Here are a couple of auction lot scores from June & July, the shipper was really swamped with 600 lots from the first and another 400 from the second, so it took him a while to get to me. This is my 3rd auction buying from this collector's stuff. Everything has been reasonable, I usually figure +100% for shipping and seller fees above what I bought, but this time it was a bit worse. Mostly because I got several lots for $4 and less, so the shipping ratio was much higher.
The first auction I won 4 lots, out of about 15 I was watching. Several went for 4-5x my maximum bids, others only went 1 bid above my maximum, but I have no idea how bad they wanted it, so I wisely sat back. In the second, I only won 2 lots out of 15, but wisely raised my max bid after the first lot went for $4, so shipping was gonna kill that one.
Too much diversity for one pic, so here's one pic per lot.
A bunch of brace bits, Left side, screwdrivers, top right, center bits, Lower right, countersinks, many blacksmith forged
Screwdriver bits include Kraueter, Merit, Syracuse, PEXTO, Millers Falls, Irwin, Hargrave, and Defiance. Center bits include Howarth, Germany, Rab.... Countersinks include Craftsman, Fenton Marsden, & Boker.
The Short reamer is a craftsman, the longer an GTD, The two just above are Goodell Pratt #397 & 398. Bottom looks like screwdrivers, split nut screwdrivers, countersinks, all blacksmith forged.
Bunch of boxes of rivets, split and tubular, some copper, some brass, some japanned. A step towards rehabbing a few old tool boxes.
Misc. screw & nutdrivers, top left is a Bridgeport Bell Systems, then a Utility ratcheting, KD impact driver, 2 Efcor?, one Dayton nut driver, unmarked screwdriver, three screw starters from Coast to Coast, bottom one missing its gripper. Top right is an awl, huge unmarked screwdriver, (drove the shipping up), hoop screwdriver, Walden wood handled nut drivers, tack puller, flexible screwdriver by Gambles. More names to be looked for later.
Second auction
Some fun oddities here, German made knock of Yankee ratcheting screwdrivers, top says PRODUCTS in the bottom of an inverted triangle or diamond, top is too worn to read. 2nd say Manufacturers Steel Corporation inside an inverted triangle with a W in the middle, model 524 (see the tag), next a Pat'd Grip Point screw holding screwdriver, and an Awl that looks like a Stanley, but the shaft is stamped ITALY.
And finally, the lot I went over my planned maximum for: 2 NOS Tuffy screwdrivers, one 1/4" flat blade, one #2 phillips, both 9" long. Only apology, the original price written on them. I didn't remember them saying NOS, but that made me happier that I went a few $$ higher.
Would it be poor form to use alcohol to remove the price tags, or should I step right up to my belt sander?
a Skill 77 ($20) to see if the blade screw fit his, which he couldn't get a replacement for. The staff watched him until he left...…
