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2026 Garage Sale Thread (15th Annual)

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Beerhippie

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Wandered back over to the retiring fence builder's yard sale to see what he may have pulled out since yesterday. Lots of tools! Lots of **** tools! In fact, nearly all **** tools!

I guess when you're running a fence construction company and the crews doing the work, you buy cheap 'cause it'll get lost or ruined anyway.
 

GarageHobbyist

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Yesterday's Estate Sale ended up being pretty good.

All the pliers are Bell System/SWBT marked except the little pair on the left, and all are in very good condition. First four sets are Klein, then Crescent and Utica. The Tweezers are also Bell System marked.

Top left are a Canuck Tobacco tin, a small cotter pin tube, and an empty Boy Scout first aid tin.
Bottom left are some Western Electric data plates from some phone equipment, the compass is a Dennison Birmingham British Officer's compass from WWI, and a set of tin drill bits.

Right side is pretty boring, a bunch of soldering wick, brass sheet, handle, bus blocks, some wire, and zip ties.
Some other odds and ends aren't pictured like two sets of microscope slides, a bunch of bottle openers, and some matchbooks/match covers.

In the background is a render of a Solar Aircraft Company Turbine. The neat part is that this one is from the time period that International Harvester owned Solar with the intent of producing Trucks and Tractors with turbines. Only a couple prototypes were made and it didn't catch on. Ultimately they sold the Solar Division to Caterpillar in the early 1981 when they were having cashflow issues.

$30 for the whole mess

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ctuai

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Estate sale ($100): Case Tested ** fixed blade knife (1932-1940); Western L66 fixed blade knife; Remington R6645 folding knife; Griswold no. 3 skillet w/ self basting lid; Pair of Mattel Fanner 50; Master Tufboy Brite Blade 506W tape measure; Bejeweled holster; Irwin Gov Stock #41-5-1076 perfect handle screwdriver; Daisy 1894 Spittin' Image BB gun (Mar 1973); Crosman Powermaster BB gun (pre-1975).

Figuring, I'd head out west, where the land is rich and skies are big. Just got to fix in some provisions and the Donners and I are making for the pass. The powermaster needs new seals. Turns out I can get roll caps for the Fanners from Bass Pro Shop. Dig the Case fixed blade, looks like something I'd mount under the 1894. Can't figure out why Griswold #3 lid is so dang expensive, but if it ain't self basting, it ain't worth eatin.​

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Tarantula

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Got a call midday about a local self storage place running a sale, I expected it to be liquidation of unpaid units. Turns out they had a huge auto shop in the back and they were selling the contents plus a bunch of other stuff like a lovely old tractor and collection of fire extinguishers.
Think I'll go back tomorrow morning to scoop up some things I skipped. They had a lot more Mac and Cornwell stuff than I've seen anywhere else locally.

As for today, I filled a little box with stuff for only a crisp $10 bill. Everything's been scrubbed because it would look like a box of censor bars if I took a photo before I cleaned them, but it's still like a chalkboard is melting when you pick something up. Much cleaning to do.
Strangely, I might be most excited just to have a big ruler on hand. Fun day.
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