2024 Garage Sale Thread (13th Annual)
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LostBoy(IRL)
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Cheers, it's one of the things most of us have ahead or behind us.
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Well, Sunday was the culmination of the Wild Warehouse Weekend. I went with my neighbor, who was like a kid in a candy store. Everyone was let in in a more-or-less orderly fashion, but we were near the back of the pack--@tin medic was near the front... I was interested in the pile of antique, ornately cast levels near the back of the warehouse, but by the time I got there, there were none to be seen. Alternately disappointed and relieved that they were gone (they were tagged between $100 - $120) I began poking around in the nearby bins. A few minutes later, I glanced at one of the shelves and saw a 12" L.L. Davis Adjustable Spirit Level, Plumb and Inclinometer sitting in the shadow of a box where someone had stashed it out of view. Even though it had a $120 tag, I put it in my bag hoping I could get a bulk price when I presented it for the final tally.
Continuing on, I looked through the wooden levels and found an 8" rosewood & brass level from Stratton Brothers (Pat MCH 1, 1870). I spent the next three hours digging, being mostly very selective, but occasionally impulsive. At that point, my neighbor found me and said he had hit the wall--but he still managed to pick up three more things on the way to the cashier... I walked up to one of the estate agents and they poked around in my bag while I held it open. I almost fell over when I heard "How about $20?"
BTW, above is the only shot of the Disston No. 10 Handsaw Jointer
The group below is currently swimming in EvapoRust along with a few Yankee bits from the S-K socket box:
Dudly Tool Co. Spoke Wrench. Less ornate, but apparently more desirable than the Rollfast version I found earlier this year.
Another Geo. E. GAY Mfg ratcheting screwdriver. This one is 5" with a patent date July 29, 1902--his last.
Another Schollhorn parallel pliers, 4" and much lighter weight than the 4.5" pliers found on Day 2.
Snap-on V-21A Valve Adjusting Tool with SW-200, 5/8" socket. Both date coded 1944.
3" advertising caliper for Acorn Brand Oils & Greases. Flip side has the scale and ARTHUR W. CORNING, NEW YORK.
5" COES Monkey Wrench. Cute as hell!
No. 2627 (and otherwise Unbranded) keyhole saw
6" Lectrolite Pipe Wrench. I think it's nickel plated.
Nice North Bros Yankee No. 35 Ratcheting Screwdriver. So shoot me. I like ratcheting screwdrivers...
Three Stanley Screwdrivers. Top one's branding is obliterated but I believe it is the same as the middle driver: 100 Plus, No. 1001 Standard.
Middle one is a Sweetheart from '23-'32. Third one is a No. 146
Here's the top plate of the Stratton Brothers level. The top bubble glass is in great shape, but the end glass was replaced by a PO--with one with green fluid!
The day's prize, the 12" L.L. Davis Adjustable Spirit Level, Plumb and Inclinometer. There's still a lot of the gilding--although in this picture it doesn't really show.
The Japanning is cracked in several places and is heavily applied to the point much of the casting detail is lost. Those two big blobs along the top on either side of the compass are supposed to be some kind of flower...
Still looks cool in the right light!
Continuing on, I looked through the wooden levels and found an 8" rosewood & brass level from Stratton Brothers (Pat MCH 1, 1870). I spent the next three hours digging, being mostly very selective, but occasionally impulsive. At that point, my neighbor found me and said he had hit the wall--but he still managed to pick up three more things on the way to the cashier... I walked up to one of the estate agents and they poked around in my bag while I held it open. I almost fell over when I heard "How about $20?"
BTW, above is the only shot of the Disston No. 10 Handsaw Jointer
The group below is currently swimming in EvapoRust along with a few Yankee bits from the S-K socket box:
Dudly Tool Co. Spoke Wrench. Less ornate, but apparently more desirable than the Rollfast version I found earlier this year.
Another Geo. E. GAY Mfg ratcheting screwdriver. This one is 5" with a patent date July 29, 1902--his last.
Another Schollhorn parallel pliers, 4" and much lighter weight than the 4.5" pliers found on Day 2.
