pittsburgh antique, tool auction

EAIA & GPTC Proudly Present The 2014
PITTSBURGH ANTIQUE, TOOL AUCTION
MAY 30, 2014, 6 PM
Pittsburgh Sheraton Airport
1160 Thorn Run Road
Coraopolis, PA 15108
(Preview Friday 2-6 PM)
001._____ Pair of Ohio Tool Co. No. 84 screw-arm plank planes; plus a 15-inch wooden
jack marked SCIOTO WORKS and J.H. HEUPEL & CO. CIN'TI O, well
worn with chipped ears and abbreviated spur on handle.
002._____ Nice PLUMB camp hatchet, with MERRY CHRISTMAS 1952 JIMMIE
CONNELLY engraved on head along with holly leaves and berries,
complete with leather sheath.
003._____ Pair of wooden planes: McKINNELL & CO. CIN'T O. screw arm sash plane,
one wedge looks homemade, good boxwood boxing, very good overall; and
an OHIO TOOL CO. No. 37 3/8-inch side bead marked MADE FOR
ANDERSON & LAING, WHEELING VA on heel.
The eight lots below are items donated to the EAIA with their sale to benefit the
EAIA Endowment Fund. Please bid generously.
004._____ Stanley GAGE G5 self-setting plane with 90 percent plus japanning, fine
rosewood tote with partial STANLEY TOOLS decal, nice tall knob, fine
overall.
005._____ Stanley #18, Type 8 iron block plane, RULE & LEVEL-logo blade, complete
with intact throat adjuster lever, STANLEY lever cap, very good.
006._____ Stanley GAGE G5C self-setting plane with 65 percent plus japanning, fine
pitting on face of blade and cap screw from previous cleaning, a few chips
from edge of tote spur, good tall knob, very good usable condition.
007._____ Stanley #19 Type 10 iron block plane with knuckle jointed lever cap, good
Type T-logo blade, nice nickel on cap, very good.
008._____ Unusual Millers Falls No. 709 "Buck Rogers" smooth plane, marked PAT
PENDING on left side, very good.
009._____ Stanley GAGE G4 SELF SETTING iron smooth plane, a few patches of fine
pitting from a previous cleaning, splinter from left side of tote spur, good
tall knob, very good.
010._____ BAILEY VICTOR No. 4, 9-inch iron smooth plane, small crack in left side
from cap being screwed down too far, otherwise complete with nice
adjuster, nickel plated iron tote, nice font knob with LB VICTOR PLANE
logo cast into the top, decorative cap screw.
011._____ BAILEY VICTOR No. 11 1/2 carriage maker's combination rabbet and
smooth plane, has small crack in left side from cap being tightened too
tightly, and the right rear corner of the bed has been welded, blade and chip
breaker have light pitting; good lever cap; blade adjuster, tote and knob.
012._____ Stanley #55 universal combination plow plane with four boxes containing a
total 46 blades, includes auxiliary center bottom, the rosewood handle is
broken off of the left side fence, has nice main frame, sliding section, right
fence, beading stop, and four original cutter boxes with lids and faded
labels. Will make a great user. Needs a slitter, cam, six blades, and two
depth stops and a spur or two to complete.
013._____ Lot of seven OHIO TOOL CO. plow plane irons, all VG.
014._____ Stanley #50 light duty plow, late model with Stanley name on rosewood
handle, comes with all three main sections, rods, beading stop, five plow
blades and two beading blades, handle is cracked around the bottom pin,
will make a fine user.
015._____ Collins Legitimus fire axe, the handle has been cut off and will need to be
replaced.
016._____ Pair of bench planes: StS Siegley transitional jack plane has chip from tote
spur, otherwise complete and very good; plus a Stanley Two-Tone iron jack
plane with maroon bed and black frog, complete and fine.
017._____ FULTON TOOL CO. broad axe head, VG.
018._____ Five Stanley Everlast chisels including a very early model, one is bent, all in
usable condition.
019._____ Unusual mast or mast makers axe head, VG.
020._____ John S. Fray No. 80 corner brace, needs cleaning, good.
021._____ Short handled broad axe that has an owner's tag identifying it as a New
Orleans pattern, VG.
022._____ Pair of hammers: unusual form cobbler's hammer; and a forged claw hammer
with some pitting.
023._____ Unusual tomahawk-type axe with an owner's tag identifying it as a "FRENCH
AXE," some light to moderate pitting.
024._____ Pair of metal working hammers.
025._____ Trade axe with round handle, very good.
026._____ Two round drill bit boxes: in front is a CLEVELAND DRILL Set of eight
straight shank drills, box has a paper label around the outside and a tin top,
very good; the larger is a 2-piece box that screws together, has room inside
for eight square-shanked twist drill, contains several assorted bits.
027._____ Two wooden drill indexes: a MORSE for fractional size drill, good; and a
CLEVELAND TWIST DRILL CO. for numbered drills, VG.
028._____ Chalk line with nice wooden handle marked CRAIN CARPET RULE, Santa
Clara, Calif, complete and fine.
029._____ Two C.T.D. (Cleveland Twist Drill Co.) bit stands, Nos. 80 & 84, both VG.
030._____ Unusual STARRETT tin drill stand marked Center Punches, Nail Sets, Drive
Pin Punches, nice graphics on both sides, very good.
031._____ Unusual forged tack hanger; and an early T-auger with octagonal-shaped
shaft, VG.
032._____ Folding MORSE TWIST DRILL & MACH. CO. drill bit stand PAT. AUG.
7._____, 1906, for fractional bits, opens to form a triangle, VG.
033._____ Two pair of hinges in old paint; plus two pieces of early gate hardware, both
VG.
034._____ WHITMAN & BARNES DETROIT, MICHIGAN No. 5 drill bit stand, in red
paint, VG.
035._____ Mystery steel printing? plate, has a mark on one side that looks like
MITCHELL STEEL COMPANY KANSAS CITY. First of this thing we've
seen.
036._____ The STANDARD TOOL CO. SET NO. 8 for numbered drills No. 1 to 60,
VG.
037._____ Lot of early gate and door hardware, some hand forged.
038._____ Two CLEVELAND TWIST DRILL CO. nickel plated drill bit stands; one for
numbered bits and one for fractional bit, both VG.
039._____ Three early bolt headers?, all VG.
040._____ ALEMITE DIE CASTING & MFG. DIV. of the ELECTRIC AUTO LITE
COMPANY, drill bit stand for tap-drill sized bits, Bakelite? stand with
wooden knob, VG.
041._____ Lot: four locks; two like early tool chest types; and old brass door lock; and a
small trunk? lock; plus a round pulley for window weights?
042._____ Unusual Stanley VICTOR No. 1120 adjustable iron block plane, gray bed
with 1/2 the lever cap painted red, 100 percent original and fine.
043._____ Stanley #140 Type I skew bladed rabbeting iron block plane, with patent date
in removable side, RULE & LEVEL CO. blade has about 1/4-in. usable
length remaining, VG.
044._____ Lot of four iron block planes: Unusual Fulton or Sargent 7-inch model with
blade adjuster, complete and very good; Millers Falls No. 75, with blade
adjuster, complete and very good; Stanley #220 with large adjuster screw,
very good; and a Union NO. 227, similar to Stanley #220, hang hole in rear
of bed, otherwise VG.
