2021 Garage Sale Thread

[Private Lugnutz]

but over in the grass was a small green lock box

I like those boxes with the recessed handles because you can stack them.

 

[mikeinri]

Nicely done, @3jakes!

Mike

 

[bmwrd0]

Back when my Mom was an antique dealer in the pre-internet era, there were “finders”.

I have spent most of my life in and out of the used book world, and we call those people "scouts." The same thing, working the edges of that world. I have done it off and on for 3 decades.

 

[Provincial]

I apologize for not commenting earlier. I've been busy this morning, and I wasn't intentionally letting you all stew while waiting for the answer.

The winner is: Lugz! The P&C short offset socket wrench is what caught my eye. To tell the truth, I didn't even notice the little 3/8 P&C that he spotted! He also spotted a Plomb 1/4" pin punch in the pile.

That "skeleton" combination wrench in the photo is a Black & Decker and is made of plastic. I think it may have been part of a toy tool set for kids

Here is a teaser of the wrenches. I started to sort them out. Plomb on the left. Williams, Bonney, Indestro, and a mix of others.

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[Private Lugnutz]

The winner is: Lugz! The P&C short offset socket wrench is what caught my eye. To tell the truth, I didn't even notice the little 3/8 P&C that he spotted! He also spotted a Plomb 1/4" pin punch in the pile.

Okay, okay, maybe my eyes are a little beady!



Nice haul.

 

[pfaustus]

Collingswood is some ********* picking.

I would have to agree. I do miss being a hop skip and a jump from that place.

 

[Provincial]

Here is the Plomb from the latest find.

1370 plastic hammer
1150 DBE 1-1/16 x 1-1/8
1145 DBE 15/16 x 1
1230 combo 15/16
1228 combo 7/8
1214 combo 7/16
3425 Tappet 7/16 x 1/2
3047 DOE 15/16 x 1-1/16
3040 DOE 13/16 x 7/8
3034 DOE 5/8 x 11/16
47 3/8 x 3/16 pin punch
47 1/2 x 1/4 pin punch AD date code
5344 1/2 dr. 12-pt. 11/16 deep
5345 1/2 dr. 12-pt. 3/4 deep
5425 1/2 dr. 12-pt. 25/32
5424 1/2 dr. 12-pt. 3/4
5419 1/2 dr. 12-pt. 19/32
5416 1/2 dr. 12-pt. 1/2
5444 1/2 dr. Drag Link

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Influenced by Provincial (translation: it's all his fault!), I'm not going to post my pickins (Lugz 2021_62), but the piles, instead. The haystacks rather than the needles. So if anybody wants to play Where's Waldo, now's your chance. I'm posting these from the PL. I'm going back to buy a cup of coffee and a pork roll sandwich. Drive home. Clean up. Get some work done. And I'll hold off on posting the haul shot until later this afternoon. Who thinks they know me and my propensities best? Who else has beady eyes?

 

[Private Lugnutz]

I do miss being a hop skip and a jump from that place

I forget where you live, but for some reason I'm thinking PA. Jacktown swap/tractor show is tomorrow. I have a doubleheader (meant to block the day and forgot...) and can't make it.

 

[LesserSon]

That first table..so much to pick through…I suppose the perfect handle driver, maybe a putty knife or two…can’t tell what that bluish holder thingy is…spud wrenches, feeler guages, is that a Blackhawk ratchet? Not the 2 vises - is the red one MF?
Second shot…DOE tool post wrench, ice scraper, (what is that in the amber pocket tube?)
third shot…stud-setter
fourth shot…PS&W(?) C-clamp, Bridgeport(?) stubby, single-end tool post wrench.

 

[LesserSon]

I was going to go to an indoor antiques show in Kempton (Berks Co) w MrsLS tomorrow, but she’s changed her plans. I had also thought of heading up to Pinchot SF for the first Saturday of muzzleloader, but I’ve been sick with head&chest congestion (COVID test came back negative) all week, and not really up to a lengthy drag if successful.
So Jacktown is actually looking pretty good to me, at least until the rain starts. Another GJ member indicated he may be there.
Thinking Jake’s Sunday, but I haven’t been to Blue Ridge for a while.

 

[Outlawmws]

My Guesses: - I think some in line with LS (I picked before looking on...)





Upper left pick because I'm
Closed ? box depends on contents.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

I suppose the perfect handle driver,

No, but, (...and hucklebucklebeanstalking you to Waldo...), you're very warm. There are two other things on this table.