Snap-on V-21A Valve Adjusting Tool with SW-200, 5/8" socket. Both date coded 1944.
3" advertising caliper for Acorn Brand Oils & Greases. Flip side has the scale and ARTHUR W. CORNING, NEW YORK.
5" COES Monkey Wrench. Cute as hell!
No. 2627 (and otherwise Unbranded) keyhole saw
6" Lectrolite Pipe Wrench. I think it's nickel plated.
Nice North Bros Yankee No. 35 Ratcheting Screwdriver. So shoot me. I like ratcheting screwdrivers...
Three Stanley Screwdrivers. Top one's branding is obliterated but I believe it is the same as the middle driver: 100 Plus, No. 1001 Standard.
Middle one is a Sweetheart from '23-'32. Third one is a No. 146
Here's the top plate of the Stratton Brothers level. The top bubble glass is in great shape, but the end glass was replaced by a PO--with one with green fluid!
The day's prize, the 12" L.L. Davis Adjustable Spirit Level, Plumb and Inclinometer. There's still a lot of the gilding--although in this picture it doesn't really show.
The Japanning is cracked in several places and is heavily applied to the point much of the casting detail is lost. Those two big blobs along the top on either side of the compass are supposed to be some kind of flower...
Still looks cool in the right light!
Sales have slowly been picking up here, was raining every weekend for a while.
since everything comes in threes, picked up a NOS kohler KT17 series 2, and a NOS Briggs and Stratton 12.5HP vertical shaft for next to nothing, they were sitting in a warehouse for 20 years.
No pictures, but I also got a bunch of IBM typewriter tools for $7, sold half of them for $250
since everything comes in threes, picked up a NOS kohler KT17 series 2, and a NOS Briggs and Stratton 12.5HP vertical shaft for next to nothing, they were sitting in a warehouse for 20 years.
No pictures, but I also got a bunch of IBM typewriter tools for $7, sold half of them for $250
Had my first job of the year that took me by the spray paint garage sale. Guy's always having a sale and he gives any bare metal on tools larger than pliers a thick coat of black spray paint.
Usually he has something interesting but I then have to work through the paint before finally being about to actually clean it up.
Fortunately today had only one painted item. Also total was $14 which seems like a good deal.
Williams wrench roll, Bench top 3/8 spinner(says it's a full shank with female end so it's potentially more useful than most), and a Vaughn hammer(with at least 2 coats of paint).
Usually he has something interesting but I then have to work through the paint before finally being about to actually clean it up.
Fortunately today had only one painted item. Also total was $14 which seems like a good deal.
Williams wrench roll, Bench top 3/8 spinner(says it's a full shank with female end so it's potentially more useful than most), and a Vaughn hammer(with at least 2 coats of paint).
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Beerhippie
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That's a great haul, but the Davis is definitely the gem!Well, Sunday was the culmination of the Wild Warehouse Weekend. I went with my neighbor, who was like a kid in a candy store. Everyone was let in in a more-or-less orderly fashion, but we were near the back of the pack--@tin medic was near the front... I was interested in the pile of antique, ornately cast levels near the back of the warehouse, but by the time I got there, there were none to be seen. Alternately disappointed and relieved that they were gone (they were tagged between $100 - $120) I began poking around in the nearby bins. A few minutes later, I glanced at one of the shelves and saw a 12" L.L. Davis Adjustable Spirit Level, Plumb and Inclinometer sitting in the shadow of a box where someone had stashed it out of view. Even though it had a $120 tag, I put it in my bag hoping I could get a bulk price when I presented it for the final tally.
Continuing on, I looked through the wooden levels and found an 8" rosewood & brass level from Stratton Brothers (Pat MCH 1, 1870). I spent the next three hours digging, being mostly very selective, but occasionally impulsive. At that point, my neighbor found me and said he had hit the wall--but he still managed to pick up three more things on the way to the cashier... I walked up to one of the estate agents and they poked around in my bag while I held it open. I almost fell over when I heard "How about $20?"
