I went to an antique show last weekend. Lots of good USA tools to be had from many of the vendors but the prices were high. One vendor was trying to sell Snap On ratchets ($40-85), incomplete socket sets ($30-75), and individual wrenches ($15-25). My girlfriend doesn't know **** about tools and even she was saying, "How can this be worth that much?!" I walked though the whole place and only bought a 1 1/8" Williams "Superrench" for $0.50 from a guy who knows just as much as my girlfriend. Anyway, I'm glad to see others' sweet finds. /rant
2016 Garage Sale Thread
- Thread starter jakemac
- Start date
My latest finds
Last Friday I went to a big spread in the boonies. Picked up a Brown and Sharpe No 24 7" machinist vise, mini anvil bottoms from two old building columns (7" square tube by 1/4" wall) for vise/grinder stands for $51 total.
Sunday I picked up the Snap On key holder for $2 from an antique store.
Today I hit a few sales.
One didn't have much tools but found a partial Proto 1/4" drive set for $2
Second one was pretty good. Spent $65 on this.
Reamers, taps and dies, Proto refrigeration ratchet, Craftsman adjustable wrench, vintage Master and Maverick padlocks, hole punches, needle nose Petersen vise grips and my favorite find of the day, a Dynabrade Dynafile for $5!
Also picked up these shop manuals, a Laramy plastic welder, 1/4 full WD-40 gallon, several rolls of wire and the farm machinery handbook which was published by John Deere in the 1950' at the same sale along with the typewriter stand in another pic.
At my last stop I picked up these S-K socket sets, a Sears creeper and a K-D hose clamp crimper pliers for $19 total.
Last Friday I went to a big spread in the boonies. Picked up a Brown and Sharpe No 24 7" machinist vise, mini anvil bottoms from two old building columns (7" square tube by 1/4" wall) for vise/grinder stands for $51 total.
Sunday I picked up the Snap On key holder for $2 from an antique store.
Today I hit a few sales.
One didn't have much tools but found a partial Proto 1/4" drive set for $2
Second one was pretty good. Spent $65 on this.
Reamers, taps and dies, Proto refrigeration ratchet, Craftsman adjustable wrench, vintage Master and Maverick padlocks, hole punches, needle nose Petersen vise grips and my favorite find of the day, a Dynabrade Dynafile for $5!
Also picked up these shop manuals, a Laramy plastic welder, 1/4 full WD-40 gallon, several rolls of wire and the farm machinery handbook which was published by John Deere in the 1950' at the same sale along with the typewriter stand in another pic.
At my last stop I picked up these S-K socket sets, a Sears creeper and a K-D hose clamp crimper pliers for $19 total.
Attachments
Last edited:
thecody59
Well-known member
Hey You should of grabbed all those tools up for those prices. They will way better then the prices at the sale i went to where the ladies said to me these prices are very good and very reasonable. If that is true the prices you saw were a steal.
dngrmse
Well-known member
Nice finds, like that sk set in the blue box. Is that 3/8?
I assume you are talking to me. Combination 1/4" knurled S-k sockets and 3/8 smooth sockets, 1/4 amber spinner, Diamond logo 3/8 ratchet, Sherman Klove badge. The green case is S-K Wayne.
Blue Frog
Well-known member
PLOMB 3/4" ratchet. How high should I bid on this one? Will be available for any GJ member if I win it.
http://www.columbusonlineauctions.com/cgi-bin/mnlist.cgi?coa29/149/showall
Blue Frog
http://www.columbusonlineauctions.com/cgi-bin/mnlist.cgi?coa29/149/showall
Blue Frog
There is a 1% chance the item in pic 89 will still be there tomorrow.
https://www.estatesales.net/NJ/Metuchen/08840/1212981
https://www.estatesales.net/NJ/Metuchen/08840/1212981
Does the hammer with the long bill have a stamp on it?
rmalkow2
Well-known member
You had the problem the minute you discovered GJ but, like many of us you slowly discover this after you are in too deep. Welcome to the wonderful craziness we all enjoy!!! Now go back to that sale tomorrow !
