What Stanley 1 1/2 inch rabbet planes actually sell for, from 61 recorded sales.
Every recorded sale. The band spans the middle half of all sales; the line is the median. median $69 Dealers 61 sales $59 — STANLEY No. 78 Duplex, Rabbet, and Filletster Plane (Jim Bode Value Guide) $59 — 100% Complete STANLEY No. 78 Rabbet Plane (Jim Bode Value Guide) $59 — STANLEY No. 78 Duplex, Rabbet, and Filletster Plane (Jim Bode Value Guide) $59 — STANLEY No. 78 Duplex, Rabbet, and Filletster Plane (Jim Bode Value Guide) $59 — STANLEY No. 78 Duplex, Rabbet, and Filletster Plane (Jim Bode Value Guide) $59 — 100% Complete STANLEY No. 78 Rabbet Plane (Jim Bode Value Guide) $59 — STANLEY No. 78 Duplex, Rabbet, and Filletster Plane (Jim Bode Value Guide) $59 — 100% Complete STANLEY No. 78 Rabbet Plane (Jim Bode Value Guide) $59 — STANLEY No. 78 Rabbet & Filletster Plane (Jim Bode Value Guide) $59 — STANLEY No. 78 Rabbet & Filletster Plane (Jim Bode Value Guide) $59 — 100% Complete STANLEY No. 78 Duplex, Rabbet, and Filletster Plane (Jim Bode Value Guide) $59 — STANLEY USA Made No. 78 Duplex, Rabbet, and Filletster Plane (Jim Bode Value Guide) $59 — STANLEY Sweetheart No. 78 Duplex, Rabbet, and Filletster Plane (Jim Bode Value Guide) $60 — COMPLETE STANLEY NO. 190 RABBET PLANE - MADE IN USA - 1 1/2" (Ted Dawson Antique Tools) $65 — COMPLETE STANLEY NO. 190 RABBET PLANE - MADE IN USA - 1 1/2" (Ted Dawson Antique Tools) $65 — EXTRA FINE STANLEY NO. 190 RABBET PLANE - MADE IN USA - 1 1/2" (Ted Dawson Antique Tools) $69 — USA Fine & Complete STANLEY No. 78 Rabbet Plane (Jim Bode Tools) $69 — 100% Complete & Fine STANLEY No. 78 Rabbet Plane (Jim Bode Tools) $69 — 100% Complete STANLEY No. 78 Rabbet Plane (Jim Bode Value Guide) $69 — Complete STANLEY No. 78 Rabbet Plane (Jim Bode Value Guide) $69 — Extra Fine STANLEY No. 78 Rabbet & Filletster Plane (Jim Bode Value Guide) $69 — Fine & Complete USA STANLEY No. 78 Rabbet & Filletster Plane (Jim Bode Value Guide) $69 — Fine SWEETHEART STANLEY No. 78 Rabbet & Filletster Plane (Jim Bode Value Guide) $69 — STANLEY No. 78 Duplex, Rabbet, and Filletster Plane (Jim Bode Value Guide) $69 — STANLEY No. 78 Duplex, Rabbet, and Filletster Plane (Jim Bode Value Guide) $69 — STANLEY No. 78 Duplex, Rabbet, and Filletster Plane (Jim Bode Value Guide) $69 — STANLEY No. 78 Duplex, Rabbet, and Filletster Plane (Jim Bode Value Guide) $69 — STANLEY No. 78 Duplex, Rabbet, and Filletster Plane (Jim Bode Value Guide) $69 — STANLEY No. 78 Duplex, Rabbet, and Filletster Plane (Jim Bode Value Guide) $69 — STANLEY No. 78 Duplex, Rabbet, and Filletster Plane (Jim Bode Value Guide) $69 — STANLEY No. 78 Duplex, Rabbet, and Filletster Plane (Jim Bode Value Guide) $69 — STANLEY No. 78 Duplex, Rabbet, and Filletster Plane (Jim Bode Value Guide) $69 — STANLEY No. 78 Rabbet & Filletster Plane (Jim Bode Value Guide) $69 — STANLEY No. 78 Rabbet & Filletster