045._____ Stanley #40 scrub plane with nice STANLEY RULE & LEVEL blade, fine
tote and early-style knob, VG.
046._____ Four iron block planes: late USA model 220, complete and very good;
CRAFTSMAN model similar to the previous model but in light green paint,
fine; Stanley #102 that has been repainted green, complete and very good;
and an unknown make same size as #102, VG.
047._____ Stanley #180 iron rabbet plane, good RULE & LEVEL CO. blade, intact
depth stop, very good.
048._____ Stanley marking gauge made to commemorate the 150th Anniversary of the
Stanley Rule & Level Co. This one is in new condition in a like new
commemorative box.
049._____ Full box (1/2 dozen) Stanley #106 zig zag rules in the original box, all the
rules are absolutely new, the box is very good with an intact labels on top
and on the end and is VG.
050._____ Scarce limited edition Lie-Nielsen No. 1 smooth plane made to
commemorate the Stanley Tool Collectors Convention that was held in
June 17-19, 1993 at the Stanley Factory in New Britain and in Hartford,
Connecticut. This is plane #21 in a series that was limited at not more
than 250, the plane is in new never-used condition and the box is fine
too.
051._____ Full box (1/2 dozen) Stanley #06 zig zag rules in the original box, all the rules
are absolutely new, the box has some wear, a spot or two of moisture
staining, and a slightly soiled label.
052._____ MASTER No. 050 LONGBOY 50-foot steel tape measure with Automatic
Rewind, in original box, this is one of the earliest 50-foot steel tapes with
rewind, the tape itself is fine, the box has some moderate wear.
053._____ Stanley new old stock commemorative belt buckle featuring rules and made to
commemorate the Stanley company's 150 year in business, sealed in original
plastic bag inside a heavy shipping envelope.
054._____ Early Stanley #79 side rabbet plane, complete and fine.
055._____ Large SOMMER & MACA glass-cutting square with 36-inch blade, handle
has brass covering inside edge, brass joint, very good.
056._____ Lot of wooden coach makers patterns.
057._____ Dobyne & Fleming Patent (U.S. No. 281,250) neck yoke marked PAT JULY
17, '83, owner tag on it IDs the wood as hickory, fine overall.
058._____ Lot of nine wooden patternmaker's curves and forms.
059._____ Pair of unusual squares: brass draftsman's square with teardrop cutouts,
marked WB in two places, very good; and an all wood miter square, VG.
060._____ Early HORTON & CO. forged nosing auger with wooden handle, VG.
061._____ Lufkin Rule Co. DOYLE SCALE cruiser or board stick for determining board
feet in logs, VG.
062._____ Early Stanley 26-inch plumb & level with partial label on side of mahogany?
stock, a few chips and splinters but very good.
063._____ United States Tailor System MARSHALL & DOBBS INVENTORS
MINNEAPOLIS MINNESOTA, tailor's rule, VG.
064._____ Early forged barking spud found years ago in Maine, VG.
065._____ Unusual single tree neck yoke in old red paint, has spring loaded gate, VG.
066._____ Unusual Young Patent 4-bladed curd knife with nice wooden handle and brass
ferrule, very good.
067._____ Pair of long handled strainers for cooking; one is tin; the larger diameter one
is a tin strainer with a steel handle riveted to it, and the rivets have been
soldered on the inside.
068._____ Pair of brushes; one with 100 percent NYLON bristles.
069._____ Pair of hand forged spatulas, both VG.
070._____ Large copper strainer with decorated handle, very nice.
071._____ Copper serving spoon, handle marked XIXII, very good and a brass strainer.
072._____ G.W. KNAPP Patent (U.S. #DES27,486) 2-piece tin cake mold PAT. AUG.
3._____ '97, very good.
073._____ Stanley #1 Excelsior tool handle, with assorted bits inside handle, fine overall.
074._____ Stanley #96 Type I blind nail plane, has AP'L 10-88 patent date in one side,
and STANLEY in other side, just add your own 1/4-inch chisel and it's
ready to work, fine overall.
075._____ Ultra scarce Hjorth Patent (U.S. No. 540,984) pull-cord hand or breast
drill made on a patent issued June 11, 1895 to Henrick Julius Hjorth of
Boston Massachusetts. This example has fine nickel plating, a nice apple
top handle that is marked PAT APL'D FOR, they don't get any better
unless found in original packaging, and we’ve never seen one of those.
076._____ YANKEE SLICER NO. 0 small tobacco plug cutter, just a trace of original
japanning remains, VG.
077._____ Copper glue pot 2-piece with three steel legs riveted to the sides with copper
rivets, nice wire bale, very good.
078._____ Nice copper eagle for a weathervane, about 24-inches between wing tips, and
19 inches from beak to tip of tail feathers, will need one or two solder joints
re-soldered before it can be used outdoors again, very good.
079._____ Brass 1 1/2-qt. pan with socket handle, marked MADE IN HONG KONG on
bottom, VG.
080._____ Nicely carved shore bird mounted to piece of drift? wood, nice coloring.
081._____ Lot of 25 hand carved figures most look like sailors fishermen, or pirates, a
few with peg legs; one of man in a doctor's coat standing next to a coffin.
082._____ Pair of wooden planes: Ohio Tool 1 1/4-inch jack rabbet with offset closed
handle, intact nickers, very good ovderall; and a 15 1/2-inch A.C.
BARTLETT'S OHIO PLANES (Sandusky) jack plane, complete and VG.
083._____ Winchester W14 rafter framing square, needs cleaning, very good.
084._____ Ohio Tool Co. No. 104 solid rosewood plow plane with fine body, very good
fence and skate, sliver from the inside lower face of the fence, the only
major detraction are the threads on the arms. They are badly chipped. Let
Jim Leamy make you a new set of arms, and you will have a fine top-shelf
plow.
085._____ Antique & Collectible Stanley Tools Guide to Identity & Value by John
Walter 1996 revised 885-page hardcover edition in jacket, fine overall.
086._____ Stanley No. 1 smooth plane, the smallest smoother in the Stanley lineup, this
one is complete and damage free except for the rosewood tote which is
chipped at the bottom and has had the spur reshaped, there is no damage to
the other parts, just put a new tote on it and it will be VG. (Photo & Photo 2
& Photo 3 & Photo 4)
087._____ Stanley #35 transitional smooth plane that was restored at the factory and sold
to commemorate the 150th Anniversary of the Company, the "restoration"
by the factory was not the best, but the plane they started with was likely
junk, has a brass tag on the left side.
088._____ Stanley A18 aluminum block plane, light pitting on lever cap, good SW-logo
blade, very good.
089._____ Stanley #39 1/2, 6-inch machinist level, has STANLEY and patent date in top
plate, very good.
090._____ Stanley #289 skew bladed rabbet plane, complete with proper fence and depth
stop, T-logo blade, very good.
091._____ Stanley #39 1/2, 6-inch machinist level with SW logo and model number in
top plate, VG.
092._____ Scarce Stanley No. 5 pitch adjuster for levels, very good nickel plating, all
screws present, very good.