(what is that in the amber pocket tube?)

Bingo! (All will be revealed!) And that was the only thing on that table.

third shot…stud-setter

Yes, but that's not what it is.

single-end tool post wrench.

Bingo! And there is one other item on this table.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

My Guesses: - I think some in line with LS (I picked before looking on...)

Now that is a sophisticated participant, breaking out the markups!

You nailed my fourth (your first) table. Plomb 1212 combo and the SOE tool post wrench that LS also spotted is an Armstrong 501. But I did not grab the Pexto clamp. It's a dupe.

You struck out on the second table - but I think you're really going to like the "amber pocket tube" that LS correctly spotted as something I would like.

You also struck out on the busy table, although the vendor - an older Italian guy with an accent who brings his garage/yard sale finds to the flea once a year - and I talked about the riveter kit and the little body dinger that you circled, and I picked up and inspected the tongs that you circled, which neither I or the vendor or a third guy standing there could identify (it looks like a mold for pressing molten leaden objects or bullets, but the surfaces that meet are completely flat). The closed box had a 1/4" A-Z letter figure punch kit in it. He was really trying to sell me another punch kit, 0-9, near his hands that someone handmade out of brass. Like LS, you're very warm in the screwdriver area.

 

[LesserSon]

Oh, I see it - the ratcheting screwdriver with the flats on the handle so it doesn’t roll away.

 

[LesserSon]

If the “cups” of those tongs are solid, they’d be a heat sink. Maybe used for shaping/smoothing a bottle neck in glassblowing?

 

[RTM]

I got distracted with what I would have grabbed off those tables….. so many choices on the first one, level, vise chisel. Wait what was the game again?

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Oh, I see it - the ratcheting screwdriver with the flats on the handle so it doesn’t roll away.

Yup. But it's not ratcheting. It does look like it from afar, because of the disturbance in the shape near the ferrule, but that's actually a spring steel tongue that holds detachable shanks inside the chuck. No name! And no other blades. Unfortunately. Very well made.

the “cups” of those tongs are solid, they’d be a heat sink. Maybe used for shaping/smoothing a bottle neck in glassblowing?

Aha. I guessed similar for welding or somesuch. Thanks.

Wait what was the game again

Haha.

I think it's about played out, so I will post the haul momentarily.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Thanks for playing, guys. That was fun. And y'all done good. Here is the more typical trunk shot...



I didn't put the catalogs (WISS, B&D, RIDGID, Stanley, IRWIN, and Duro) in the game, because I parsed those out of a massive load of books, folders, binders, and such piled feet high and table wide. Most of it was industrial grade tools, equipment and fixtures and the like that all came out of an abandoned property PECO office in Bucks County, PA. The guy was border hopping with it. He wanted too much for a vintage and gorgeous Dempster Dumpster catalog. Everything is 1968 to 1971, so, later than my collecting niche, but someone may need these.

The Duro torque pamphlet (see Pic 1) is dated 1968 and it has torque settings for trucks, tractors, and automobiles from the 40's through 1967. I'll post more in the 'Duro' thread.

The Warren Dado Sawing Washers Company kit (Table 1)(see Pic 2) is my healthy dose of humility, reminding me to stay in my own lane. I am not a wood guy, I don't even own a circular saw, but, it looked special, and I couldn't resist it complete in original box with original paperwork. I'm not a habitual smartphone user other than photos and texts, so it wasn't until I got home that I discovered these pretty much grow on trees. There's at least a dozen of them for sale on eBay right now. Maybe future trade material. I won't post additional photos unless someone requests it.

I will post more photos of the screwdriver (at least I think it's a screwdriver...) (see Pic 3) in the 'Show us your wood' thread. It's nifty. I was thinking it might be chisel, since it has such an unusual tapered shank, but I wasn't sure about that, either.

I have several 6-inch Heller Bros Masterenches, but this one (see Pic 4) is the 'backwards N in Newark' variant, and I grouped it, the dados box, and the screwdriver together for peanuts. If I had a step ladder for that first table to get a true overhead shot I am sure Outlaw would've spotted it.

The knockout type wheel puller (from table 3) (see Pic 5) is a beat up New Britain N4100 5/8"-18. I'll post more photo on the 'NB' thread.

My favorite find is the "Lubristyl" (lubricating stylus) (see Pic 6) pocket precision oiler. Made in Switzerland. I will be posting more photos on the 'Oilers' thread.

 

[Outlawmws]

Those are nice picks!

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Thanks, Outlaw.

