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Friday, 08 May 2009
John=E2=80=99s vintage tools among antiques at city = fair
Last updated 09:20, Saturday, 12 July = 2008
CHISELS, saws and mallets will be = among the=20 porcelain and pottery at an antiques fair in Carlisle tomorrow.
John Rogers: =E2=80=99It =
is a hobby that got=20
out of hand. I love mending things=E2=80=99
John Rogers=E2=80=99 tools stall may often be passed over for more = exciting jewels,=20 but each one has a long history.
And its value is sometimes more than sentimental =E2=80=93 John has = seen one plane go=20 for =C2=A315,000.
He restores vintage tools in his garage at Bowscar near Penrith and = his=20 stall, Tools-n-Things, has twice been pictured on the BBC=E2=80=99s = Bargain Hunt.
John, 62, said: =E2=80=9CIt is a hobby that got out of hand. I love = mending=20 things.=E2=80=9D
=E2=80=9CMy stall is the lost husbands=E2=80=99 corner at these = fairs, where the women leave=20 the men while they go off looking for jewellery.=E2=80=9COld tools are a = wonderful=20 example of our heritage; they were used by saddlers, coopers = (barrelmakers) =E2=80=93=20 the dying trades. If you have a piece of old furniture in your house, I = might=20 have the tools that made it.=E2=80=9CWhen I buy them at auction, = they=E2=80=99ve often been sat=20 in a garage for years because it is too emotional for a widow to get rid = of=20 them. These are the tools their husbands worked with for years, that = have=20 fetched their families up. They have the owners=E2=80=99 names stamped = on them.=E2=80=9D
One of Tools-n-Things=E2=80=99 customers is Phoenix Furniture = Restorations in Temple=20 Sowerby.=E2=80=9CWhen restoring old furniture you can=E2=80=99t use = electric machines; you won=E2=80=99t=20 get the same result,=E2=80=9D said John.=E2=80=9CAn apprenticeship used = to be six years, now=20 they=E2=80=99re trained up in months with all these electric tools. Hand = tools take=20 longer but what you get is unique. It=E2=80=99s like if someone paints a = picture, rather=20 than churning out 50 identical prints, like Haute couture clothes = =E2=80=93=20 one-offs.
He added: =E2=80=9CNinety-five per cent of tools are worth nothing = more than 50p to=20 =C2=A31 each, but I=E2=80=99ve seen a steel Norris plane sell for = =C2=A315,000. That is the Rolls=20 Royce of planes. A very close second is Edward Preston, which went out = of=20 business in 1932.
=E2=80=9CIt is about their build quality and their rarity. John = Cockbain made wooden=20 planes at Portland Place, Carlisle, for just a very short time =E2=80=93 = from 1859 to=20 1862.=E2=80=9D
John, a sales rep for Carlisle Glass, was a special constable in = Penrith for=20 15 years until 1996.He will be at the Antiques and Collectors Fair at = the=20 Shepherds Inn, Rosehill, Carlisle, tomorrow, between 10am and 4pm.
Admission to the fair, which also offers jewellery, porcelain, = watches,=20 medals, coins, glass, linen, pottery and postcards, is =C2=A31 for = adults and free=20 for accompanied children.
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