Whats my dads old toolbox worth?

[RegeSullivan]

Like most of the posters here I don't see much in the way of $$ value. A lot of my stuff is the similar as far as $$value. I try to keep what has sentimental value when I have room and I've been donating to the local City Mission when I don't or can't find a relative friend or acquaintance that would appreciate them. My feeling is... the couple hundred bucks selling might bring me is not as valuable as helping someone out that has less than me... or would appreciate them more than me.

 

[Wrench97]

The tools remind me of my dads tools, he did mostly remodeling around the house wasn't strong in plumbing or mechanical. He bought budget tools Eastco, B&D consumer line, no name screw drivers etc, the only Stanley tools were wood chisels and a Yankee screw driver I think my mothers father gave him.
They did what he needed them to do and were pretty beat when he passed my sister still doesn't understand why I told her if she wanted them they all hers and to toss what she didn't want.......................

 

[finn]

Donate the tools to Habitat. They don’t have enough value to spend the time dealing with scammers and no shows that watch Marketplace. What I can see is of low quality.

The box is the price leader Sears used to advertise in the color flyer in the Sunday newspaper. I don’t think they even had bearings in the drawer slides. For reference, I picked up a Craftsman ball bearing box with drawers in the front all the way down instead of that useless lower storage section from Lowe’s. It had a dent in the back, which you can’t see when it’s against the wall, and functions perfectly, for $100.

I also have a box like the one in the picture in my basement for household tools. The kids paid a hundred dollars for it, but that was probably in the late nineties.

All said, I would think $100-150 is all you can expect, plus’s, you’re going to have to deal with selling it.

Personally, I would keep the box or give it to a family member.

 

[John in OH]

As others have said, clean up the tool boxes and sell separately. Gather the tools (which don't look to have much value) and give away to some kid in the neighborhood that loves to tinker but has no money to buy tools.

 

[whateg01]

The box is the price leader Sears used to advertise in the color flyer in the Sunday newspaper. I don’t think they even had bearings in the drawer slides.

Back then, most drawers had friction slides, even the "good" boxes. You had to get into expensive stuff to get ball bearings. That was just the norm at the time.