2023 Garage Sale Thread

[LesserSon]

MrsLS & I are expecting to have all three LesserDottirs and their LesserDogs (and two boyfriends) in the house this afternoon, so we snuck away to Jake’s flea this morning for some quiet. I figured it would be a minor morning, as it is Saturday (Sunday is best there), there is a WWII Weekend not so far away in Reading, and there are multi-family and community yard sales in several nearby areas (Emmaus, etc).
The contents of the pic resulted from releasing $68 from my wallet, $60 of which went to Bob the Toolman for the Bonney 3/4dr sockets, extension and PH32 point dinging hammer head. He was sticking to his prices today, so I didn’t get them for as little as I wanted, and left behind a torch-burnt 4285 3/4dr Bonney rat, likewise burnt Bonney 4288 hinge/extension and a 1930s Snap-on No460 5/8dr 1-7/16” 6pt.
$8 split to another Jake’s vendor and two garage sales on the way home, netting some masonry bits & screws, deck screws, made in Germany sm perfekt driver, Hinsdale belt adj rat, Goodell wood-handled glass cutter, Shaw&Field spade brace bit, Lufkin no8 rule holder, Snap-on feeler, unmarked inside calipers, Henry G Thompson & Son “Milflex Midget” saw, Red Devil S&H Co linemans, Bonney B17 dikes, Par-X 3/8dr 5/8 socket, Wright Barberton MU-52 4/8dr 1/2uni, hickory hatchet handle, Estwing 16oz rip hammer (with bonus 8’ vinyl tape wound round the stacked leather handle, I guess because one disc had a nip out if it), unmarked putty knife, 6” Channellock slipjoints, three Wizard ignition DOEes, 8” Berylco BECU slipjoints, 3 Millers Falls stubbies.

 

[WNYflyer]

Lots of sales around now with the good weather upon us. 3 different towns that border my city for some reason decided to have their town wide yard sale thing going this weekend, man I hate when they double up let alone triple up! They are pretty good about publishing participating addresses on respective town websites but unfortunately they give you no idea of what each address might have unless a participant also publishes on CL, FB, newspaper, etc.

Anywho, from last weekend after much digging at the only sale with any decent tools, Snap-On SAE nutdrivers, Snap-On SAE DBE, Snap-On combo at 10mm!, Gray Canada metric DOE. $1 a piece



Hit only one sale first thing this morning of a gentlemen selling off his late father's tools who had been an engineer at Bell Aircraft. A whole mishmash of stuff to look through but dug out some decent stuff.

Nicholson File set that looks unused, a couple of unused Diamond adjustables in industrial finish and a Blackhawk 3/8 ratchet and corresponding breaker. $20 for the lot

 

[Levaughn]

I picked up these items today at an Estate Sale for $20. The owner was an Air Plane Mechanic.

- Apex # EX-370 ½ inch Bit Driver
- Blue Point CF-143A Mirror
- Snap On 8/16 Crow Foot
- Snap On 7/16 Crow Foot
- Snap On # GFRES 14 Torque Adapter
- Snap On # FRDH141 Torque Adapter
- Snap On ½ inch Crow Foot
- Snap On F40A 3/8 Socket Driver
- Snap On 11/16 Crow Foot
- Snap On # S241 Specialty Socket
- Snap On 1- ½ inch Crow Foot
- Apex # 858
- Kastar Tube Bender
- Proto # 6925 Bit Driver
- Craftsman # 4259 1/2-3/8 Reducer
- Apex & Air Tuf Hex Bits
- Various Size No Name Torque Adapters

 

[S-K Tool Fanatic!]

Here is some closer pictures of the scrap bin freebies!

 

[jeffmoss26]

today’s $10 haul, not pictured is a bag of golf balls for my dad. Both bank bags have their keys!

 

[jeffmoss26]

I was a little worried that my copilot would have had enough after yesterday’s exhausting sales but we were off to Oakland for another estate sale this morning. We found some goodies in the garage and I found a few more in the backyard. I’m sure that our granddaughter will like the Jeeps.
-Don
Proto tools
Vaco nutdrivers
Channellock dykes
Crescent wrench
Klein dykes
A brand of pipe wrench that I’m not familiar with
I can’t make out the logo on the hammer

Toledo beaver tools: http://vintagemachinery.org/mfgindex/detail.aspx?id=10789

 

[CoogarXR]

today’s $10 haul, not pictured is a bag of golf balls for my dad. Both bank bags have their keys!

That license plate would look good over my workbench. Then I could call it "The Ohio CF" lol

 

[S-K Tool Fanatic!]