BTW, above is the only shot of the Disston No. 10 Handsaw Jointer
The group below is currently swimming in EvapoRust along with a few Yankee bits from the S-K socket box:
Dudly Tool Co. Spoke Wrench. Less ornate, but apparently more desirable than the Rollfast version I found earlier this year.
Another Geo. E. GAY Mfg ratcheting screwdriver. This one is 5" with a patent date July 29, 1902--his last.
Another Schollhorn parallel pliers, 4" and much lighter weight than the 4.5" pliers found on Day 2.
Snap-on V-21A Valve Adjusting Tool with SW-200, 5/8" socket. Both date coded 1944.
3" advertising caliper for Acorn Brand Oils & Greases. Flip side has the scale and ARTHUR W. CORNING, NEW YORK.
5" COES Monkey Wrench. Cute as hell!
No. 2627 (and otherwise Unbranded) keyhole saw
6" Lectrolite Pipe Wrench. I think it's nickel plated.
Nice North Bros Yankee No. 35 Ratcheting Screwdriver. So shoot me. I like ratcheting screwdrivers...
Three Stanley Screwdrivers. Top one's branding is obliterated but I believe it is the same as the middle driver: 100 Plus, No. 1001 Standard.
Middle one is a Sweetheart from '23-'32. Third one is a No. 146
Here's the top plate of the Stratton Brothers level. The top bubble glass is in great shape, but the end glass was replaced by a PO--with one with green fluid!
The day's prize, the 12" L.L. Davis Adjustable Spirit Level, Plumb and Inclinometer. There's still a lot of the gilding--although in this picture it doesn't really show.
The Japanning is cracked in several places and is heavily applied to the point much of the casting detail is lost. Those two big blobs along the top on either side of the compass are supposed to be some kind of flower...
Still looks cool in the right light!
I believe that, for spending $20 on all that, you richly deserve a "YOU ****!"
And a brass bound baby stratton? You definitely ****.The day's prize, the 12" L.L. Davis Adjustable Spirit Level, Plumb and Inclinometer. There's still a lot of the gilding--although in this picture it doesn't really show.
Here is a recent haul of 3 auction lots, shipped out from Nebraska. Quite happy with one of these, should save me a bunch of money in the long run, can you guess which?
1st up, 2 Tuffy Screwdrivers, in USER condition. Last 2 I bought were NOS, and I would feed bad using them. These two included mushrooming damage, missing ball bearing latches, but came with extra dirt, for free. Also in this lot was a Whisler screw or nail starter.
The next lot included several different "sets" of bits, 4x Hargrave brace bits, including three plug cutters and 1 screwdriver bit, a box of Goodell Pratt German Pattern (gimlet) Bits, and another box of spur dowel bits by Russel Jennings.
The final lot included a bunch of level stuff, including many bare vials, that I hope can be used to repair a few levels with missing or broken vials. Interesting here are 2 Octagon Line & Surface levels, in tin boxes, patented Feb 22, 1921, and made by Frank B Hall, Geneva Ohio, a Magnelite Level Makers right angle holding a pair of adjustable vials that you attach to a board to make a giant level, and disappointingly, a 150mm machinist type level, but the bubble is dry (I thought it was a sighting level with sheath in the pic), by Mass Industrie Reichenbach i.V. (Reichenbach im Vogtland) rated at 1 line =0.6mm per meter. (Slightly less than a Starrett 98 at 0.42mm / meter). Also a bunch of level glass vial covers, and a couple of modern cheapies tossed in too.
1st up, 2 Tuffy Screwdrivers, in USER condition. Last 2 I bought were NOS, and I would feed bad using them. These two included mushrooming damage, missing ball bearing latches, but came with extra dirt, for free. Also in this lot was a Whisler screw or nail starter.
The next lot included several different "sets" of bits, 4x Hargrave brace bits, including three plug cutters and 1 screwdriver bit, a box of Goodell Pratt German Pattern (gimlet) Bits, and another box of spur dowel bits by Russel Jennings.