093._____ Stanley #1 ODD JOBS head with intact level, no scribe, very good nickel,
very good overall; plus an early ODD JOBS with intact scribe, dry level
vial, very good.
094._____ Stanley #171 door router plane with intact fence, nice rosewood handles,
complete and very good.
095._____ Pair of LANDO LEVEL plates for making your own level, just mount to your
own stock, made by LANDO PRODUCTS INC. SAN FRANCISCO, both
fine.
096._____ Stanley #140 Type 1 skew bladed block plane, has patent date in removable
side, complete and very good.
097._____ Stanley Tools Limited Edition 1981 brass belt buckle with hammer on face,
very good.
098._____ Scarce Metallic Plane Co. iron block plane with intact lever cap (most of the
others we have seen had the top loop of the lever cap broken off, so there
must have been a casting defect), this one has a nice original blade, good
japanning, just traces of light rust, will clean to very good.
099._____ Stanley Sweetheart belt buckle, limited edition produced by Alvin Sellens of
Augusta, Kansas. This is number 361 of 500 produced, complete and fine.
100._____ Stanley #72 chamfer plane, nice rosewood tote and knob, very good.
101._____ E.C. ATKINS IDEAL #0 band saw setting? (may be a gummer or swedge)
machine, some light pitting from a previous cleaning, rosewood handles
have a few cracks, very good.
102._____ Large Stearns-type spoke pointer, has been repainted, VG.
103._____ Unusual Silver & Demming Patent hollow auger made in Salem, Ohio, nice
knurled adjustment collar, very good.
104._____ E.C. CUNNINGHAM WORCESTER, MASS DEC. 23, 1873 patented saws
set, complete and fine.
105._____ Stearns Patent 1872, fore auger or hollow auger. very good.
106._____ A.A. WOOD & SONS hollow auger set up for use in a drill press or machine,
very good.
107._____ THE STAR saw set PAT. DEC. 24., head is chipped, very good.
108._____ Medium sized Stearns dowel or spoke pointer, some light pitting on blade,
very good.
109._____ Stanley #40 1/2 wide scrub plane, nice V-logo iron, good beech tote and tall
knob, very good.
110._____ Stanley #289 skew bladed rabbet plane with intact depth stop, fence from a
#78 duplex plane, T-logo blade, very good.
111._____ Stanley #40 scrub plane, nice Rule & Level Co. blade, nickel plated cap
screw, fine beech tote and knob, fine overall.
112._____ Stanley #67 UNIVERSAL spoke shave with patent date on blade, good
rosewood handles, flat bottom, very good.
113._____ Stanley #982 with nice rosewood handles, BB logo and two patent numbers
on the chuck shell, fine overall condition.
114._____ Windsor beader with early wooden body, very good.
115._____ Unusual E.C. Stearns & Co. adjustable hollow auger, one of the three posts is
graduated, screw-type blade adjuster, very good.
116._____ Unusual combined try & miter square similar to Stanley Winterbottom patent,
has nice 7-inch blade, very good.
117._____ Pair of hollow augers: a fixed 5/8-inch, vry good overall; and an E.C.
STEARNS adjustable, missing the depth stop, but very good.
118._____ Stanley Rule & Level Co. No. 14 adjustable try square with 6-inch blade, fine
overall.
119._____ Adjustable hollow auger in original red and black paint, intact depth stop, fine
overall.
120._____ L.BAILEY Patent March 19, 1872 sliding bevel, complete and fine overall.
121._____ E.C. STEARNS & CO. adjustable hollow auger, missing depth stop, very
good.
122._____ Stanley #24 combined square and bevel with 9-inch blade, has small cracks
where the two legs of the square come together, VG.
123._____ Stanley #203 iron block plane, good BB-logo blade, very good.
124._____ Unknown make rosewood and brass bevel with 12-inch blade, fine overall.
125._____ Pair of Stanley 6-inch iron block planes with Excelsior-style body, adjustable
throat good L.BAILEY blades, light pitting on sides and bottom of both
planes, very good.
126._____ OHIO TOOL CO. #0110 iron block plane (similar to Stanley #110) complete
with Globe-logo blade, very good.
127._____ STANLEY brass belt buckle, marked on back STANLEY is a registered
trademark of THE STANLEY WORKS 1978, complete and VG.
128._____ Three small levels: Stanley #31 3-inch, complete and fine; Handyman H1287
line level, complete and very good; and a LEA MFG. CO. 2 1/2-inch, VG.
129._____ Diamond Edge bag of original marbles, complete and fine; plus a DIAMOND
EDGE tack lifter, VG.
130._____ Keen Kutter padlock, shield and wedge shape, most probably a reproduction,
good overall, with key in working condition.
131._____ Stanley #202 bench dog, complete and VG.
132._____ A.C. WILLIAMS CO. RAVENNA O(hio) ice shaver plane, complete and
VG.
133._____ Ronson Specialty Co. nested sent of automobile nut wrenches, nice nickel
plating, PAT. 942998, VG.
134._____ Ashtray with the O.V.B. logo in top left corner and HIBBARD, SPENCER,
BARTLETT & CO. CHICAGO logo across the bottom, depicting the
headquarters building, fine overall.
135._____ DISSTON 6-inch wooden level, fine overall.
136._____ Unusual gear-adjusting tapered witchet or stale engine that will taper the
end of dowel, spoke, chair spindles, stretchers, etc. This one comes in
old maroon paint like Ohio Tool used on some of the iron planes they
produced, complete and fine. Also included is a modified C-clamp that
was found with this tool.
137._____ Wheeler Patent (U.S. No. 116,901) countersink with depth stop made on a
patent issued July 11, 1871 to Asa Wheeler of Brattleboro, VT. This one is
clearly marked WHEELER on the countersink and PAT'D JULY 11.71
stamped into the brass depth stop, VG.
138._____ Lot of four hand forged hammers, each has a newer handle attached.
139._____ Illinois Lumber Co. nail apron, very good; plus two other nail aprons.
140._____ Large macadamizing hammer, VG.
141._____ Lot of three hammers including two nice and early ball peen models.
142._____ Unusual UNIVERSAL WRENCH CO. 8-inch adjustable side-jaw nut wrench
with lever, patented 6-3-19 and 7-22-19, VG.
143._____ Small saw swaging hammer, very good.
144._____ Pair of unmarked glazer's hammers; one with triangular head that rotates; and
another with a square head, both VG.
145._____ Pair of 6-inch adjustable nut wrenches: ACME twist handle patented Feb. 27,
'83, very good; and a Vandegrift Patent Sept. 7, '97, complete and fine.
146._____ Early wooden handled can opener, complete and VG.
147._____ Sardine can opener marked GERMANY, VG.
148._____ Miniature anvil, appears to have been used.
149._____ Swisher's Patent DEC. 7, 1852, screw-holding bitstock tool, VG.
150._____ Large 12-lb. brass plumb bob similar to those used by bridge builders
made by the late Gene Harp, a machinist and tool collector in Siloam
Springs Arkansas for his friend Bill Wooden of Tulsa, Oklahoma. This
beautiful bob has a double row of knurling on the removable cap, a
removable steel tip and shaft, displays well in a clear piece of plastic
tube or it can be hung by the steel cable that is currently installed in it.