1badbird
Well-known member
Bluebolt, a dyna file for $5 now that gets a you ****!
Whchua, very nice score and once you get the bug for buying tools it is hard to stop.
Whchua, very nice score and once you get the bug for buying tools it is hard to stop.
That is a pretty impressive haul. A few weeks ago I did pretty well. The last couple just wasted time.
stewed baker
Well-known member
Outlawmws
Well-known member
What kind of tools did Bliss make? 
bulletpruf
Well-known member
What kind of tools did Bliss make?
They make a great set of feeler gauges for checking tolerances on muffler bearings...
cbacres
Well-known member
You think a whole 1 %?
LOL. probably more like Mr Blutarskys grade point average. 0.0
5 stops and a lot of wasted time. 
Spent $2 for a ball of twine and a small hammer handle. That was it for me.
Spent $15 on a Little Tykes slide to add to the collection of plastic lawn art. My nephew just turned 3, my backyard will be full of kids tomorrow for the party. Need to keep those little bast........... err ........ little angels busy somehow.
Not worth bothering to take pictures.
Spent $2 for a ball of twine and a small hammer handle. That was it for me.
Spent $15 on a Little Tykes slide to add to the collection of plastic lawn art. My nephew just turned 3, my backyard will be full of kids tomorrow for the party. Need to keep those little bast........... err ........ little angels busy somehow.
Not worth bothering to take pictures.
topop101
Well-known member
I had three stops today, one before work and two after. I only had a short 2 hour long job so I don't think I missed much. I spent 40 for every thing. No real eye popping deals .
Craftsman crown logo saber / scrolling saw with case.
number and letters metal stamp set
Yale lock with a long crazy looking shank
Ford wrench
9" Stanley combo square
Parts to a Stanley 45 plow plane
Cincinnati bar clamp
estwing leather ringed hammer
shop made cleaver- pretty cool.
A brass letter opener dated 1924 from a former local business
Imperial boot knife -Prov. RI
4" hewing hatchet
Craftsman crown logo saber / scrolling saw with case.
number and letters metal stamp set
Yale lock with a long crazy looking shank
Ford wrench
9" Stanley combo square
Parts to a Stanley 45 plow plane
Cincinnati bar clamp
estwing leather ringed hammer
shop made cleaver- pretty cool.
A brass letter opener dated 1924 from a former local business
Imperial boot knife -Prov. RI
4" hewing hatchet
Attachments
454ragtop
Well-known member
Total haul from 5 sales that advertised tools. Of course the farthest one didn't have so much as a screwdriver for sale. Anyway, got the hinge wrench, Kent Moore I think, and the flare nut wrench, a 3/4" Proto, at one sale for $1. Got the Whitney punch and the 8 point machine wrench, with an offset handle, at another sale, also $1. for both.
Attachments
mazak mark
Active member
- Joined
- Nov 14, 2010
- Messages
- 37
I picked up a pile of striking and tubular wrenches at a sale today, the brands are Armstrong, Proto, Wright, Williams and a couple others. The striking wrenches range from 3" to 1 7/8 the tubular wrenches 2 3/8" and down with a 12" and 24" tubular handles, 70 dollars for the pile.
Attachments
Sam'sAutoParts
Well-known member
I Met Twertsy at the auction today and we both ended up with a Snap On side cabinet, mine is missing the emblem, but it does have a key $35
For $10 I grabbed this BCS. It's missing the motor, but the sickle bar mower is all I really wanted. I'm not sure if it's worth finding a motor or just using the mower on my other BCS.
For $10 I grabbed this BCS. It's missing the motor, but the sickle bar mower is all I really wanted. I'm not sure if it's worth finding a motor or just using the mower on my other BCS.
RedVise
Well-known member
Hotter than heck in Central Florida this week end, was able to hit the sale I posted the other day, was quite happy with my purchase and prices.