Plane (Jim Bode Value Guide) $69 — 100% Complete & Fine STANLEY No. 78 Rabbet Plane (Jim Bode Value Guide) $79 — Fine & Complete STANLEY USA No. 78 Rabbet Plane (Jim Bode Value Guide) $79 — 100% Complete STANLEY No. 78 Duplex, Rabbet, and Filletster Plane in Original Box (Jim Bode Value Guide) $79 — STANLEY No. 78 Rabbet Plane Complete in Original Box (Jim Bode Value Guide) $79 — STANLEY No. 78 Rabbet Plane in Original Box (Jim Bode Value Guide) $79 — Premium STANLEY USA No. 78 Rabbet & Filletster Plane Sweetheart (Jim Bode Value Guide) $79 — Premium Extra Fine STANLEY No. 78 Rabbet & Filletster Plane (Jim Bode Value Guide) $79 — STANLEY No. 78 Duplex, Rabbet, and Filletster Plane (Jim Bode Value Guide) $79 — Extra Fine STANLEY No. 78 Duplex, Rabbet, and Filletster Plane USA Model (Jim Bode Value Guide) $79 — Fine STANLEY USA No. 78 Rabbet Plane with Decal (Jim Bode Value Guide) $79 — Extra Fine STANLEY No. 78 Duplex, Rabbet, and Filletster Plane in Dovetailed Custom Box with Extra Blade (Jim Bode Value Guide) $79 — STANLEY No. 78 Duplex, Rabbet, and Filletster Plane (Jim Bode Value Guide) $79 — Fine STANLEY Sweetheart No. 78 Duplex, Rabbet, and Filletster Plane (Jim Bode Value Guide) $79 — Fine in Original Box STANLEY No. 78 Rabbet & Moving Filletster Plane 100% Complete (Jim Bode Value Guide) $89 — Premium U.S.A. Model STANLEY No. 78 Duplex, Rabbet, and Filletster Plane (Jim Bode Value Guide) $89 — STANLEY No. 78 Duplex, Rabbet, and Filletster Plane 100% COMPLETE in Original Box (Jim Bode Value Guide) $89 — STANLEY No. 78 Duplex, Rabbet, and Filletster Plane 100% COMPLETE in Original Box (Jim Bode Value Guide) $89 — STANLEY No. 78 Duplex, Rabbet, and Filletster Plane 100% COMPLETE in Original Box (Jim Bode Value Guide) $95 — STANLEY No. 78 Duplex, Rabbet, and Filletster Plane 100% Complete MINT in Original Box (Jim Bode Value Guide) $95 — STANLEY No. 78 Duplex, Rabbet, and Filletster Plane (Jim Bode Value Guide) $95 — STANLEY No. 78 Duplex, Rabbet, and Filletster Plane 100% COMPLETE in Original Box (Jim Bode Value Guide) $100 — Complete STANLEY No. 78 Rabbet Plane Near Mint in Box (Jim Bode Tools) $100 — Type 1 STANLEY No. 78 Rabbet & Filletster Plane (Jim Bode Value Guide) $125 — STANLEY No. 78 Duplex, Rabbet, and Filletster Plane 100% COMPLETE in Original Box (Jim Bode Value Guide) $135 — STANLEY No. 78 Rabbet Plane Mint in Box (Jim Bode Tools) $135 — STANLEY No. 78 Duplex, Rabbet, and Filletster Plane 100% COMPLETE in Original Box (Jim Bode Value Guide) $150 — Premium Extra Fine STANLEY No. 90 Steel Cased Rabbet Plane with Spur (Jim Bode Value Guide) $100
About Stanley 1 1/2 inch rabbet 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 61 sales behind these figures come from Jim Bode Value Guide (54), Jim Bode Tools (4) and Ted Dawson Antique Tools (3), and run from 2021 to 2026; 22 closed in the last twelve months.
Updated 2026-10-13.
