As far as putting a value on the Yoder, I'd suggest you contact Fay Butler. He is the intergalatic hammer wizard. Tooling will make a difference as well as the history of the machine. People pay extra for 'Jesse James' power hammer, Eckold, etc.
Regarding the value of the Marchant, Neil Dunder (Sales@gogitzit.com) is your man. It's worth more with shrinking rather than stretching dies. It seems like very quality kick shrinker that comes up has stretching dies only and you have to lay out a grand for the shrinking dies on top of the shrinker itself.
I talked to a guy in Ca last month that has several Erco Flangers, one brand new still in cosmoline with tooling. He wanted some serious money. the ad is in the classifieds. They are neat tools but you'd almost need to be in a production shop making repetitive panels to justify one given the cost. I can think of many tools on my bucket list I'd buy before I'd make space for one.
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