Snap On KRA 412A side tray
Set of Buck Brothers wood gouges
2" Stanley chisel
3 Manifold wrenches , a Superrench and 2 C man
Thorsen 3/8 socket set
1/2 snap on breaker bar
snap on DOE
Little Bonney
Wizard ignition pliers
Samson wrench for my friend... Samson
Partial S-K 1/4 socket set
Littlestown vise
Brian
Snap On KRA 412A side tray
Set of Buck Brothers wood gouges
2" Stanley chisel
3 Manifold wrenches , a Superrench and 2 C man
Thorsen 3/8 socket set
1/2 snap on breaker bar
snap on DOE
Little Bonney
Wizard ignition pliers
Samson wrench for my friend... Samson
Partial S-K 1/4 socket set
Littlestown vise
Brian
Attachments
Last edited:
Outlawmws
Well-known member
Slow weekend, and only two tools surfaced, A Cornwall 10 mm 3/8 drive socket (given to me at one stop), and A Buck knife.
At my first stop with anything worth getting, I got a box of various car emblems, and after looking at a few decided to aske how much for the whole box. "$2"
Done!
The box had a few other things in it as well, but here is is with "mostly" just emblems:
And what that translated to spread out: some are damaged or even broken, but for two bucks... Oddities include 3-1/2 sets of letters for "Mustang" but no "A"s... Part of a set of letters I finally figured out should have spelled "Grand Prix" but was incomplete; Lots of Caddy, and other Mustang, one Honda emblem that looks like to was picked up off the rad.. mostly fun stuff.
Some of this was also in the box: The new power cord, a piece of petrified wood in an odd shape almost looks like burl. The leather travel cribbage board was too cool to leave behind, I got that with the stone in the black box (String Tie Slide - need to ID the stone), and another scrabble set (i think I have enough for my project now) for $2, the blue tube is a kaleidoscope for SWMBO for cents fifty, the socket is the Cornwall I mentioned, and the buck knife, the boat picture frame and (next pic) three fishing lures, for $10. Two of those lures are huge; over 4" long in the body!
The Buck is already on its way back to Idaho for a new blade. it looked line heck when I got it, The blade had rust (that came right off) and the brass was brown. Date code on the blade sets it at 74-80.
At my first stop with anything worth getting, I got a box of various car emblems, and after looking at a few decided to aske how much for the whole box. "$2"
Done!The box had a few other things in it as well, but here is is with "mostly" just emblems:
And what that translated to spread out: some are damaged or even broken, but for two bucks... Oddities include 3-1/2 sets of letters for "Mustang" but no "A"s... Part of a set of letters I finally figured out should have spelled "Grand Prix" but was incomplete; Lots of Caddy, and other Mustang, one Honda emblem that looks like to was picked up off the rad.. mostly fun stuff.
Some of this was also in the box: The new power cord, a piece of petrified wood in an odd shape almost looks like burl. The leather travel cribbage board was too cool to leave behind, I got that with the stone in the black box (String Tie Slide - need to ID the stone), and another scrabble set (i think I have enough for my project now) for $2, the blue tube is a kaleidoscope for SWMBO for cents fifty, the socket is the Cornwall I mentioned, and the buck knife, the boat picture frame and (next pic) three fishing lures, for $10. Two of those lures are huge; over 4" long in the body!
The Buck is already on its way back to Idaho for a new blade. it looked line heck when I got it, The blade had rust (that came right off) and the brass was brown. Date code on the blade sets it at 74-80.
Attachments
jeffmoss26
Well-known member
The long shank Yale padlocks were for bicycles.
rmalkow2
Well-known member
Holy Cow Outlaw!!!! You hit the YOU **** motherload with that box of emblems for what? $2??? Good eye at the sale when you picked up that box.
topop101
Well-known member
Jeff Hey thanks. I really had no idea
Vbwiley92
Well-known member
Wonder if the guy was ever in the collision business? I used to grab emblems in the scrap pile at my grandpa's shop when I was a kid. This was the mid 90s so nothing really worth keeping. Great find!
