2025 Garage Sale Thread (14th Annual)

[RTM]

Here is a left behind, a Gem folding miter box, IOB. Don’t need another miter box.

 

[JMP]

I bought this Craftsman box full of tools off of Marketplace this morning. The listing was just a grainy photo but I could see a Snap On socket and an angled head wrench so I knew it had to be worth at least the asking price of $40 (actually marked down from the initial price of $50) and didn't even need to look at the contents. I still need to go through it fully when I get home but so far is the Martin angle wrench set is the main standout.

 

[bmwrd0]

Heck ya, that was a good deal! Can't wait to see what else you find in there.

 

[gleman]

I bought this Craftsman box full of tools off of Marketplace this morning. The listing was just a grainy photo but I could see a Snap On socket and an angled head wrench so I knew it had to be worth at least the asking price of $40 (actually marked down from the initial price of $50) and didn't even need to look at the contents. I still need to go through it fully when I get home but so far is the Martin angle wrench set is the main standout.

You ****!

I never run across Martin tools in the wild and my favorite adjustable is a 6" Martin.

I think I got it as a freebie with a large order from Motion Industries.

 

[Outlawmws]

I bought this Craftsman box full of tools off of Marketplace this morning. The listing was just a grainy photo but I could see a Snap On socket and an angled head wrench so I knew it had to be worth at least the asking price of $40 (actually marked down from the initial price of $50) and didn't even need to look at the contents. I still need to go through it fully when I get home but so far is the Martin angle wrench set is the main standout.

Yeah, that's gonna ****!

 

[oak_park]

Last weeks....

Indestro mixed set...sockets mostly Westcraft
Bonney case with nice sticker full of Husky socket set that was coated with some lacquer.


Chapman Mini Ratchet set...Made in USA ...first I've ever come across. Kinda neat. Ratchet is stainless steel.



Ridgid 10inch Aluminum pipe wrench. Must have left the "Operations" dept and went home with the worker on first day after engraving.lol
Boos tool corp adjustable.
As usual, I always buy the 10mm's I come across.
Proto 4 inch adjustable.



Craftsman Metric socket set
Mini Easy Driver NOS.
TE & Co brass Jewelers 4oz hammer


My Felco journey keeps going...Lopper with all parts needed to rebuild. Found all the rebuild parts in the basement, then ran to garage to find the loppers. Carbon fiber handles, super lightweight.

 

[3baygarage]

Very nice. That’s could be the original protective coating on the Husky set. It looks almost new. The coating shows up on a lot of NB stuff.

Nice Boos!

 

[Beerhippie]

@oak_park : I have no idea what you paid for the Felco loppers and parts, but I have a gut feeling that YOU ****.

Put the spare parts in you safe deposit box so you can find them in a few decades when you need them--Felco tools are hard to wear out or break.

What's the oblong deallie lower-right?

 

[bmwrd0]

@oak_park that isn't a Chapman set, it is a Wadsworth

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[Patrickm82]

Small haul for the weekend but a couple of pretty cool finds. First was weekend #2 of a contractor closing sale.

JH Williams #23 pipe tongs. pretty burly unit, couldn’t find any info on them
Williams doe 1-1/16” - 1-1/4”
J.H Williams 1” combo
Bonney 1122 combo
Mac “Jesse James” long pic
Master mechanic little O ring pick
Craftsman cotter pin pick



Then I got a no name 1-1/2” clamp on vise at a church fair for $3
Today I hit an estate sale that didn’t look promising but there was nothing else going on and only 20 mins away. Did pretty good for $5

Like new Park 8666 tool box with a few shelf brackets in it
Rigid 18” pipe wrench
2 Klein pulleys 1 vintage with a couple shackles
3M tapes
Bog mfg. #252 flex handle barrel wrench has 2 bog marked socket 1 Plomb and 2 that look like bog, unmarked

 

[3baygarage]

Patrick gets a YOU **** on the Bog!

Nice Williams too of course.

 

[ctuai]

Estate sale ($132): Le Creuset 5 tier cast iron stand; Steiff 1831/38 Lorli Fawn; Billie Holiday - Golden Years (six eye); 1000' x 18" butcher paper (nib); NSK AFC-40 Foot switch; Keuffel Esser 93217 Drafting arm; 27" x 24" MDF; 5 - Facom screwdrivers (France); Boker slip-jaw pliers (5507); Can of air; K&E Paragon 1399P ruler.

