inch Level in Wooden BoxJim Bode Value Guide2021-06-26$89
Magnificent 24 Inch Mahogany & Brass Level by PRESTON LONDONJim Bode Value Guide2021-03-24$225

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Updated 2026-10-13.