Imposing in both its size and it's provenance, as both Harp and Wooden
left indelible marks on the old tool community.
151._____ Small apparatus that tests grip strength in LBs, KGs and two other scales,
nickel plated spring steel with a brass dial, VG.
152._____ Large saw swaging hammer, very good.
153._____ Two mini wrenches: the smallest is marked BUFFUM TOOL CO.
LOUISIANA MO and has square opening on one end and and a round
opening on the other; the other wrench is a Civil War musket wrench.
154._____ Small round McAdamizinig hammer, very nice.
155._____ Two pocket or bicycle-type nut wrenches: HERCULES 4 1/2-inch with wire
handle, very good; and a unknown 4-inch model with cast frame, VG.
156._____ Four small machinist bottle or screw jacks.
157._____ Stoneware gallon jug with brown top and white body, very good.
158._____ Nice wooden sled with the name ADOLPH KREUTTER and date 1901 in the
top, in old blue paint, has some early repairs on the bottom, a very nice
decorative piece.
159._____ Stoneware gallon jug with double row of blue bands at the top and bottom,
very good.
160._____ Scarce Belknap Hardware Co. Louisville, Kentucky THOROUGHBRED
single bit axe with nice embossed logo of a horse's head inside a
horseshoe with the BELKNAP BLUEGRASS logo, very good.
161._____ DIETZ railroad-type lantern with red lens embossed ST. LOUIS COUNTY
WATER CO. NIGHT WATCHMAN, may have been repainted, VG.
162._____ Collins 150th Anniversary broad axe 1826 - 1976, a new-old-stock broad axe
that was made to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the founding of the
Collins Company of axe makers.
163._____ Large round sieve with wire mesh in wooden frame, in old green paint.
164._____ Tall woven splint basket with folding wooden handles, nicely made with three
bands in the center stained a reddish color, VG.
165._____ Brown stoneware crock, approximately 1/2-gallon capacity, no cracks that we
can see, just two or three tiny chips, very good.
166._____ Pair of little woven splint baskets with handles, each has an owners tag that
say INDIAN BASKET, we have no idea how old they are.
167._____ Brown stoneware crock approximately 1-quart capacity, very good.
168._____ Finely woven splint basket with wooden rib and nice wooden handle, very
good.
169._____ Esquire Boot Polish point-of-sale revolving tin display in nice red paint with
ESQUIRE graphics on all three sides.
170._____ Cast iron Christmas-tree stand in old green paint, very good.
171._____ Brown pint stoneware butter? crock, glaze chipped at rim, very good.
172._____ Antique hand-cranked coffee mill with wooden base, intact drawer, very
good.
173._____ Roseville R.R.P. CO. 1-pt. low white stoneware butter? crock, Roseville Ohio
U.S.A., very good; and a little 1/2-pint stoneware jug with handle, white on
bottom and brown on top, fine overall.
174._____ Unusual tin broom-corn topper, first we've seen or sold, VG.
175._____ Nice brown quart-sized stoneware jug with handle and wide mouth, thick
glaze, very good.
176._____ Pair of wooden boot forms, both are marked with a makers mark but we
cannot make it out, VG.
177._____ Nice 4-gallon stoneware crock with built in handles on the side, has numeral 4
and decorative marks stenciled in blue on side prior to firing, VG.
178._____ Combination pick axe and shovel with three piece handle that comes in a
fabric pouch, the tag on it says it is a mountain climber's pick axe, unmarked
but very good.
179._____ Nice shoe peg float, complete and VG.
180._____ Shoe lasting stand with three different sized forms, all VG.
181._____ Set of eight C.S. OSBORNE strap or belt end punches, all fine.
182._____ Sailor's palm used to push heavy needles thru thick sail canvass, also good for
leather repair, very good.
183._____ Set of six Osborne oval punches good for harness and saddle making, but also
used by belt and handbag makers, all VG.
184._____ Lot of nine wooden handled cobbler or leather working tools including seven
creasers; tracing or stitching wheel; and a circular style welt cutter.
185._____ Lot of five leather hole punches; 1 3/4; 1 1/4; C.S. OSBORNE 1-in.; 13/16-in.
that needs the cutting edge cleaned up; and a No. 12 with a few nicks at
cutting edge.
186._____ Revolving leather hole or belt punch made in NEWARK NJ, complete and
very good; plus a leather stamp that punches out a big oblong hole 5/8 x 1
1/2-inch, VG.
187._____ Three iron block planes: Sargent No. 217, has what appears to be a Stanley
lever cap, very good; a Sargent #217, complete and very good; and an OHIO
TOOL CO. 0110 with a Stanley R&L-logo blade, VG.
188._____ Like new Directory of American Toolmakers book produced by the Early
American Industries Association in 1999, and available now only on DVD,
this one comes in the original cardboard box it was mailed in from the
EAIA.
189._____ WOODCRAFT SUPPLY CORP. WOBURN, MA lumber gauge, complete
and VG.
190._____ Lufkin No. 08N hickory board rule, complete and in like new condition.
191._____ LUFKIN RULE CO. No. 00 lumber gauge, very good.
192._____ Unusual Stanley (Unmarked) No. 48 board cane with brass tip and nice
knurled edge around the brass top, very good.
193._____ Unknown measuring disc graduated in inches from 0 to 6, and at the 0 point it
has a point that stands proud of the knurled outer edge, and an aluminum
disc riveted to both sides, one of these discs is marked DEMMLER BROS.
PITTSBURGH TINNER'S SUPPLIES HOUSE FURNISHINGS, also
marked PAT. PEND. It's obviously made to measure distance, but we
cannot find a patent for it.
194._____ Stanley (Unmarked) No. 48 board cane, shaft slightly bent, knurling around
edge of brass top mostly worn off, good scales, very good.
195._____ AMERICAN LUMBER & MF'G CO. PITTSBURGH, U.S.A. lumber gauge,
complete and VG.
196._____ Scarce Stanley Rule & Level Co. No. 48 1/2 board cane, has brass tip and
knurled edge around the brass top, three 8 to 9-inch cracks in center of the
bent wooden shaft, good.
197._____ TAYLOR & CRATE BUFFALO, N.Y. lumber gauge, complete and VG.
198._____ Stanley #57 core box plane complete original turnbuckle and rods, one
side of risers and original SW blade, in new new condition with original
box, box has been professionally restored by professional paper
conservator, Sara J. Holmes.
199._____ RARE 6-inch Birmingham Mosher Patent (U.S. No. 296,207) "Batwing" cast
iron T-rabbet plane.
200._____ Millers Patent No. 43 plow plane, small chip in side of handle, one plow blade
included, very good.
201._____ SIEGLEY No. 2 combination plow plane, with one plow blade, one beading
or depth stop, all three main sections, nice handle and wear strip on fence,
fine overall.
202._____ Stanley #49 tongue & groove plane, early style handle with vine casting, nice
rosewood knob, both cutters intact, fine overall.
203._____ UNION No. 41 tongue & groove plane, has owners initials filed into swinging
fence, very good.
204._____ Stanley #12 cast iron smooth plane with nice unmarked blade, fine rosewood
handle, very good.
