Auction purchases

[fatfillup]

Had 2 good auctions this weekend. Here are some of the finds.

All brand new, SK 75 degree offset ratcheting spline drive metric set 8 to 19mm, KD 5/8 spark plug socket set with built in swivel extensions, and Mac lined lug nut sockets 19 and 21 mm

Marson big daddy pop rivet gun with a box of about 400 rivets, SO 3/4 ratchet adapter

Display pegboard case, was thinking of building something like it but for $7. couldn't pass it up. The tools I already had, big mac wrenches and some ridig pipe wrenches. And yes that is a new Lista beside it I picked up while on vacation.

Couple of new fat max tapes, cordless led light, nice cresent adjustable and a reusable air can.

New SO needle nose, new SO extension 1/2 x 3/8 Already sold this morning.

Bunch of other tool in box lots, nothing real exciting execpt an adjustable reamer set that I didn't get a pic of.

 

[bchee]

What kind of auctions are these? open to the public?

 

[fatfillup]

Absolutely open to the public. The Friday night auction is a weekly event for the most part. Some weeks I may spend only $25 and others close to $200. It occurs at a local auction house. There may be a lot of junk, and only a few tools but this last Friday a guy brought in a lot of new SO, Mac, Sk and Sunnex stuff. None went cheap but i made some good buys and a few ok buys. Have sold most of the new stuff already so a profit has been made.

The Sat. auction was a older guy downsizing his massive collection of old farm equipment (mostly junk) and getting rid of excess tools and a glass bottle collection. Did ok but Sat auctions bring out a lot of people so the good deals are not typically on regular tools, but more odd ball stuff. This was located at his place of business.

The problem with auctions is you will spend a lot of time, 4 hours or so and no guarantee of scoring, especially if you are going for a particular item. I am just looking for stuff to resell, so if I can buy it cheap and sell for a price the customer feels is good, I'll buy it, doesn't matter what it is if its tool related and good quality.

I find the auctions at auctionzip.com and try to go to 2 a week.

Good luck, but beware of auction fever!!

 

[PowderKeg]

Absolutely open to the public. The Friday night auction is a weekly event for the most part. Some weeks I may spend only $25 and others close to $200. It occurs at a local auction house. There may be a lot of junk, and only a few tools but this last Friday a guy brought in a lot of new SO, Mac, Sk and Sunnex stuff. None went cheap but i made some good buys and a few ok buys. Have sold most of the new stuff already so a profit has been made.

The Sat. auction was a older guy downsizing his massive collection of old farm equipment (mostly junk) and getting rid of excess tools and a glass bottle collection. Did ok but Sat auctions bring out a lot of people so the good deals are not typically on regular tools, but more odd ball stuff. This was located at his place of business.

The problem with auctions is you will spend a lot of time, 4 hours or so and no guarantee of scoring, especially if you are going for a particular item. I am just looking for stuff to resell, so if I can buy it cheap and sell for a price the customer feels is good, I'll buy it, doesn't matter what it is if its tool related and good quality.

I find the auctions at auctionzip.com and try to go to 2 a week.

Good luck, but beware of auction fever!!

Oh man, you're bringing back memories....

Way back when I lived in Hampstead, I was less than a block away from Snyder's Auction - would walk down every Friday evening for the "old building" tools 'n stuff auction that would start at 5:30. Lotta times not much but junk and would walk back empty-handed, other times it'd be well past dark before I'd leave - Murphy's Law, the only stuff you're interested in almost always sells last. Either that, or the one or few times I'd be a little late, the good stuff would sell first.... Very rarely would they have anything in the main building I was interested in. When there was something I'd be bouncing back 'n forth between the buildings trying to keep track of where they were in the rows. It could get a might cool in the old building in the winter too.

The Carroll County Times was good for for posting auction listings in Thursday's and Friday's papers - first pages I'd turn to on those days.

And you're right - the Saturday auctions at a shop closing or ones loaded with tools got pretty outrageous on prices for the prime stuff.

Man I miss farm auctions, usually some neat old oddball stuff stashed away and forgotten in the barns, as well as the old tractors and equipment.

 

[fatfillup]

Powderkeg, you hit the nail on the head, Snyders Auction.

 

[rickd.]

Really cool stuff to find. Thanks for the post, my brother (who lives in Florida) goes to a lot of auctions, I think I'll call him and find out a little more about getting into the scene.

My wife and I went to a local auction once, I was bidding on a t.v., the price kept going higher right after I made a bid. I finally noticed my wife would nod her head on the higher price, so I was bidding against her! We got the t.v., but for more than we needed to pay.

 

[PowderKeg]

Powderkeg, you hit the nail on the head, Snyders Auction.

Does Nevin Tasto (if he's still kicking) still do some of the auctioneering at Snyders? My first job was at the Westminster livestock auction out on the way to New Windsor - first met Nevin there (ages ago when I was just a punk kid in high school...). Would go to his Good Friday auctions when I could. Man that was a right long time ago...

 

[fatfillup]

Nevin has an auction business but I've never met him or been to one of his auctions that I know of. I don't think he auctions at Snyder's anymore. A man named Lewis and his wife run Snyder's, don't know how long they've had it.