Well, things are slowing down around here, so you have to go a bit farther out, look a little harder for the good stuff. Or, it just falls into your hand at a sale, you never know!
I had some business in "the city", so I made sure to find some sales that looked interesting in the section I was headed too, and I managed to find a few things. At the first sale, I picked up a cheap socket box that contained a complete WWII Duro ignition set, complete with screwdriver! along with a few Bonney ignition wrenches, and some kind of drill attachment. The second stop yielded that oil can, while the third was were I found the little box of taps. The taps weren't priced, and when I brought them up to the front, she asked what was in the box. Taps, I said. Shoe taps? No one has ever asked that of me before. I think I spent $21 for everything.
There was a pretty big "left behind" at the first sale, and that was a pristine, pre-war, SK tool box. Really nice, but they wanted an arm and a leg for it. If I was a big SK collector, or it was cheap enough, it would have come home with me. But as I am not, nor was it, it stayed in place.
Today, I went out to a few sales, and breakfast, and I, once again, found a few things.
After a no-show for the first stop, I hit what had been billed as a huge shop sale. I expected the place to be swamped, but only a couple other people where there. And I quickly saw why. A bit of cheap tools, some random junk, a couple slot machines, and the remains of a workbench and drawers. Well, I started digging. And I found, as seen in the photo, a Stanley knife and an old phone company skinning knife. Digging a little deeper, I found a Snap-on 1/4 ratchet, with SO socket attached, an almost complete SK 1/4" socket set, Case sheath, and two drawer locks. By now I was throwing things in a small bag, and I went up to see what the pricing guy wanted for it. Looking in the bag, he says "how about five bucks?" Sold, and then I picked up the little SK tool box and he said the same thing again. So, $10 total.
Next stop was just junk, so I went and had breakfast, and hit the last sale that looked interesting
Way out in the sticks, I didn't have much hope once I saw the house. But, I quickly found the shop, and when looking I was shocked by how high the prices were. But, I gathered up what interested me, hoping it was negotiable. And the sales lady seemed to be on the same page as me, namely that whoever priced the shop was an idiot. What I gathered was priced out at $100, but we agreed on $30. Plomb and misc. crows feet, Lufkin depth micrometer, lathe gauge mounting equipment, and a socket box filled with junk. There is some useful stuff in there, such as HSS and some parts from a bore gauge, but mostly just junk.
And then I headed home.
, seriously I will get back to you on that.