205._____ Stanley #203 bench bracket, wing nut marked PAT APL'D FOR, fine overall.
206._____ Stanley #71 router plane with 95 percent plus japanning, 1/4-inch blade, fine
knobs, intact throat closing attachments, fine overall.
207._____ Two Sargent planes: Sargent & Co. #61 router plane, one 1/4-inch blade
included, very good knobs, very good; and a #79 rabbet & filletster plane,
missing the fence and depth stop, very good.
208._____ Stanley #83 scraper with blade marked "STANLEY" nice original roller, nice
beech handle, very good.
209._____ Stanley #49 bit gauge in original box, box has moderate wear, bit is like new.
210._____ Stanley #43 Saw Set in original box with pamphlet, set is like new, box is VG.
211._____ E.W. CARPENTER'S IMPROVED ARMS LANCASTER, plow plane with
distinctive boxwood body, arms, outer and locking nuts, and fence face,
with rosewood adjusting nuts and rosewood portion of fence below bridge,
the threads that pass thru the body are intact, there are numerous chips to the
arms and the outer nuts, wedge was professionally made by Jim Leamy.
212._____ Fine Keystoneware "Boat Signal Lantern" #12 Dimensions: 9 inches high x
3.5 inches wide. Made by Keystoneware, standardized oil burning, handheld signal lamp, circa 1900-1930, flat black. Has a manually operating
open/close shutter allowing or preventing light thru the magnifying fresnel
lens. This special magnifying lens amplifies the light from the single wick
burner which would typically be used at night to send/receive messages in
morse code.
213._____ DIAMOND EDGE DE04C Mehl Patent NOV. 22, '04 smooth plane made by
the Buckeye Saw Vise Co. in Ohio, complete and very good.
214._____ Pair of early wooden ice skates with steel blades, both very good.
215._____ Small wooden scoop with octagonal wooden handle, very nice.
216._____ Minute Maid tin candy mold, VG.
217._____ Unusual pie tin or mold with St. Nick or Santa Claus embossed in bottom.
218._____ Two small copper jello molds; one in shape of lobster, and larger one in shape
of fish, both can be hung when not in use, decorative.
219._____ Small beer stein with pewter lid, marked GERMANY on bottom, and inside
of lid marked DBGM, features a young couple, VG.
220._____ Nutmeg or spice grater marked MACO 3/1 on one side and GES. GESCH on
the other, in old blue paint, complete and VG.
221._____ Antique wooden butter mold with acorn and leaf pattern, VG.
222._____ German? beer stein with pewter lid, depicts one one side a couple riding on a
bicycle, the other side has dog with a rabbit in its mouth, very good.
223._____ Seven assorted tin cookie cutters including small ones shaped like a chicken, a
small bunny, and heart.
224._____ Wooden tankard with lid; plus a single brass candle stick.
225._____ Keuffel & Esser K&E P5136 vintage mountain transit in original wooden
box with hinged lockable door, comes with brass plumb bob and hood,
instrument and box are both in very good overall condition.
226._____ Schick made Stadimeter in original wooden box with hinged lid, use primarily
on Naval ships and submarines "for estimating the range to an object of
known height by measuring the angle between the top and bottom of the
object as observed at the device," complete and fine instrument in a very
good box.
227._____ Double bladed scutch, a tool used by British masons to clean old mortar off of
previously used bricks, has a Birmingham England makers mark, very good.
228._____ Large F. WALTER & CO. SOLLY WORKS SHEFFIELD try square with 18inch blade, fine rosewood handle with overhang tab, owner E.F. LOW has
name in both sides of handle, light rust on one side, the other side clean and
fine, very good.
229._____ Unusual French? fireman's axe with strapped handle, marked R. CHARTON
NANCY, nice round handle, very good.
230._____ Scarce English hole cutter with mahogany body, brass wear plate and brass
blade holder, only the second we have seen or sold, has a 1983 Tom Witte
$295 price tag, fine.
231._____ Pulaski tools used in fighting forest fires, combines a single bit axe with a
mattock blade for digging or grubbing, this one appears to have a new
handle, very good.
232._____ Marples #10 camp hatchet with nice calf's leg handle, very good.
233._____ FREUD WC110 set of 10 chisels in original wooden box, from 1/4 to 1 1/2inch. all are like new.
234._____ Scarce Marples camp axe (hatchet) with folding hail claw, and hard rubber
handle, has old Tom Witte price tag, very good.
235._____ Large 4-inch GLOBE carpenters slick with very nice handle, handle is secured
by a screw thru the socket, very good.
236._____ Nice MARTIE ROBINSON tomahawk-style hatchet with nice leather sheath;
Robinson is/was knife maker from Ohio. His knives are highly prized by
collectors, this is the first hatchet we have seen by him, one or two small
patches of rust, fine overall.
237._____ Heavy duty 2 1/2-inch timber framer's chisel marked E.A. MONSON GD
RAPIDS MICH., very good.
238._____ Corn dryer, VG.
239._____ Primitive wheelwright's traveler with wooden handle and steel wheel, VG.
240._____ Early adjustable thread chaser, good.
241._____ All-wood wheelright's traveler, very good.
242._____ Hand forged flooring tool.
243._____ Wheelwright's traveler with twisted handle, very good.
244._____ Hand forged bolt header, VG.
245._____ Piano tuner's wrench, VG.
246._____ Lot of foundry tools for working with molding sand.
247._____ Scarce D. PERES GERMANY "lady leg" bottle corkscrew with stockings
and buttoned shoes, complete and fine. This is the first of this model
that we've seen or sold. Highly recommended!
248._____ Pair of hand sickles, one marked I BLOOD; the other appears to be made
from an old file or rasp.
249._____ Stanley #44 bit and square level, complete and fine.
250._____ Stanley No. 41 MILLERS PATENT plow plane with intact filletster bed and
wrap around fence, and seven blades including the filletster, plane has been
repainted, nice rosewood handle with long top spur, very good.
251._____ Large 4 1/4-lb. Brass millwright’s plumb bob, has former owner's initials CS
punched into the body in series of dots, very good.
252._____ Lot of ten assorted corkscrews.
253._____ Lot of five mini tools including a small pair of pliers, two small nippers, a
scythe snathe wrench, and a combination bottle opener and screwdriver.
254._____ Lot of five assorted zig zag rules including an aluminum Lufkin No. 1206;
and nice Lufkin No. 066D RED END ENGINEERS.
255._____ Five of four assorted clock keys, and a Chicago Roller Skate Co. skate key.
256._____ Baby Terrier box opener by Bridgeport Hdwe. Mfg. Co., very good; and an
auger bit with a Millers Falls Patented bit stop, fine.
257._____ Lot of five tool related tie clips: STARRETT 1880-1955; a hand saw;
micrometer; etc.
258._____ Lot: two double hog ring pliers; one an 1880 Heesen Patent (U.S. No.
226,915), both very good; and a Jensen Patent (U.S. No. 2,224,226)
industrial (sheet metal) cutting tool, very good.
259._____ Lot of mini tools and tool-themed tie tacks and tie clasps; mini nickel plated
plane; Brown & Sharpe micrometer tie tack; a SNAP-ON truck charm or
keychain fob; MINEWELD tie clasp; tie clasp featuring a crane; and a
MARX mini micrometer.