The final lot included a bunch of level stuff, including many bare vials, that I hope can be used to repair a few levels with missing or broken vials. Interesting here are 2 Octagon Line & Surface levels, in tin boxes, patented Feb 22, 1921, and made by Frank B Hall, Geneva Ohio, a Magnelite Level Makers right angle holding a pair of adjustable vials that you attach to a board to make a giant level, and disappointingly, a 150mm machinist type level, but the bubble is dry (I thought it was a sighting level with sheath in the pic), by Mass Industrie Reichenbach i.V. (Reichenbach im Vogtland) rated at 1 line =0.6mm per meter. (Slightly less than a Starrett 98 at 0.42mm / meter). Also a bunch of level glass vial covers, and a couple of modern cheapies tossed in too.
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Mike'smeatshop
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Waiting for an old water pump to be restored.
GarageHobbyist
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Its definitely going to be a restore/display project. I haven't done more than get an initial layer of grease/dirt off, spray some bolts with penetrating oil, and peek under the shroud so far.
I currently have the 10hp Cast Iron Briggs for my new to me Allis Chalmers Big Ten tore apart in the garage waiting on some parts to undo whatever the previous owner did
. I told myself I'm not starting on the WMB until after the tractor is back together.Mr. Wonderful
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Marketplace score. Very nice condition. Decent price. None of the usual damaged spots. I can’t complain at all!
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I totally agree. Let me know.Its definitely going to be a restore/display project. I haven't done more than get an initial layer of grease/dirt off, spray some bolts with penetrating oil, and peek under the shroud so far.
I currently have the 10hp Cast Iron Briggs for my new to me Allis Chalmers Big Ten tore apart in the garage waiting on some parts to undo whatever the previous owner did
Outlawmws
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Sales have slowly been picking up here, was raining every weekend for a while.
since everything comes in threes, picked up a NOS kohler KT17 series 2, and a NOS Briggs and Stratton 12.5HP vertical shaft for next to nothing, they were sitting in a warehouse for 20 years.
No pictures, but I also got a bunch of IBM typewriter tools for $7, sold half of them for $250
You ****, several times over...
Mike
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***** to OR and jb books.
brockmub
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I've been mulling this over, and don't think I've ever seen gimlets or doweling bits NIB before, and the plug cutters are as rare as hens teeth too.The next lot included several different "sets" of bits, 4x Hargrave brace bits, including three plug cutters and 1 screwdriver bit, a box of Goodell Pratt German Pattern (gimlet) Bits, and another box of spur dowel bits by Russel Jennings.
Ones and twos of gimlets aren't uncommon, or even a half dozen in somebody's old canvas bit roll. And NIB? Still wrapped in paper from the seller? Doweling bits are rarer, I think I've found only a small handful over the years, all singles. The plug cutters for a brace are damned unusual too. Maybe the most unusual of the three. (Actually, I have one inherited plug cutter for a brace, and haven't touched it in decades because I couldn't get it to work. So, I don't know how hard I've looked for them. Now I am going to have to try it again.)
So I want to say that those two little boxes are way unusual. Kewl!
handmadeMI
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I am an auction junkie. This week I scored a lot for under $50 that included a push button propane torch(need that anyways) and this new old stock still in the friggin box craftsman toolbox and SAE socket set from the 90s by the looks of it. They are too pretty for my filthy hands so they are off to eBay to find a new home and a nice clean shelf somewhere to sit on. 
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I saved all the cardboard packaging. Made in “Western Germany” too, so they’re vintage!
I am an auction junkie. This week I scored a lot for under $50 that included a push button propane torch(need that anyways) and this new old stock still in the friggin box craftsman toolbox and SAE socket set from the 90s by the looks of it. They are too pretty for my filthy hands so they are off to eBay to find a new home and a nice clean shelf somewhere to sit on.
Teal. Nothing screams early 90s like teal...
Mike
Jim_No_Garage
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It's Bulk Pickup season here so I have been devoting all my efforts to "curbside shopping" for the last 2 weeks. I've picked lots of household stuff but limited garage related stuff.
This evening I picked this Eagle Mfg. No 1301 - 1 Gallon Flammable materials can.
I need to update my Garage thread with my non-garage related items.