Okay, guys, for those interested in seeing more, more photos posted in pertinent threads.

Some LEFT-BEHINDS...

Boy Scout Leader hat (at $35, more than I wanted to pay ) and a Vietnam era portable gennie.

 

[Outlawmws]

Is that genny as small as it looks?

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Yeah, they're cute. As soon as I saw it was Vietnam I walked away so I didn't even look at the data tags, but I believe they are 500w.

 

[bmwrd0]

That hat is called a Piedmont. Not a BoyScouts leader hat. But, as with pith helmets, some things stick.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

I hear ya, Beemer, but in this case it is quite literally a "Boy Scout Leader" hat. It has the BSA logo embossed on the hat band, that is the BSA logo on the pinned on badge, that hatbox underneath it has BSA logos printed all over it, and, best of all, sewn in right next to the cloth size tag (7-3/8"! Which is perfect for me!), is a cloth tag that reads, "BOY SCOUT LEADER".

 

[Raineman]

I have a generator like that Lugz. I’ll try to get photos this weekend.

 

[Raineman]

Hershey show last week was some hard tool pickin. Not a lot of vendors had tools and ones that did mostly wanted stupid money for stuff. I did manage to a few things. Best was Snap on hard handle ratchet, 3/8 body with 1/2” anvil. Also Blue Point wrench, MAC extension and a Craftsman socket for a set. I also got a DOE metric Craftsman to complete a set (not pictured). I think I spent about $45 for all, $30 of which was the ratchet.

 

[Raineman]

Today on the way home I caught a couple neighbors setting up for tomorrow. Blackhawk 1/2” and NAPA 1/4” ratchets, Bonney DOE, Utica nail puller, Snap on wrench and 9/16 allen socket, Blue Point wrench and Snappy phillips. $11 for all this.

 

[Raineman]

Also this Evercraft magnetic Torx driver set for $1

 

[LesserSon]

I will post more photos of the screwdriver (at least I think it's a screwdriver...) (see Pic 3) in the 'Show us your wood' thread. It's nifty. I was thinking it might be chisel, since it has such an unusual tapered shank, but I wasn't sure about that, either.

Best of luck, Lugz. I didn’t do very well with the one I posted on your Hollow Handle thread, even with a patent date.
Although looking at my photo again, maybe 22Apr1873 instead of 23Apr1875?
I have found more bracebits with that same notch in the corner, as well as ones notched across a flat (different patent, I’m sure), so it will accept other tools, like countersinks, drill bits, augers, and sockets, in addition to screwdrivers (or chisels, as yours seems to be).

 

[bmwrd0]

Oh no, what did he drag home now?



(I mean, since we are playing games...

 

[LesserSon]

I like that grease-proof dust jacket! All I see is “TOOLS” in that diamond logo. Sherman Klove?

 

[gpw_42]

It must have been SK day today...

SK 1/2" dr. set, looks almost unused.
SK 1/4" dr. set has the crossbar
BSR 3T.. Red Mountain skillet
WW2 .50 ammo can
Red Devil (Irvington!) putty knife
TL-13 pliers (Utica and Boker)
Hein Warner 3 ton jack
Bourbon Cookbook (not well pictured, partially visible above the 1/2" dr. socket set)

Not pictured:
Starrett 50 foot metal tape
75 feet of 1/2" manila rope (ends need whipped, badly!)
Miscellaneous wrenches [Vlchek, Barcalo, Fairmount, Duro (X)] mostly WW2 vintage
Unfired M1950 stove, dated 1964 and copy of the TM, in a 1967 dated new cylinder
Bourbon Cookbook (not well pictured, partially visible above the 1/2" dr. socket set)
=Craftsman= stacked leather handle hammer. That things feels GREAT in the hand
New Britain NM-** 1/4" dr. set (will go to the 1/4" dr. thread on the Vintage board)

All (except the cookbook) came from an estate sale. Did a little creeping after the sale, based on the husband's name. She was Ukranian, whom the Germans took west as forced labor during WW2. His unit released her and others from a work camp (the word "concentration" wasn't used in her obit). He retired as a First Sergeant sometime in the 60s. I think I'd have liked to get to know him.

)

 

[bmwrd0]

Let us start with my last stop of the day and a rant. Why, but why do sellers not put the actual address in the ad? I know, I know, people are afraid of scammers and whatnot, but if you are selling things, it helps if people can find you, don't you think? At least put the block number on. But this 123 on XYZ between PDQ and infinity is just a pain. Three times I was dragged around looking for something only to find nothing.