260._____ Pair of SCIOTO WORKS wooden jointer planes, 22-inch complete and very
good; and a 28-inch, very good.
261._____ Long handled fish gig, very good.
262._____ Pair of eggbeater-type hand drills: unusual CRAFTSMAN A-I (Millers Falls?)
that has partially enclosed gears, a steel storage handle painted to look like
rosewood, very good; and a WARDS (Stanley?) POWR-KRAFT 94-3709
with original bits in handle, fine.
263._____ John Deere planter Y3297-B lid with nice Y2003 base, very good.
264._____ Two screwdrivers: Yankee No. 130A by North Brothers, has intact spring,
ratchet selector works fine, very good overall; and an A.H. REID patent
(U.S. No. 268,938) that is very good, just needs a bit.
265._____ All-wooden axe, perhaps a ceremonial prop.
266._____ Unusual short-handled axe, very good.
267._____ Large Millers Falls No. 620A automatic screwdriver, has intact spring, one
flat bit, works in forward and reverse, very good.
268._____ Pair of ratchet braces: unknown make 10-inch with white composite top
handle, very good; and an unknown 10-inch with cocobolo handles, heavyduty chuck is missing the spring, good.
269._____ Lot: DEFIANCE No. 118 eggbeater hand drill, intact chuck, very good
overall; HANDYMAN automatic screwdriver, one flat bit, fine overall; and
a GOODELL-PRATT automatic screwdriver, one flat bit included, fine.
270._____ Pair of braces: Spofford Patent 10-inch, very good; and a FRAY 10-inch
ratchet brace, nice cocobolo handles, complete and very good.
271._____ Pair of eggbeater drills: HANDYMAN H1220, complete and very good; and a
Millers Falls No. 315 with handle that can be adjusted in tight places, VG.
272._____ Pair of braces: Fray 14-inch Spofford Patent, some mild pitting, good overall;
and an unknown make 10-inch brace with cocobolo top handle, good.
273._____ Unusual PROTO 370 eggbeater hand drill that has a handle that can be adjust
and a chuck that can be rotated.
274._____ Goodell-Pratt corner brace, reversible and ratcheting, spring missing from
chuck, cocobolo top handle, good.
275._____ Rare Fox Patent (U.S. No. 390,470 try square & bevel combination tool
made on a patented issued October 2, 1888 to Philo L. Fox of
Bridgeport, Connecticut. This example has an 8-inch blade, and is
complete with nice japanning, light rust on blade, will clean to fine.
276._____ European "cold handle" taylor's iron with quick-release handle, small crack on
side of wooden handle, otherwise VG.
277._____ CHAMPION PITCHER WATER PUMP MALANDY MACH. MFG. CORP.
PHILS.
278._____ GRAND UNION TEA COMPANY sleeve iron, with quick-release handle,
complete and VG.
279._____ Blacksmith's flatter hammer, very good.
280._____ UNIVERSAL 4 sad iron with unusual handle release mechanism, to release
handle simply lift small wooden knob and rotate handle 90 degrees and lift
off, complete and very good.
281._____ Large cast iron bean pot, has number 6 cast into the bottom, three legs and a
wire bale handle, very good.
282._____ KENRICK 4 polishing iron with rounded bottom, would have been used with
starch to polish collars, cuffs, etc, very good.
283._____ Pair of long handled hammers, on top is a riveting hammer and on bottom is a
forged claw hammer.
284._____ H.R. IVES & C0. MONTREAL MRS. POTTS SIZE 2 IRON PATENT
GROUNT, complete and fine.
285._____ Early copper chestnut roaster, with hinged lid and long iron handle, has a few
cracks near the hinge, socket at end of handle, unusual.
286._____ JBM (J Marks?) NEW YORK hatter's shackle or iron, light pitting to movable
piece on front, fine wooden handle, very good. See U.S. Patent No. 565,104
for a nearly identical example.
287._____ Early shipwright's-type adz, very good.
288._____ ASBESTOS sleeve iron, complete and very good, has PAT MAT 22nd 1900
on base of handle, traces of surface rust, very good.
289._____ Early wooden laundry stick, very good.
290._____ Scarce Hanson Patent (U.S. No. 1,043,421) No. 4 self-heating gas sad iron
manufactured by the AMERICAN GAS MACHINE CO. ALBERT
LEA, MINN, comes with original brass filler pump marked PAT APLD
FOR, very good.
291._____ Unknown make table-top fluter or fluting machine, with most of the original
black japanning and gold highlights intact, very good.
292._____ FINE Finn Patent "ONLYONE SELF-HEATING charcoal sad iron,
manufactured by the National Iron Co. Newark, N.J., complete and fine
with original albeit worn owners pamphlet.
293._____ Early oil can with spring loaded cap on spout, VG.
294._____ Ober Patent (U.S. No. 539,820) sad iron with quick release handle, top of base
pitted but marked G.H. OBER PATD MAY 28, 1895 CHAGRIN FALLS O.
(Ohio), nice handle, very good.
295._____ Original cast iron Masonic spittoon, porcelain-lined and in old reddish
paint with gold stripe, VG.
296._____ Pair of breast drills: LAKESIDE 2-speed with 3-jaw chuck, missing auxiliary
handle, good overall; and a Millers Falls 2-speed, missing auxiliary handle.
297._____ Unknown make short-throw ratchet brace, some light rust and mild pitting,
intact chuck, will make a great user.
298._____ Massive 14-inch brace with forged frame and large wooden top knob, bit
secured by thumb screw.
299._____ Stanley 150th Anniversary skew back panel saw new in original box with
leather scabbard and pamphlet, box shows some wear, but the contents are
as new; plus a Stanley 150th Anniversary Try Square in original box, box
has nominal wear, square is like new.
300._____ Stanley #55 Universal combination plow plane with all major components
including auxiliary center bottom, four boxes of original blades with nice
labels, script lettering on skate dates this one to circa 1912 to 1921, as good
as they get inside the original tall tin box.
301._____ Pair of wooden smooth planes including a nice Sandusky 5 1/2 razee, very
good; and a SCIOTO with a patched throat.
302._____ Three pair of large hinges, all in red paint, all VG.
303._____ Pair of #35-sized transitional smooth planes: EVERKEEN (Pritzlaff Hardware
Milwaukee, WI), complete and very good; and one with an anvil logo on the
blade, complete and fine.
304._____ Unusual E.G. SHORTRIDGE, KOKOMO IND. chain drill. Shortridge
had a patent (U.S. No. 653,824 for a saw swage, but we could not find
any patent for a chain drill, this one is complete and fine. Manufactured
by "the Standard Manufacturing Company, incorporated Dec. 4, 1901,
originally formed to manufacture, sell and deal in mill supplies, tools,
engines, motor vehicles and general machinery, and to conduct a
general foundry and repair business."
305._____ Three wooden planes: pair of Ohio Tool Co. #7 hollow and round planes; and
a small smoother.
306._____ Pair of early door locks with decorative covers, both VG.
307._____ Lot of four block planes including Stanley #118; two Stanley #110; and a
Sargent? #107, all in usable condition.