Sent from my SM-T320 using Tapatalk
Sent from my SM-T320 using Tapatalk
ckadams00
Well-known member
Well I only hit one sale yesterday am but it was a doozy. Garage full of tools and completely unorganized (seriously, he has stuff everywhere, I don’t think he ever put a tool away). Estate sale, widow and daughter - I arrived right as they opened with only one other person. The lady said “everything’s for sale, I have no idea what anything’s worth” which made my heart sink. Several 70’s CMan power tools and several imports. No vises (weird). I spent about 30 minutes digging through drawers putting everything that was Starrett, etc. in a box. Went to check out and she said “How about $40?” and I said “How about $80”? I got a helluva deal, and I didn’t want her to get taken advantage of (other than $80 for what I got which was a steal) so I stuck around for another 45 minutes and helped her arrange things - basic stuff like a Remington nail gun with ammo/nails in 10 different places. A big metal lathe (import) but about $400 worth of tooling and accessories all over the garage which we collected and put in a box for the buyer. She was going to ask $50 for the lathe and I advised her not less than $300 as all the money is in the tooling/gears/collets.
I felt obligated - I remember someone’s GJ quote is “when I die don’t let my wife sell my tools for what I told her I paid for them”.
So: the booty.
Unimat. Incomplete - it was set up as a mini drill, but I’ve never seen one at a garage sale. Probably part this out.
Starrett 6” caliper almost NIB.
Starrett drill/wire gauge
Mitutoyo rule
Starrett Rule
Gauge block set (no ID but this isn’t new/import)
Lufkin 900 planer guage
2 Starrett calipers
Starrett tap
Starrett depth micrometer
B&S depth micrometer
3 B&S center gauges
2 Starrett 154 mini parallel gauges
Castle mag base (Japan) with Teclock (Japan) dial caliper
B&S mag base 7743
Lufkin radius gauges 77A &B
Warren & Swasey cutter/grinder gauge
Couple of Germany picks/clamps
CMan USA ¼ THandle
Japan Caliper - glass is missing
Plomb 4001 puller set
3 Klein nut drivers
Pile of Bondhus ball end allen wrenches
Armstrong 1 ¼ service wrence
Nicholson rasp
RATCHETS:
Allen USA ⅜ flex
SK ⅜
Thorsom stubby ⅜
SK ¼
Wood chisels in a nice canvas wrap - all Marples, Buck, Sandvik and 6 Mifer (Spain) and a Machinery’s Handbook - kinda beat up but I’ll take it.
Dillon Precision powder scale (can be used with anything sensitive really but designed for grain weight ammo loading) - online for $79.
The guy was a RC airplane fan. He had LOTS of partial builds. This one was unopened - 70 era “Super Chipmunk” the current ones have a 53 inch wingspan - this one has a 64”! Completely untouched.
These are online for $80-$100 (new version).
I felt obligated - I remember someone’s GJ quote is “when I die don’t let my wife sell my tools for what I told her I paid for them”.
So: the booty.
Unimat. Incomplete - it was set up as a mini drill, but I’ve never seen one at a garage sale. Probably part this out.
Starrett 6” caliper almost NIB.
Starrett drill/wire gauge
Mitutoyo rule
Starrett Rule
Gauge block set (no ID but this isn’t new/import)
Lufkin 900 planer guage
2 Starrett calipers
Starrett tap
Starrett depth micrometer
B&S depth micrometer
3 B&S center gauges
2 Starrett 154 mini parallel gauges
Castle mag base (Japan) with Teclock (Japan) dial caliper
B&S mag base 7743
Lufkin radius gauges 77A &B
Warren & Swasey cutter/grinder gauge
Couple of Germany picks/clamps
CMan USA ¼ THandle
Japan Caliper - glass is missing
Plomb 4001 puller set
3 Klein nut drivers
Pile of Bondhus ball end allen wrenches
Armstrong 1 ¼ service wrence
Nicholson rasp
RATCHETS:
Allen USA ⅜ flex
SK ⅜
Thorsom stubby ⅜
SK ¼
Wood chisels in a nice canvas wrap - all Marples, Buck, Sandvik and 6 Mifer (Spain) and a Machinery’s Handbook - kinda beat up but I’ll take it.
