TheCraneGuy
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Looking for some help identifying the age of this tool box. The intermediate box is a Waterloo Industries, with keys. I've been searching this site to no avail. Thanks for your help in advance
Older Craftsman tool box
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gamescastspencer
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Without pictures we are as clueless as you are...
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thehorse13
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No pictures posted. Can you try to upload them again.
LB-1911
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Links below may prove beneficial, getting your photos posted.
posting picture thread link
http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=169618
Photos hosted on Imgur won't post here, more at -
All my photos are not showing up
http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=324287
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TheCraneGuy
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Rileysan
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I turned your photo upright.
The top and bottom boxes are from the late 60s to early 70s and were made by Waterloo. Their original colors were gray with red drawers. The top box should have a date stamp that can be found by opening the lid and looking down inside to the front/left.
Both are fairly common boxes but are popular with this crowd.
Your waterloo middle box, on the other hand, is NOT common, is highly desirable, and worth as much, or more than the top and bottom boxes together.
Can you post better pix?
Brian
The top and bottom boxes are from the late 60s to early 70s and were made by Waterloo. Their original colors were gray with red drawers. The top box should have a date stamp that can be found by opening the lid and looking down inside to the front/left.
Both are fairly common boxes but are popular with this crowd.
Your waterloo middle box, on the other hand, is NOT common, is highly desirable, and worth as much, or more than the top and bottom boxes together.
Can you post better pix?
Brian
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TheCraneGuy
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Those are the only pictures I have currently. I will look to take more pictures the next time I can get out. I do have the keys for the intermediate box.
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TheCraneGuy
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The original owner was an old auto mechanic. These boxes contain a lot of old automotive repair tools. There are a lot of late 40s snap on, Bluepoint, and specially type tools from that era. I am trying to help the family come up with values for all of the tools and toolboxes for his estate. I will post more pictures as soon as I have more access. The family has asked me to catalog and everything so they can put it up for sale. So I will be looking for help on this site.
Rileysan
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There are a lot of kind and helpful people on this site. However, patience wears thin when the motivation for valuation is only to sell off tools to the highest bidder.
I would recommend a couple things:
1) make a thread that states clearly states your purpose. For instance: "Seeking help evaluating tools from estate". This will allow the reader the chance to not get involved.
2) Post lots of high quality pictures. Your existing photos of tool boxes are abysmal. They should be orderly and easy to see - including close-ups of any manufacturer's name and model numbers.
Best of luck!
Brian
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TheCraneGuy
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Thanks Brian.
I'm just starting the process of going through things. I will go through everything before I start posting. No one in the family is interested in having the tools. I personally love old tools and equipment. So my motivation is to help them with the value and maybe purchase some of it myself. But, I want it to be fair to the family as well. I'm not going to rip them off. I'm not that way, and hate when other people do it.
Any help I can get to make things fair for everyone involved is what I'm looking for.
Thanks again.
Kevin
I'm just starting the process of going through things. I will go through everything before I start posting. No one in the family is interested in having the tools. I personally love old tools and equipment. So my motivation is to help them with the value and maybe purchase some of it myself. But, I want it to be fair to the family as well. I'm not going to rip them off. I'm not that way, and hate when other people do it.
Any help I can get to make things fair for everyone involved is what I'm looking for.
Thanks again.
Kevin
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TheCraneGuy
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Brian,
I'm not sure why the pictures I'm posting are turning. The original ones I took were upright. Any idea what I can do on my end to correct this?
Thanks
Kevin
I'm not sure why the pictures I'm posting are turning. The original ones I took were upright. Any idea what I can do on my end to correct this?
Thanks
Kevin
Cruzan80
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Location is also another factor in price. Especially for larger objects.
Rileysan
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There are a couple of possibilities.
First, are you using a smart phone to post your pictures? My experience with my LG phone has been like this - the uploaded photo appears sideways as I am reviewing my new post. My first reaction was to correct the orientation before posting. As it turns out, the smart phone auto-corrects so my correction prior to posting turned photos back on their sides.
Second, photos uploaded to a laptop/PC may be auto-corrected by Windows, changing their orientation. A simple correction is to open all photos with the default program "windows photo viewer", use the "rotate view" button on the bottom menu to put the photo in the correct orientation, then simply move on to the next photo. The program will auto save the picture in whatever orientation you last viewed it in.
If you're using a mac, you'll have to ask my 15yo. I have no idea, lol!
Brian
bobcatdan
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Since the top box has grab handles for lifting and not the inset handles, the top box is early to mid 60'S. The bottom box, the easy tell is the sides are either flat panels or the later boxes had the craftsman I frame design. That will at least give you an idea of age if you can't find or read the date stamps
FJ 432
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Brian is correct in saying that the intermediate box is worth more.
I would say that the painting of the upper and lower boxes and the overspray on the intermediate would place the value for all three in the 100-200 range in Denver. I collect/trade boxes and the paint job would place this in my category of "not worth my time".
The Waterloo pair because it's a matched pair would fall in the 200.00 range. Not bad but they're many variations of this box.
The tools may be worth some to a lot of money depending on makes and condition. Based on my experience after looking at the two photos he doesn't have much. This is not to slam the previous owner( my dad would also be placed in this same category) but some guys are tough on their tools. It can be seen by the way they take care (or in this case not take care) of their tool box.
My .02. Good luck.
I would say that the painting of the upper and lower boxes and the overspray on the intermediate would place the value for all three in the 100-200 range in Denver. I collect/trade boxes and the paint job would place this in my category of "not worth my time".
The Waterloo pair because it's a matched pair would fall in the 200.00 range. Not bad but they're many variations of this box.
The tools may be worth some to a lot of money depending on makes and condition. Based on my experience after looking at the two photos he doesn't have much. This is not to slam the previous owner( my dad would also be placed in this same category) but some guys are tough on their tools. It can be seen by the way they take care (or in this case not take care) of their tool box.
My .02. Good luck.