These pictures are part of a much larger collection. My son says I have well over 200 pair of real Petersen Vise-Grips. There are another two drawers of Vise-Grips.
Somewhat unintendedly, I started to buy ancient and vintage socket wrench tool sets. Many of these sets had missing pieces, BUT, I was lucky enough to find and buy other incomplete sets to fill in the gaps.
This bad habit has been time consuming and occasionally expensive. I had left my contact information with secondhand stores and pawn shops. While this worked out for me, I think the sellers kicked their prices up because I was an easy victim. I have walked away and several time I was met at the exit door with a lower price. My wife thought insurance was suddenly important. She has insured my stuff at $150,000 after the appraisal.
I have not thought of myself as a collector, but, if I keep buying and not selling, guess what?
I am in my late 70s and the question comes up, "What to do with it all?" Fortunately both of my kids are trades persons and they appreciate tools.