Anyway, the last sale:

The ad looked really promising, describing a car person who was also a record collector, and I would have been there first, but the start time was pretty late. But we found a very early ignition set, double-ended Herbrand, Bonney single offset, MAC Sabina, Proto flextension, Duro/Industro 3/8's breaker, Plomb 1/4 speeder, 3/4" to 1/2" adaptor, Bonney and Snap-on sockets, Proto spinner, two reamers, and the prize of the litter, a full set of Yankee points. All that for $4. Although walking through the house, I spotted in the vinyl a copy of Repo Man. I don't do vinyl on purpose, but that was quite tempting.

Second to last was in a suburb I didn't know existed, but I found a gunked-up Millers Falls eggbeater and a 1/4 Indestro breaker bar. $10


Before that was a sale on a dead-end, down a hill with no turnaround, but while there were no tools to speak of I found these books at a dollar each:

Wartime editions, so not too special, although I wish the Poe had its DJ still. Anyway, good reading copies.

But, this whole thing was started by the first sale, or, rather, by the picture they posted on Craigslist. It was a little farther than I like to drive, but I check, as you never know what you are going to find. And I found a listing that mentioned tools, and showed a pic of an interesting old toolbox, along with some run-of-the-mill older tools. Well, along with not actually posting the address, when I finally found the place, all I could see were Xmas trinkets and women clothes, so I ask "is this the sale posted on CL, and where are the tools?" Oh, downstairs. So, down I go. And I mostly find random household junk, a very nice vintage wall telephone (more than I had on me), and an old toolbox, mostly filled with implement wrenches. After waiting for the downstairs guy to get off the phone, I ask how much he wants for the box. "I am thinking $75 for everything." "Well, I only really want the box... How does $10 sound for that?" Sold!

Well, there were a couple toos in there that I was interested in, a Starrett hook ruler and a curved spokeshave with a box of the special bits for it.


Oh, and the box. Well, some of you might find it interesting:



It is a pretty interesting box, what with the tray and the fold down panel. And here is a close-up of the label:

 

[Macduf]

Great weekend of stuff, finally getting into collecting knives. Everingthing for around $20

 

[steaks&anvils]

I hear ya, Beemer, but in this case it is quite literally a "Boy Scout Leader" hat. It has the BSA logo embossed on the hat band, that is the BSA logo on the pinned on badge, that hatbox underneath it has BSA logos printed all over it, and, best of all, sewn in right next to the cloth size tag (7-3/8"! Which is perfect for me!), is a cloth tag that reads, "BOY SCOUT LEADER".

So what you are saying is, that you identified it on surprisingly few clues?

 

[Username already in use]

@bmwrd0 that Chrome X box is SWEET!

 

[Outlawmws]

• Wednesday at 12:08 PM

Along the lines of some of the existential discussions we've been having here lately...

Does "in the wild" have a universal definition here?

Does it mean something you've seen in person (even if you were alerted to it by a CL or other ad)?

Or, does it mean something that you tripped over at a garage (or other) sale, not knowing in advance that it would be there?

Or, something else entirely?

Mike

This is Bizarre - almost the exact same topic - two different Forums, within an hour of each other:

Let’s define what it means to find one in the “Wild”​

Post by XXXXXX » Wed Oct 13, 2021 1:05 pm

For the sake of defining the phrase, “found in the wild”

So what does it mean to you when someone says that they found a lantern in the wild?

Does it mean that you found a lantern on your own? Or a tip from someone else?

Garage Sale? Flea Market? eBay? FB Marketplace? Estate Sales? Auctions?

(I bought my Coleman 319 on eBay as a buy it now within minutes of being posted and snagged it for a deal before anyone else saw it.). Is that finding one in the wild?

What if you place a Want Ad and someone replies?

Is it in the wild when you buy a lantern from a collector who was advertising it for sale?

How bout one he owns that he had not listed for sale but you inquired and he/she agreed to sell it?

What does it mean to you?
Like to hear who you all think.
Thanks

 

[txlonghorn1989]

I got distracted with what I would have grabbed off those tables….. so many choices on the first one, level, vise chisel. Wait what was the game again?

Same here RTM and we were looking at the same stuff as well. I hope I'm never in line behind you at a sale!

 

[bmwrd0]

Great weekend of stuff, finally getting into collecting knives. Everingthing for around $20

What is the part number on that Yankee screwdriver, the one just about the level? It looks like the one I am looking for.