Studio equipment sale December 15

I’m downsizing my bookbinding studio in preparation for a move. Come by this Sunday, December 15 from 10 am to 4 pm to pick up a treasure. 10010 Main Street, Penngrove (40 miles north of San Francisco). If you can’t make it, contact me to see if what you want has sold. You must move what you buy yourself, but you’ll have until late January to do it.

Chandler & Price guillotene, 30” blade $900 obo

Hamilton oak type cabinets, antique
10-case cabinet 25” wide x 21” deep x 20” high, original metal pulls and number plates. Cases contain clean, excellent condition foundry type (Van Dijck 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 24, 30, 36 pt.; Bembo 8 pt.; Spectrum 60 pt.) $550 obo

10-case cabinet 25” wide x 21” deep x 21” high, original metal pulls. Cases contain clean, excellent condition foundry type (including Goudy Modern 18 pt.; Univers Medium 12 pt.; Cheltenham 18, 36 pt.; Cheltenham Bold 14 pt.; an unidentified sans serif typeface 12, 14, 18, 24; 30 pt.) $550 obo

6-case cabinet 20” wide x 22.5” deep x 19.5” high. Cases contain clean, excellent condition brass and foundry type (including 150-piece brass font of Fournier 7 pt.; a full case of many nice and/or unusual old ornaments; Cheltenham Bold 14 pt.) $400 obo

Miscellaneous printing supplies: composing sticks, lead cutter, planing block, type

Nipping press, 13” x 10.75” bed; 3” daylight. $250 obo

Kensol 11a foil stamper and work table with 3 type drawers (Kensol screwed into top of table)
Comes with backbone chase, single line chase, box chase $2500 obo

4 self-centering brass pallets, 3/16” x 4”, that fit in backbone chase $500 obo

Kwikprint model #86 foil stamper, 2” x 5.75” self-centering chase and multi-line type holder. $1200 obo

5 connecting wooden bench units with adjustable shelves. Full bench when all units are screwed together is 15 feet long, 37” high. $250 obo

Partial rolls of bookcloth: Cialux, Canapetta, Brillianta, Joanna Western buckram, etc.
Scraps of Davey binder’s board, several thicknesses
Marbled papers
Acid free tan barrier board
Acid free Rising museum board

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