Le Creuset set me back $90, which was the bulk of the cost. Going to use the MDF for block printing. Glad to get the butcher paper for shipping and packing meat. I really like the scale on the K&E ruler. Seems like it will be handy.​

 

[bmwrd0]

On Saturday, I went on my usual tool hunting rounds, knowing that I wasn't getting any of the sales on the first day. Which is fine, as I really don't need anything, and probably have too much as it is. Or so my wife says...

The first stop had nothing of interest, but the second one was great, and I wish I had hit it on Friday before it had been picked over! (So much for not needing anything...)

Blackhawk brace, Spofford brace, PowrKraft (Wright) ratchet, unmarked but black finished pliers, and an odd carb adjustment tool, with 1/4" ratchet tips at both ends that move together.

Third stop makes me sigh. When you are running an estate sale, if there are tools, put that in the ad. For heavens sake, please do this! I search by that key word when there are a lot of posting to go through, as it keeps me from chasing my tail, so to speak. But this sale had a giant workshop, that had been, apparently, full of tools on the first day, and still had a few left on the third! And I would have changed my Friday plans and made it to this sale, and the one I hit before this. But, I digress.

I didn't end up buying any of the tools that were left, but, instead, I bought this old Raleigh bicycle. Not for me, mind you, I am only 5"7", and this thing is for someone well over six foot. And it isn't in good condition in any case. But, it has a Brooks saddle, Mavic 700c wheels, and who knows what else has been upgraded on it. So, for $10 if followed me home. And after that I went and got some breakfast.

And kept thinking about the second sale. See, there was a barrel of barreled rifle actions there, and a couple looked pretty good. So, I went and picked up some more money, and headed back over there.

Two antiques. A Winchester 1886, and a U.S, Krag with stock. Altogether at that stop I spent around $70, and it was worth every penny.

 

[Outlawmws]

Keuffel Esser 93217 Drafting arm; 27" x 24"

Nice find!

I have an 18X18" Draftmastrer arm I got a year and a half back. I'd been looking for a small one for ages, and it just popped up! Getting it for $10 was icing on the cake!

 

[Outlawmws]

MOM! MOM! BMW ***** again!!

 

[alinc100]

One purchase this week. Timing was great as I was scheduled to work in that area and the seller held it overnight so I didn't make two trips. 1998/99 Craftsman Full Polish SAE Long pattern wrench set made by SK

 

[INSP380]

I kicked my boots of Friday after work and hit my chair. Saw this immediately as it was only listed for about 40 min on FBM. The seller said they were in “talks” with another buyer. I was second.. I followed up around noon today and buyer number one was not interested. :O Five min drive down the rode and it was mine. I’ve been looking since Friday to find out what the hell this is. It’s legit Matco, very heavy and well made. It may be an off shore built box for them, has no markings anywhere. The print on the box is painted on, not a decal. Looks like it was never used.

Edit: Called Matco this am for some research. It’s a PMB3DA Discontinued in 2022, List price was $227.60. Not USA built, Taiwan….. not shocked, but still really well built.

Steve

 

[JMP]

The rest of today's finds. Certainly a true old timers box with 40 different brands of sockets You name a brand and it's represented here. Just sockets there is Snap On, Craftsman, Proto, P&C, SK, Herbrand, Thorsen, Powerkraft, Indestro, Bonney, and more...

 

[d42jeep]

After finding some decent sales on Friday and Saturday we checked out some local sales and were almost totally shut out. At the last sale of the day we found a hacksaw, a Xcelite screwdriver and a plastic spring clamp.
The hacksaw is a Disston, my second one purchased just because of the thick plastic unattractive handle. I cleaned it up a little and installed a vintage brand matching blade.
The Xcelite reversing screwdriver had been abused but I did what I could with it.
The Disston hacksaws together.
Different branding.
-Don

 

[Smokeshow69]

BMW ***** for finding a Krag at a GS! And I know that Raleigh is a YS as well!

 

[M.Jay]

@bmwrd0 ***** for the Raleigh and @INSP380 aswell for the 25$ tool box.

 

[gearhead1960]

@INSP380 and @bmwrd0 deserve you ***** for the excellent finds!

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[zanyad]

Le Creuset 5 tier cast iron stand

Very cool!