Some yard sales today.


First sale produced a Klein bag full of folding rules, 10 total; 2 broke.
2 Nice Petersen vise grips.
A pair of Cee Tee pliers.
A big Ridgid pipe cutter in need of restoration.
And a craftsman bar.
Not bad at $15 for all.
Not pictured: Utica fencing pliers, a bag of vintage hats, and a craftsman hacksaw.

 

[MrPink]

Bought this at an Estate sale this afternoon.

Wilton 121079 4" tilt and swivel vise.

Oh and I only paid $7.

 

[3baygarage]

Bought this at an Estate sale this afternoon.

Wilton 121079 4" tilt and swivel vise.

Oh and I only paid $7.

Great price. You can probably make some jaws for it. They weren't bolt in they just sit in place. Must have a Monday or a Friday when they designed the jaws.

 

[MrPink]

There is screw holes in the throat for jaw pads. And since I do a decent amount with AN fittings I am just going to get the magnetic soft jaws

 

[3baygarage]

There you go then.

S-K - gets a YOU ****! for that caliber of scrap pile freebies! Right place right time man.

Flyer- nice Blackhawk. Did you go to Olcott? I miss the Memorial Day flea market. Nothing like walking through a field tool hunting on a beautiful day.

 

[S-K Tool Fanatic!]

Passed on this mossberg set for $10, I passed on it because I don’t have any space or desire to have one of these sets.

 

[ctuai]

Estate sale ($14): Estwing 16oz. hammer; Lufkin 12' tape measure; 1/2" Craftsman =v= 6" extension; 1/2" Craftsman -EE- 10" extension; 1/2" Craftsman =v= swivel socket; 1/2" SK 40161 5" extension; Wizard N2203 9/16", 1/2" wrench; Herbrand 3828 5/8", 3/4" ratchet; Awl for All awl; Facenter? 3 legged compass

Always happy to see the leather handled Estwings show up. Never heard of Wizard or Herbrand tools.

 

[ctuai]

Thrift store ($20): House of Troy polished brass mantle light.

This is my second one and they're definitely worth flipping.

 

[RTM]

Never heard of Wizard or Herbrand tools.

need to get you over to the Vintage side

Let's see your Herbrand!

I was surprised there was not a Herbrand thread already. Let's see them! I don't collect them but I do acquire them occasionally. Here's my stuff from the infamous milk jug.

www.garagejournal.com

My small but growing collection of Wizard tools (all Western Auto welcome)

I'll be the first to admit I know little to nothing about Western Auto stores so I'll leave that for another thread. I'm not aware if Western Auto had a presence here in Portland, Oregon but that doesn't seem to affect the availability of their house brand of tools, Wizard. Here's the first...

www.garagejournal.com

 

[Outlawmws]

Both bank bags have their keys

Don't get any florescent Ink on you opening them Jeff!

Passed on this mossberg set for $10

I get where you are coming from, but I don't think I could have passed...

A different dragged out day today, Four separate trips out the door. mostly because people had wonky start times...

And thank god for TOO's; not sure I'd have had much to show without them!


Craftsman Crown dial calipers in the box, seem to be in excelent shape! Pretty sure thst were made by Mitutoyo. (def made in Japan) ten bucks, the TI template was in a free box..




A TOO Estate sale - I even went looking for a CL ad after I got home - nothing: 6 bucks total:

6 Deep, Duro I think, sockets, 1" - 1/2 with gaps: McCaig Hatch DOE, 2 3 Auto Kit wrenches, Not sure who made the extension, or the 2 very early sockets.






Still the TOO Estate: Baker Snips - I have a pair of 9" and these are 7" - Oilite bushings, and a North Bros, Yankee Drill with all the bits!



$5 for the above and a 4 for a dollar out of the kitchen: Funnel, very short knife, but the blade is "backwards" - you pull on it? IPCO Eterna - I believe this later became EKCO, as they also had an Eterna line -no luck finding another one of these shorty's on-line. and a Vaugham's can opener,

and a "Whatsit" -the lady running the sale told me what it was for, and she was right, -any guesses?



Another TOO: Something for my daughters to fight over- Printed on Silk I believe, and I also believe vintage japan, maybe 60's?



