Thank you, Jack. I will certainly offer these tools to my fellow Garage Journal friends first. I even have hopes that I may be able to trade a few. I'm missing some older Mac tools, and I want to find replacements of the correct matching vintage.Yes, you and I do it because we enjoy the archeology of old tools, the thrill of the hunt.
No, there isn't any real money in it. By the time I finish selling off everything surplus, I pay for what I kept. That is, if no burden is figured for the hours upon hours of driving, looking, sorting, hauling, cleaning, advertising and shipping.
Maybe, you'll occasionally get your heart broken. We on the GJ site are a picky bunch. More than once, I've gotten excited about finding whatever, say a mint set of P&C sockets, only to get a huge yawn from this group and end up basically giving them away.
Suggestion - give the group first shot at your treasures here. If they don't sell in a week, on to eBay.
thnx, jack vines
Your GJ nickname makes me wonder if we have crossed paths before. I've been in the collector car world all my life. And with a name like Packard V8, you must be also. And I think I recall that the Packard V8 only existed for a year or two, right? The Packard "hawk" was 1958, right? I have sat in the Packard Panther show car also, and it was a V8 with a one-off supercharger. Two seater convertible.
But I digress. Sorry.

There are quite a few of each of those brands in this haul. If you do have any interest, shall I hold these Crescent tools for a couple of days, and see what else I have that may interest you? I plan to sort all these tools by brand names, and then provide some kind of rough inventory for GJ members, before selling or trading them any other way. You know, shipping 3 or 4 tools is not much cheaper than shipping a dozen, so we should try to get as much into one package as possible, rather than splitting up several tools among 2 or 3 shipments?
Oh well. Give me some time, and I'll find that stuff for you.
And I am SO glad that you can enjoy this too. I cannot help but think that, without people who seek out, preserve, and share old items like these USA-made tools, that they would simply vanish into the worthless trash bins of life.
Best thing is, after weeks of "dud" garage/estate sales, I have finally had a 3-week run of really good successes. I've bought lots of Snap On, Cornwell, Matco, and Craftsman, in addition to dozens of other USA-made brands...all under $1 per piece, and some MUCH cheaper than that. Now I plan to blend similar tools from all of these hauls together, and sort them all by brand names. Then I can build some sets, and keep or sell them as fits my own tool collection needs. And any remaining "off-brand" high quality US-made tools which GJ collectors don't want will be fine gifts for my two sons, so they'll have good tools when I visit them and they ask something like, "Hey Dad, while you're here...would you mind taking a look at the ______. It isn't working right now."
Currently in that situation I am stuck working with a couple of cheap screwdrivers, a pair of vice grips, and some typical dollar-store "Handy Tool Kit"-type ****. At least now I'll have a few good tools at their homes when I get there.