 

[ecotec]

I saw a sale on estatesales.net that was still open today. I saw pictures of MAC collectibles in the pictures. The collectibles were still there, but I didn’t find any MAC tools. There was a huge Superwrench… but VERN was scratched into it…

I found this drill stand and a Phillips pocket screwdriver $1.

I looked through my unused drill bit sets for a set to display in it. On of the drill bits was wrong, so I emptied it back out.

 

[timoboy]

This was a cool find from over the weekend. Seller was 79 and it was his father’s originally, I believe the date code is somewhere in the 60s. I have never found anything like a near complete Snap-On set in the wild affordable for me, so this was a pretty huge score as someone that works on old domestic cars and trucks. I’ll try to source the missing sockets used on ePay as I can afford them and repaint the box, bringing it back to its original glory. The pair of Williams Superratchets tossed in was a cool bonus.

 

[Patrickm82]

Wow you **** for that score @timoboy!

 

[Outlawmws]

Wow you **** for that score @timoboy!

Yes he does!

 

[3jakes]

This was a cool find from over the weekend. Seller was 79 and it was his father’s originally, I believe the date code is somewhere in the 60s. I have never found anything like a near complete Snap-On set in the wild affordable for me, so this was a pretty huge score as someone that works on old domestic cars and trucks. I’ll try to source the missing sockets used on ePay as I can afford them and repaint the box, bringing it back to its original glory. The pair of Williams Superratchets tossed in was a cool bonus.

Yep Timoboy ***** on the $50. Snap-on set fer-sure.

 

[ctuai]

Very cool!

Agreed. Wish I had the pots to fill it up. I'd be whipping out bourguignons and cassolettes on a whim.

 

[3baygarage]

This was a cool find from over the weekend. Seller was 79 and it was his father’s originally, I believe the date code is somewhere in the 60s. I have never found anything like a near complete Snap-On set in the wild affordable for me, so this was a pretty huge score as someone that works on old domestic cars and trucks. I’ll try to source the missing sockets used on ePay as I can afford them and repaint the box, bringing it back to its original glory. The pair of Williams Superratchets tossed in was a cool bonus.

Dude.

YOUSUCK!

 

[Provincial]

bmw ***** for the bicycle and barreled actions. Also timoboy, INSP380, ctuai, and four.cycle,

 

[Provincial]

Double post, due to horrible internet connection.

Centurylink *****, and that isn't a compliment.

 

[Tom99]

I picked up this Gerstner chest last week at an estate sale. Not really a "you ****" price, but considering it's over 100 years old, more than fair I think. It's a model 41, made between 1919 and 1921. The key is still present and it works. I have a few Gerstners, but this is the oldest by far.

 

[RTM]

Not really a "you ****" price, but considering it's over 100 years old, more than fair I think. It's a model 41, made between 1919 and 1921. The key is still present and it work

MUCH better shape than mine, also not at a you **** price.

The VINTAGE toolboxes of Garage Journal!

any way we could see inside? I'm curious about those "Patented Adjustable Dividers." This box is for sale on FB Marketplace over in Seattle. It has the same decal, but it isn't as nice as the one above. I'm guessing the dividers are the same in both and these look like the patented dividers...

www.garagejournal.com

 

[misterbill]

I had Veteran's Day off and went scavenging for tools. Aside from the "price too good to leave it behind" super clean Craftsman carry box, it was a very Channellock centric haul - 430 , a pair of linemans, bitty side cutter and needle nose, bog standard 8" slip joint pliers, two vintage needle nose (with the pretty handles) , a couple of Krauter pliers, Diamond Calk 12" adjustable, MiUSA utility knife, nice Williams DOE, Dowidat DOE and a Dowidat don't-know-what-it-is-yet type of pry bar? (with 38-8" being the only marking other than the branding and COO), Plomb WF-102 there in the middle, and a Craftsman corner clamp that I need for a project.



Bill

 

[Patrickm82]

Your dowidat looks like a bicycle tire spoon @misterbill

 

[Beerhippie]

Your dowidat looks like a bicycle tire spoon @misterbill

Motorcycle spoon?

 

[JMP]

Bonus pic from last weekends toolbox I forgot to add. I'll transplant this cut screwdriver blade into a spare screwdriver handle.

 

[misterbill]

Motorcycle spoon?

After a little googling, I think you're right. Gedore makes something similar. Although, one might argue that, if I ate my morning Cheerios with it, it could be a cereal spoon, too.

Bill

 

[bmwrd0]

Motorcycle spoon?

BMW spoon.