Came home, waited, and went to a later sale and got skunked, but again, thank goodness for TOOs:



The ramp and 2" armstrong clamps were $10, the rest froma differnt sale were $2, Coleman lantern parts,a dn the combos are P&C, adn Penons adn the Penons is pebble so you know who made it:






Third run: free giveaway at a church, a "Stage stand" maybe 2 ft high tops, If I can sort ot a V rest this may become a spotting scope and gun rest for on a stand




Dang, out of pic space -next post:

 

[Outlawmws]

And a still later 4th run and 2 sales: one produced: A buck for a 2-1/2" "Adjsutble" deep clamp, Klein 11/32, a smal driver adn yet another reread gauge, however my first metric!

 

[WNYflyer]

There you go then.

S-K - gets a YOU ****! for that caliber of scrap pile freebies! Right place right time man.

Flyer- nice Blackhawk. Did you go to Olcott? I miss the Memorial Day flea market. Nothing like walking through a field tool hunting on a beautiful day.

Thanks 3Bay, the Blackhawk stood out right away. Unfortunately I did not make it to the Memorial Day flea market this year.

 

[RTM]

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and a "Whatsit" -the lady running the sale told me what it was for, and she was right, -any guesses?

Olive pitter? Or Cherry pitter?

 

[Private Lugnutz]

...or the 2 very early sockets.

Are they two very early sockets? Or one very early fixed socket wrench that was cut in half?



As you know, I have some very early hot-forged era socket sets with female ratchets and sockets with male drive tangs, but the tangs are not that long. Showing a very early Herbrand set for example. (Very early Plomb sets, which I don't own, had longer drive tangs, but I don't think that even Plomb were quite that long.) The sockets in early pressed steel and malleable iron sets had longer male drive tangs, but as you know, they weren't solid forged steel.

I do have some very early fixed socket wrenches. Shown in the foreground. That's what your pieces remind me of.

 

[alinc100]

Don't get any florescent Ink on you opening them Jeff!



and a "Whatsit" -the lady running the sale told me what it was for, and she was right, -any guesses?



Another TOO: Something for my daughters to fight over- Printed on Silk I believe, and I also believe vintage japan, maybe 60's?

TOOs:

I'm thinking medical injector foe livestock/horses????

 

[ctuai]

Estate sale ($5.00): KTA-Tator Positector 2000.

Tested and accurate against calibration strips. At first I thought it was a pedometer, but then saw its "2000" designation and realized that it was the future in a box.

 

[BlakeTheCarGuy]

*New to me tools* lol. From a flea market and a couple from a yard sale. Me and dad went to the Pulaski/Dublin Flea Market today at the Dublin Fairgrounds in Dublin Virginia right next to Pulaski County. My coworker told me about it. We missed Hillsville this year so we decided to head over to this one. Pulaski County neighbors Montgomery County which is the county I work in. How did I do for $66 total for all the tools? I’d say I got a pretty good deal especially since all the sockets in the bottom of the metal rusty box are Circle K Craftsman sockers with a date code of 1939-51 so those right there alone are worth the $40 I gave for that box. The box of Craftsman USA, Mac and a few other brands sockets was $20 and he threw in two wrenches a Snap-on from 1955 and a Craftsman USA Professional that I wanted. I love it when old guys have tools for sale lol. I was going to come home with two jacks for a Model T Ford and one for a Model A Ford but we could not come close to a price on those.

The pocket screwdrivers I got at a different place. They are handy you always need them. Me and dad really had a good time. Mom is away on a trip to Williamsburg Virginia with her friends just as a trip they wanted to do so me and dad took advantage.

I also picked up some baseball gloves there for my collection, several baseball hats, license plates and a cool hat from Homer Cox Ford that is actually the Ford Dealership that my dealership purchased when we wanted a Ford franchise because Homer wanted to retire but didn’t want to leave the New River Valley without a Ford dealership. But that deal was finalized before I was even born lol. Homer Cox passed away in 2004, two years after I was born, but sold his dealership to us in 1995 but we let him have it open along with his son till it closed in 2004 at his death. Him and the owner of my dealership were good friends. The hat is just something cool for me to have. I’m happy with the $8 I gave for the hat just to have that story to go with it.

 

[mikeinri]

Olive pitter? Or Cherry pitter?

That's my guess as well.

As for the "backwards" knife, I've seen people (including me) peel potatoes that way.

Estate sale ($5.00): KTA-Tator Positector 2000.

Speaking of potatoes, is that a pregnancy tester for spuds??? With "Tator" in the name and all...


Mike

 

[Outlawmws]

Olive pitter? Or Cherry pitter?

That didn't take long! designed as a Cherry pitter but was pattente as a "fruit pitter" which could include olives.

Are they two very early sockets? Or one very early fixed socket wrench that was cut in half?