Dillon Precision powder scale (can be used with anything sensitive really but designed for grain weight ammo loading) - online for $79.
The guy was a RC airplane fan. He had LOTS of partial builds. This one was unopened - 70 era “Super Chipmunk” the current ones have a 53 inch wingspan - this one has a 64”! Completely untouched.
These are online for $80-$100 (new version).
Last edited:
Outlawmws
Well-known member
Thanks guys!
Yeah I think he did a lot with wrecked cars, but may have gathered them while in yards getting parts. I did some of that (not sure where those are jsut now; probably in a box somewhere...)
CK, great score!
Yeah I think he did a lot with wrecked cars, but may have gathered them while in yards getting parts. I did some of that (not sure where those are jsut now; probably in a box somewhere...)
CK, great score!
3baygarage
Well-known member
Some nice hauls guys.
Mazak Mark, that's a heck of a score on those large wrenches!
I hit an estate sale where the tools were about 90% Gray Canada.
The first picture is all Gray. Sockets and ratchets in 1/4, 3/8,1/2 drive. The large ratchets are 1" drive. There were a lot of other Gray hand tools there.
Also picked up some S-K, Williams, Snap On, Proto and others.
Mazak Mark, that's a heck of a score on those large wrenches!
I hit an estate sale where the tools were about 90% Gray Canada.
The first picture is all Gray. Sockets and ratchets in 1/4, 3/8,1/2 drive. The large ratchets are 1" drive. There were a lot of other Gray hand tools there.
Also picked up some S-K, Williams, Snap On, Proto and others.
Attachments
3baygarage
Well-known member
Serious suckage for midsummer, you guys are killing it!
Outlaw, I see some partial Le Sabre emblems in there as well, I believe, I need glasses... I sold a similar box of emblems at Merc's sale earlier this year for $20. I picked most of the best out before loading up the truck but there was still some good ones in there. I was asking $2 ea and a cute crafty older lady beat me down on the entire box, there was 20-30 emblems in it...
CK, WOW!
Sent from my SM-T230NU using Tapatalk
Outlaw, I see some partial Le Sabre emblems in there as well, I believe, I need glasses... I sold a similar box of emblems at Merc's sale earlier this year for $20. I picked most of the best out before loading up the truck but there was still some good ones in there. I was asking $2 ea and a cute crafty older lady beat me down on the entire box, there was 20-30 emblems in it...
CK, WOW!
Sent from my SM-T230NU using Tapatalk
Outlawmws
Well-known member
You see right Nine, "LeS" in two different styles. Maybe the guy's name was Lester, and that was all he wanted... 
Jim_No_Garage
Well-known member
At a garage sale yesterday I was looking thru the remains of an old mans garage being sold off by the 50 year old son.
I picked up an older Enderes 6-in-1 screwdriver and a Glashart vernier caliper that was rusty for $1.00.
The Enderes has a smaller handle than the current model and the Ace Hardware phone number imprinted on the handle doesn't have an area code. That number tracks back to Lexington KY - so it came a long way to end up in a North Jersey garage sale. When did it become standard to include the area code on advertising and such?
The Glashart caliper came out mediocre - pitted from some of the rust. It'll end up in the drawer with the rest of my "measury things".
Cheers
Jim
I picked up an older Enderes 6-in-1 screwdriver and a Glashart vernier caliper that was rusty for $1.00.
The Enderes has a smaller handle than the current model and the Ace Hardware phone number imprinted on the handle doesn't have an area code. That number tracks back to Lexington KY - so it came a long way to end up in a North Jersey garage sale. When did it become standard to include the area code on advertising and such?
The Glashart caliper came out mediocre - pitted from some of the rust. It'll end up in the drawer with the rest of my "measury things".
Cheers
Jim