308._____ Large ORIGINAL STEINBACH nutcracker holding the LZ 127 GRAF
ZEPPELIN blimp, "FROM WEST-GERMANY, VG.
309._____ Set of three Stanley rabbet planes: #190 with SW-logo blade, intact depth
stop, very good; #191 with T-logo iron, intact depth stop, very good; and a
#192 early model with cast head on cap screw, intact stop, later SW logo
blade, VG.
310._____ Pair of nutcrackers, the one on the left is a Veb Hodrewa Rothenthal Made in
German Democratic Republic nutcracker with sword, very good; the one on
the right is unmarked, it too is VG.
311._____ Millers Falls No. 85 iron rabbet and filletster plane, same as Stanley #78,
complete and fine.
312._____ Pair of nutcrackers; the one on the left is from Germany, it is very good; the
on on the right is unmarked, it too is VG.
313._____ Pair of snow birds that would have been installed near the edge of a roof to
keep large sheets of ice from sliding off during a thaw, very good; plus an
early door lock, no key.
314._____ Gilson Binary Slide Rule 8-inch diameter, copyrighted 1931 & 1940;
complete and VG.
315._____ Nice cast iron elephant door stop in original beige paint, American-made
circa 1920. 9 inches high, 11 inches wide, 2 3/4 inches deep, complete
and VG.
316._____ Round 12-inch diameter shallow basket with wooden bottom, has letter "B"
inside a circle on the bottom, VG.
317._____ J.B. CROFOOT CO. No. 558 stapler, nickel plated, fine overall.
318._____ Lot of four Stanley zig-zag rules: No. 227, good overall; Stanley BIG SIX,
fine; Stanley No. 714 M-E (metric), fine; and Stanley No. 106, good.
319._____ Pair of user made scratch stocks, each with very nice profile.
320._____ Lot of four 1-foot, 4-fold boxwood rules: STEPHENS & CO. No. 72, good;
unknown No. 64, fine; unknown make No. 65; and a similar model that has
no make or model number, VG.
321._____ Lot of four Stanley zig-zag rules: Stanley No. 426 aluminum zig-zag complete
and very good; Stanley No. 105, good; DEFIANCE 2-foot, fine; and a
Stanley 100 PLUS No. X-226, VG.
322._____ Marking knife with wooden handle, and a small wooden plane with sole that
is radiused from side to side.
323._____ Lot of four 1-foot, 4-fold, no-name boxwood rules: No. 65, very good; No. 65
1/2, very good; #69, very good; and #70, VG.
324._____ Lufkin 1-foot, 2-fold steel advertising rule WESTINGHOUSE TRACTION
BRAKE CO. PITTSBURGH, PA, very good, comes in a leather for fauxleather case.
325._____ Unusual T. Bradburn & Sons, Birmingham 2-foot, 2-fold solid brass rule,
with what looks like an arched joint, VG.
326._____ D-handled carpenters slick with 4-inch blade, some pitting, good.
327._____ Green gage butt mortise plane, an early ad has been published in PTAMPIA
that shows this plane was sold in Atlantic, Iowa. No additional information
has surfaced, this example is complete and VG.
328._____ Interesting little gents brace measures just 8 inches tall overall, shown in next
to a regular sized F. UNGER 11-inch gents brace also included, both are
complete and fine.
329._____ Sargent VBM No. 81combined left and right side rabbet plane, complete and
VG.
330._____ FINE Disston No. 7 hand saw with great etch, and paper labels on handle,
by far the best No. 7 we have seen or sold.
331._____ Stanley #90 bullnose rabbet plane, complete and VG.
332._____ Scarce Vaughan & Bushnell V&B bill posters hammer, both bill clips are
present but one of the mounting screws for one clip is missing, the wooden
handle is fine, very good.
333._____ Veritas blind nail plane, complete and VG.
334._____ Marples camp ax (hatchet) with hard rubber panels, folding blade guard,
complete and VG.
335._____ Stanley No. 51/52 chute board and plane with intact hold down clamp,
has a light dusting of surface rust, but will easily clean to fine overall
condition. Board is mounted to a wooden base and when plane is
installed with handle inward, a nice wooden cover can be used to
protect the whole thing.
336._____ Kabar 1331 hatchet, a nice little camp hatchet by the makers of the famous
fighting knife.
337._____ Nicely made copper candle sconces, both have some tarnish and patches of
green oxidation, VG.
338._____ Cast iron 2-piece glue pot marked H W & CO PITTS PA on the bottom, VG.
339._____ Hand cranked tobacco shredder or meat chopper.
340._____ Melon shaped tin pudding mold, has handle on each section, complete and
fine.
341._____ Brass mortar with pestle, complete and fine.
342._____ Scandinavian 2L copper tea kettle with dovetailed bottom, a few minor dents,
very good.
343._____ Interesting tin coffee pot with a MAY 15, '77 patent date inside the depressed
piece on top of the handle, complete and VG.
344._____ COLUMBIA MEAT JUICE PRESS by LANDERS, FRARY & CLARK,
NEW BRITAIN, CONN., U.S.A., complete and fine.
345._____ Large cast iron copy press, has number 4 painted on frame and the letter A
painted on the movable plate, nice
346._____ Pair of bookbinder's tools; the one on top is unmarked; the bottom one is
marked GANE BROTHERS & CO. CHICAGO 173, VG.
The following three lots belonged to the late William "Bill" Baader, of Columbus
Ohio. Baader was a one time president of the Midwest Tool Collectors Association.
347._____ Gerstner Model 044, 5-drawer oak machinist tool chest measures 31 x 9 1/4 x
13 1/2 inches, made in 1965, has stain on top where a round container of
something caustic leaked onto it, otherwise very good.
348._____ Traditional woodworking workbench, 99 1/4 inches long x 30 1/2 wide x 34
high face and end vises.
349._____ Large carpenter's tool chest, dovetailed construction, in black and green paint,
measures 39 1/4 x 25 x 23 1/2 inches, walnut and oak trays with porcelain
knobs, VG.
350._____ Fine Stanley #85 scraper plane with tilting handles, the tote had a partial decal
on the side, nice japanning, comes with a both a replacement blade and what
looks like a SW original with a notch sticking out of the side, fine plane
overall.
351._____ YOUNG & McMASTER AUBURN N.Y. unhandled plow plane with
complex fence profile, distinctive inner nuts, has pitting on the skate and a
new wedge crafted by Jim Leamy, here is your chance to own a plane that
was likely made by a convict housed in the New York penal system.
352._____ Pair of brick hammers, both have been re-handled at some point.
353._____ Wooden nutcracker, VG.
354._____ Pair of forged claw hammers; the one on top is a cobbler's type, both are VG.
355._____ Pair of little bench-mounting vises: one marked NO. 0 MF'D BY A.M. CO.
ATHOL MASS; and the other PV Co NY 152, both VG.
356._____ Pair of cobblers' hammers, one a French pattern, both VG.
357._____ Pair of ratchet braces; Stanley VICTOR No. 945-8 IN. complete and fine; and
a CHALLENGER 10-inch, complete and VG.
358._____ Mephisto adz hammer, faint patent date, likely made by CHENEY, good.