I do have some very early fixed socket wrenches. Shown in the foreground. That's what your pieces remind me of.

You may be on to something there Lugz, Both are hex at the business end, both are different lengths, I'll look closer at the ends for cut marks although one had been hammered on enough to be mushroomed a bit, so those could be peened off, by now. they are "Having a Bath" at the moment.

I'm thinking medical injector foe livestock/horses????

Not sure how you get injector unless you are thinking an ampule of some sort fits in there?

That's my guess as well.

Correct.

As for the "backwards" knife, I've seen people (including me) peel potatoes that way.

Possibly. It's awfully short for that, but the handle isn't too thick either. I'l have to eyball that and maybe add that to the search terms.

 

[d42jeep]

Outlaw,
The extension has a Duro (D-I) look about it to me. I suspect that the hole in the extension may be the same size as the crossbar holes in the D-I spark plug sockets. They are sometimes unmarked.
-Don

 

[Outlawmws]

Don, I'l be able to get pics of the markings post E-rust bath. I didn't see any D-I, but it could have been covered . Good point on the hole sizes. I'll check that also.

 

[ObnoxiousFumes]

Oh boy I finally have something good to post here! The branding I was supposed to help with has been cancelled till tomorrow so I got to tour around the town for Garage Sale Day after all!
Most of them were pretty dull but two or three had tools.
First is a Beach box (because I’m a Beach junkie now apparently lol) for $8 with a few decent tools and some random stuff (didn’t have a tray though).
-Vise Grips (the good kind I think)
-a nice ball peen
-some Fuller screwdrivers and I think the lineman pliers were Fuller too
-a Snap On screwdriver
-some German snips (not sure what make)
-and a couple old pocketknives that are Sheffield steel I think, will have to look at them again, might be a couple worth cleaning up.
Most of the stuff on the right side looks like cheap junk but let know if I’m missing anything
The rest of my goodies came from a hoarder place, old guy passed away and his nephews were selling stuff off. Got this awesome vintage Shelton/GE hair-drier thing, good heat gun I guess, $5 and it works flawlessly!
And then a sweet little Craftsman grinder and these Vise Grip clamps for $20

A small Delta belt sander and a beefy old chop saw that I couldn’t find a name on but it all works, I think I paid around $20 for these.


Two Jorgensen USA clamps, $15


MityVac, military collapsible shovel, a Fuller C-clamp, some air fittings and a Shrader blow gun, a measuring cup thing, and an old German dremel sort of tool, I’ve no idea if it’s any good but it works, was german so I grabbed it lol. I think this lot was maybe $20-25 as well, hard to remember what I spent on things and how they were grouped.

This old lamp was free, I thought it was neat.

And now, my most prized possession lol. THE HOSSFELD UNIVERSAL BENDER! If it weren’t for This Old Tony I wouldn’t have known what this beauty was. No tooling but I talked to the guys and there is some more stuff in the shop they hadn’t gone through yet so I gave them my number in case they find any more. This and the little pile of tubing in the next pic plus a few other random items was only $40!!





Somewhere long the way I acquired another 10” adjustable Crescent and two small Proto wrenches. This one is not nearly as thick as my other 10” Crescent...
Also bought a newer Craftsman table saw for $90. All in all not a bad day

 

[ObnoxiousFumes]

Pic of how much thicker my older Crescent is:
Also scored a freaking Arctic military sleeping bag for $10 at a different garage sale.

 

[Outlawmws]

THE HOSSFELD UNIVERSAL BENDER!

You absolutely **** forth that find...

 

[ObnoxiousFumes]

You absolutely **** forth that find...

I know! And I can still hardly believe it’s real!

 

[mikeinri]

You absolutely **** forth that find...

You absolutely beat me to it...

Mike

 

[Outlawmws]

You may be on to something there Lugz, Both are hex at the business end, both are different lengths, I'll look closer at the ends for cut marks although one had been hammered on enough to be mushroomed a bit, so those could be peened off, by now. they are "Having a Bath" at the moment.

Lugz, confirmed cut marks, on both (even after peening)

 

[Provincial]

I've been too busy to look much lately. I did get a chance to look today, at an estate sale that wasn't far off my route, and also the set-up day at the local monthly flea market.

The estate had a large quantity of tools, but almost all were low-quality imports. I did find a few worthy items, and the price was negotiated from ridiculous to fair.

