Antique & Collectible
Tool Collection Sales Pages

Many of Antique & Collectible tools offered for sale on this website are being sold on consignment from a large and very old collection of antique tools that was begun back in the 60's.   I also have a number of antique and collectible tools on consignment from other individuals that recognize the benefits of this sales approach to marketing their tools and other antiques.  We welcome your inquiries in regard to having your tools or antiques listed here.

The antique tools from these consignors include antique & vintage woodworking tools, vintage planes, vintage leather tools, antique farm tools, antique wrenches and other related old antique tools from other trades.

The largest antique tool collection was begun in the 60's with the original owner dying at the ripe old age of 97 the day after I sold him a truck load of tools in the mid 90's.  The collection he amassed is broad and is extensive and contained over 15,000 tools he had cataloged.  He did die happy as that last load was a pretty good one.

TAKE NOTE:  This single collector bought and catalogued over 15,000 antique tools during his tool collecting lifetime and he did not get to take any with him.

Please Note: If you have antique tools you would like to sell on consignment, or outright, contact me and perhaps we can work out an arrangement for your tools as well.

Over the next few years I am gong to be listing various antique woodworking tools, planes, levels, rules and other antique tools that originate from this large antique tool collection.  A lot of these tools have my name and tags on them in the form of the collectors inventory tags from 15-25 years ago when I was originally selling them to this collector.  There are some great pieces, and as with all collections, some not so great.  He bought it all, and changed his focus every few years.  In the beginning he focused on primitives, he focused on specific areas like coopers tools or leather tools, and then moved on.   Stanley was a large part, and he tried to get it all, not just one level, or square, every variation of every one.
  
The original collector was a pioneer in the field, and he broke new ground here in California being the first antique tool collector to offer flea market dealers $100 or more for individual pieces back in the 70's and 80's.  I moved into his territory in the early 80's and met him shortly afterward.  His standing offer and relationship with the local antique tool dealers made it near impossible to buy in front of him at flea markets or local shows as most all of the regular sellers held back their recent finds for him.  It could be a $5.00 item, but they still waited to show their tools to him when he arrived in the late morning, and hoped.  It was one of the major reasons I moved my antique tool buying and selling operation to the East Coast in the late 80's thru the 90's, coming back to CA only in the winter to sell many of my new finds to him and other west coast collectors.

The antique tools offered for sale will be categorized by use or type and the links to the different pages will be found in the white column on the left of each page. On each of the Antique & Collectible Tool Sale Pages you will find antique and vintage tools for inclusion in the tool collection as well as vintage tools suitable for today's current wave of users seeking quality vintage tools to use.  

Early woodworking tools & planes by makers such as  Stanley Rule & Level Co., Sargent Tool co., Millers Falls Tool Co, Winchester, Keen Kutter or Simmons Hardware, Ohio Tool Co., Union Tool, Sandusky and many others will be found both on the Misc Plane page and the Stanley Plane page.  Included in these listings will be a good sampling of hard to find patented planes by makers such as Walker, Rodiers, Birmingham, Phillips, Davis, Steers, Leonard Bailey and others.
  
Antique or collectible farm related antiques, wrenches, including implement & cutout wrenches, quick-adjusts, odd-ball patented wrenches, and the rest can be found on the Farm / Wrench page. If interested please be sure to go there if that is what you are looking for. 

Other vintage woodworking tools such as antique saws and drills, antique squares, bevels, levels and more will be accessible through specific links in the left hand column and can be found by clicking the appropriate link in the left hand column.

Condition

I try to be conservative in rating the condition of my tools that are for sale, and will be happy to answer specific questions about any.  A condition chart can be found at the bottom of the ordering page that we try to adhere to. 

A lot of the tools from this collection were enhanced and or protected with a coat of lacquer by the previous owner.  If you have been at this long enough you will remember that this practice was not only acceptable but encouraged to preserve and protect those early new finds. 

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If you have a single antique, or a collection of antiques to sell please contact us at LCM@patented-antiques.com giving us your PHONE NUMBER  and other contact info and we will get back to you ASAP. 

To view examples of the types of antiques and collectibles we have previously sold and are always interested in helping you sell please visit our Past Sales Archive Pages at our sister website www.AntiqBuyer.com.

Please see our FAQ page, the Appraisal / Selling Page and the Selling Your Collection Pages for further info.

Thanks!!

Larry & Carole