359._____ Lot of four hand drills: Millers Falls No. 70; GAMBLES EXPERT; Stanley
HANDYMAN NO. 1221; and GOODELL-Pratt No. 655.
360._____ Lot of three assorted hammers at least two were forged.
361._____ Lot of three breast drills; two MOHAWK 2-speed models, both complete and
Millers Falls single-speed model, all VG.
362._____ Three hand forged claw hammers.
363._____ Unusual iron all-iron brace with breast pad, moderate to heavy pitting over
entire surface.
364._____ Broad axe head with moderate pitting; and two adzes that would take a
mattock-type handle, both VG.
365._____ Lot: two forged gouges; and a head with an adz on one end and a poll for
hitting spikes or nails on the other, likely used in a shipyard or on the
railroad.
366._____ "PENN-STYLE" axe head with moderate pitting; plus a short curved gutter
adz head marked TL, VG.
367._____ Two small adzes; one with curved and lipped blade, tag on it says "gutter
adz."
368._____ Two all-steel gouges made from old files, both nicely executed.
369._____ Unusual adz with round handle and having a nail puller in middle of blade,
marked PAT. PEND., VG.
370._____ Curved adz with round curved handle, marked LV, VG.
371._____ SIMONDS SAW CO. saw tools in original wooden shipping crate. Inc. is
a perfect saw hammer the the SIMONDS name etched into it, and a 24inch straightedge also with the SIMONDS logo, was originally shipped
to HALVOR GARLOCK of EVERTON, MISSOURI.
372._____ German nutcracker witch with cat on the brim of her black hat, a basket of red
apples in her hand, and wearing wire glasses, very good; plus a carved
salesman with a "sample" case and an "order book" in his other hand, has
LOVE GAIL in marker on back.
373._____ Lot of Indian artifacts from a Minnesota collection: a collection of flint
knapping tools, and some worked pieces of flint; several pottery shards, and
three bone pieces; one marked on back "BRYAN SITE MINN. INDIAN
BONE DIGGER HOE - CA. PRE 1200."
374._____ Lot of carved figures: box of six small nautically-themed figures, all very
good; plus a wall hanging of another.
375._____ Large flax wheel, appears to be complete, but will need new belts and
some tweaking to put it back into service.
376._____ Interesting wooden egg crate for transporting a whole lot of eggs, marked
FROM WOOD PRODUCTS CO. WINNECONNE, WIS., can carry one
gross (144) eggs, very good overall condition.
377._____ Smaller clear glass oil lamp with single loop handle and intact chimney, wick
adjuster screw marked PAT. APL. 30.'83 M.B. CO. NY, VG.
378._____ Tin candle-burning lantern with folding wire hanger, one small solder joint
needs to be re-soldered, hinged door marked PATENT at top, VG.
379._____ Lot of three early single-bladed food choppers, all with wooden handles and
what appear to be forged blades, all VG.
380._____ Small oil lantern or lamp with green glass base, WHITE FLAME LIGHT CO.
burner, EAGLE PAT PENDING reflector on back and clear chimney, VG.
381._____ Pair of early food choppers, one with open handle and one closed, both VG.
382._____ Pair of clear glass oil lamps one with short base and one tall, both have clear
chimneys. The short one has a QUEEN ANNE No. 2 burner and has two
patent dates below the brass filler cap; the taller one has a BANNER burner;
both are very good.
383._____ Fine hand-cranked tin coffee roaster that is complete and very good.
384._____ Pair of carriage lamps, the larger one with beveled glass, the smaller one
marked PATENT on one side.
385._____ Nicely forged gambrel meat hook, perfect size for hog butchering.
386._____ CANADIAN PACIFIC RY specialty tool with opposing hooks on one end,
nicely marked CAN PAC RY, VG.
387._____ Three pair of long handled blacksmith tongs: on top is a pair for round work;
in the middle is specialty pair for cutting; and we do not know what the
bottom pair was meant to do, all three are very nice.
388._____ Large 28-inch forged self-tightening pipe tong, VG.
389._____ T-augers; one with a steel handle; one a Millers Falls; and an early model with
square-shanked bit.p
390._____ Mystery forged tool: could have been used as a "barrel hoist" or a gambrel to
butcher hogs and sheep; may also have been used to lift or suspend heavy
kettles, nicely made.
391._____ Lot of three ceramic? anvils.
392._____ Five tape measures: two Stanley Defiance No. 1260; Stanley #7506; Stanley
#7506N; MECHANIC'S PAL with some rust on blade; MASTER RULE
MFG No. 406 Streamline, and part of a BLUEGRASS tape.
393._____ Pair of mini anvils: brass TO FORGE OUR FRIENDSHIP E.W. FILE
SUPPLY COMPANY ANNA, ILL; and an unmarked aluminum model.
394._____ Lot of seven keys; four assorted clock keys; a BARNEY & BERRY Patent
(U.S. 66,935) 1867 skate key; a TAYLOR 673 skate key; and a USMC
(United Shoe Machinery Corp.) 755H T-handled wrench.
395._____ Lightning rod with purple colored glass ball, the iron portion is pitted but the
copper center and ball are fine.
396._____ Lot: five wire handled screwdrivers; plus three miniature shovels.
397._____ Three pair of long handled blacksmith tongs, all VG.
398._____ Pair of fireplace tools: NEVERBREAK FIRE SHOVEL PAT. NOV. 30,
1926, and a poker.
399._____ Three pair of long handled blacksmith tongs, all VG.
400._____ Tool chest of Scottish immigrant George Kerr complete with set of sash
templates, three 5/8-in. fixed sash planes by CURRIE GLASGOW; 5/8in. & 3/4-in. tongue & groove sets by MATHIESON & SON; 3/4; 5/8;
1/2; 3/8; 1/4; & 3/16-in. set of side beads by CURRIE GLASGOW;
hawk plane by MacKAY, BURLEY & HEYS GLASGOW; 22-in.
wooden jointer with SORBY iron; fine unmarked turning saw with 12inch blade; 6.5-inch wooden compass plane with steel sole; 6.5-inch
smoother with steel sole; 8-inch smoother; SORBY shipwright's adz;
Sorby 14-in. Kangaroo Works brass back saw with split nuts and user
made wooden miter box; Soby 10-inch brass back saw with split nuts;
A. MATHIESON & SON GLASGOW & EDINBURGH 10-inch
rosewood and brass spirit level; MOULSON BROS. rosewood and
brass slitting gauge; unmarked rosewood and brass bevel; WITHERBY
12-inch drawknife; ALEX MATHIESON rosewood and brass marking
and mortise gauge; SHEFFIELD spokeshave with adjustable blade;
only a handful of American tools including an early Stanley #26 jack
plane, Liberty Bell #135 smooth plane; Sandusky 1 1/2-in. No. 149 jack
rabbet plane, and a RARE Zirikelback Patent (U.S. No. 438,338)
ratchet brace, all in very good or better condition. Other than one 8inch smooth plane and one MATHIESON & SONS wooden rabbet
plane, all the tools in this chest are complete and fine and show little
wear. Chest comes with original key for the working lock, and the
original owner's stamp Ge.(George) KERR.
THE END.
This Auction Managed by
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