Cheers
Jim
This evening I picked this Eagle Mfg. No 1301 - 1 Gallon Flammable materials can.
I need to update my Garage thread with my non-garage related items.
Cheers
Jim
ctuai
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Garage sale ($20): 8 -Jorgenson bar clamps (4 - 18"; 4 - 24") ($160)
Pretty slim pickings or I'm becoming fussier.
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Smokeshow69
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Ha ha so true. many cars were painted teal in the 90’s. So gross. Hate the Honda teal color. Jeep released the color again recently . Horrible in my opinion
Ha ha so true. many cars were painted teal in the 90’s. So gross. Hate the Honda teal color. Jeep released the color again recently . Horrible in my opinion
Oh no...
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brockmub
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Oh come on Smoke, you're telling me this isn't just the hottest thing?Ha ha so true. many cars were painted teal in the 90’s. So gross. Hate the Honda teal color. Jeep released the color again recently . Horrible in my opinion
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Stopped at a thrift store in a nearby city, a place we don't get to very often, and got 2 wire wheel brushes for $3.98 each. They are actually something I was looking for. I hope the quality is good, but at the price I couldn't pass it up.
Oh come on Smoke, you're telling me this isn't just the hottest thing?
There it is!
I knew immediately after posting that I should have amended my original statement...
Nothing screams early 90s like teal WITH BARBIE PINK-PURPLE ACCENTS.
Mike
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If that doesn’t sum up the early 90’s I don’t know what does? Chevy beretta with a body kit and graphicsOh come on Smoke, you're telling me this isn't just the hottest thing?
Private Lugnutz
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Nice find!!!! Please post close-ups, including the marking, on the wood screwdrivers thread.
I wish it was a production year reference! Unfortunately, I don't think so. I have a pair, but they have the prewar gripping pattern, not the herringbone. What the "44" signifies is unknown. Anniversary, perhaps.
Nice find. There are a few examples of that contraption down on the VB.
Sorry to hear about your dad. Your astute bittersweet observation is a good sign you are coping in the best possible way.
Outlawmws
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Those are a good brand. Well done!
Smokeshow69
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Scored this barely used snappy/cti 1/2 drive torque wrench today off the truck for $150. Case is in really good shape and not dirty. Came with instructions as well. Not bad when you consider how much they are new and that I paid the same as alot of other cheaper brands
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One very quick sale today. Estate sale in my neighborhood, 2nd day. Closing in 5 minutes as I got there at 10 minutes to 1??? Why would you close at 1 pm on payday? Got a clean Stanley 16 ft tape measure, a NOS Craftsman chalk line and Crowntop Craftsman plastic organizer bin,it's very ,very clean.
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Small haul Friday... Plomb WF-36 1/2"-drive 20" extension and Petersen Vise Grips - just because you have to.
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We only got to two sales today. Although parking was next to impossible, we found a few things at a Berkeley estate sale.
The drill index was Huot in a configuration I hadn’t seen before.
The Swanson square was likely made in China although there is no COO indicated. Very sad. 
Fresh looking Channellock lineman’s pliers.
I thought the little toy truck my wife found for the Grandaughter was a VW but although made in Western Germany it wasn’t. It sure looked like a VW from the side
The K-D tool was one I didn’t have.
Most of the Craftsman tools were =v= marked except the DBE wrench.
The second sale in Walnut Creek was worthless.
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The drill index was Huot in a configuration I hadn’t seen before.
The Swanson square was likely made in China although there is no COO indicated. Very sad. Fresh looking Channellock lineman’s pliers.
I thought the little toy truck my wife found for the Grandaughter was a VW but although made in Western Germany it wasn’t. It sure looked like a VW from the side
The K-D tool was one I didn’t have.
Most of the Craftsman tools were =v= marked except the DBE wrench.
The second sale in Walnut Creek was worthless.
-Don
Beerhippie
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Hit a "block sale" on the way back from lunch today. Still not over the depression it incurred. One man's (or woman's) trash is often another man's (or woman's ) garbage.... Get a dumpster, FFS.
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