P&C 1243 water pump pliers
P&C 1202 slip joint pliers
P&C 3209 3/8 dr. ratchet
P&C 601 stubby screwdriver
Proto 9808 screwdriver
Mossberg 232 DOE 7/16 x 1/2
WeLloct 207 battery pliers

I spotted the battery pliers, and they looked interesting. Upon examination, I remembered Lugs' post yesterday, and sure enough, they were WeLloct!


On the way home, it was only a little out of the way to stop at the monthly flea market. It was set-up day, but they have an "early bird" option, and some of the sellers were present and selling. There is an auto swap meet next door tomorrow, so it was nice to do some advance picking so I could focus on the auto area tomorrow.

Williams S-53 that works like new after a spritz of ATF
Williams 8089A Superrench DBE 1-5/16 x 1-1/2
Vlchek WBH 3436 DBE 1-1/16 x 1-1/8 (I have a raised panel version, too)
Barcalo DBE 13/16 x 7/8 (2)
Barcalo DBE 1/2 x 9/16
P&C DBE 13/16 x 7/8 (no size markings or part #) Long pattern.
Blue Point X16 Boxocket Single Offset DBE 1/2
Western Giant DOE 9/16 x 5/8 "Chrome Alloy"
Plomb USA 1139 DBE 3/4 x 7/8
Plomb USA 3040 DOE 13/16 x 7/8
Proto LA Tappet DOE 11/16 x 3/4
Proto USA 1224-L long combo 3/4
Billings 1165 11/16 combo "VITALLOY"

Again, prices were fair, but not bargains.

 

[Provincial]

ObnoxiousFumes gets a **** for the bender! And he is talking Canadian dollars!!!!!!

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Lugz, confirmed cut marks, on both (even after peening)

The cool thing about that is how it practically demonstrates the historical thought process. You can just imagine someone thinking, 'if only these were separate pieces.' Voila! Detachable sockets. The first two of those someones who had the foresight to commoditize the thought were Camille Contal in Paris, France, in 1902, who first made the later US versions of those socket sets that someone passed up for $10 upthread, and Charles Miller, right here in the US in 1905.

I remembered Lugs' post yesterday, and sure enough, they were WeLloct!

That's the GJ GS 'Magic'. Talk about something, it suddenly appears. Two finds of the same item, a third is sure to follow eventually

 

[NYBODYMAN]

*New to me tools* lol. From a flea market and a couple from a yard sale. Me and dad went to the Pulaski/Dublin Flea Market today at the Dublin Fairgrounds in Dublin Virginia right next to Pulaski County. My coworker told me about it. We missed Hillsville this year so we decided to head over to this one. Pulaski County neighbors Montgomery County which is the county I work in. How did I do for $66 total for all the tools? I’d say I got a pretty good deal especially since all the sockets in the bottom of the metal rusty box are Circle K Craftsman sockers with a date code of 1939-51 so those right there alone are worth the $40 I gave for that box. The box of Craftsman USA, Mac and a few other brands sockets was $20 and he threw in two wrenches a Snap-on from 1955 and a Craftsman USA Professional that I wanted. I love it when old guys have tools for sale lol. I was going to come home with two jacks for a Model T Ford and one for a Model A Ford but we could not come close to a price on those.

The pocket screwdrivers I got at a different place. They are handy you always need them. Me and dad really had a good time. Mom is away on a trip to Williamsburg Virginia with her friends just as a trip they wanted to do so me and dad took advantage.

I also picked up some baseball gloves there for my collection, several baseball hats, license plates and a cool hat from Homer Cox Ford that is actually the Ford Dealership that my dealership purchased when we wanted a Ford franchise because Homer wanted to retire but didn’t want to leave the New River Valley without a Ford dealership. But that deal was finalized before I was even born lol. Homer Cox passed away in 2004, two years after I was born, but sold his dealership to us in 1995 but we let him have it open along with his son till it closed in 2004 at his death. Him and the owner of my dealership were good friends. The hat is just something cool for me to have. I’m happy with the $8 I gave for the hat just to have that story to go with it.

Nice gloves! What names are on them?

 

[BlakeTheCarGuy]

Nice gloves! What names are on them?

Thanks. One is a Hutch and the broken one is a Winston. Never heard of Winston but I’ve heard of Hutch. Assuming they aren’t any name brand or anything but going to restore at least the broken one.

 

[WisJim]

Detachable sockets. The first two of those someones who had the foresight to commoditize the thought were Camille Contal in Paris, France, in 1902, who first made the later US versions of those socket sets that someone passed up for $10 upthread,

Camille Contal is more known to other tool collectors as the inventor of an interesting multi-speed breast drill that isn't very common.