Antique & Collectible Tools
We can help you sell your Antique
& Collectible Tools!!
We deal in all manner of antique and vintage tools from a number of
trades. Antique woodworking planes and woodworking tools are
a major focus of our antique tool sales
pages
at our antique sales website
www.Patented-Antiques.com
Early
or vintage tools in super condition are of special interest. NOS
antique tools in their original boxes or packaging, and great condition tools from a variety of
makers and trades are always in
demand for today's collectors and users.
Old tools from all
woodworking trades such as carpentry, cabinetmaking, shipbuilding, pattern
makers, and others are of special interest. Vintage machinist tools
such as squares, surface gages, calipers and dividers by makers such as Starrett, D. B. & S, Darling, Brown and
Sharpe, Lufkin, Sawyer, Stevens, and many others can be of interest.
If you have quality
vintage tools you want to sell contact me at
LCM@AntiqBuyer.com
and we can work out a deal.
Condition
Condition is the single most important
aspect in determining 
the value or desirability of antique tools in
today's market.
This statement holds true for most other antiques as well. As an
example, a rare plane or tool
that is in excellent condition might be
worth $500. That same tool with one simple crack
or chip might not bring 1/10th that at
auction or on the open
market.
Not broken, but with deep pitting or other major condition problems, that same
$500 tool might not be worth $100. The same tool in mint condition and in the original box could be worth 2 or 3 times or more than the original $500 fi
gure.
Most new sellers of antique tools do not
understand the concept of how important condition is to the value of a
given tool and look at the object either through rose-colored
glasses and just does not know what the different grades of tools really represent.
It does not help to hear it looks "great for it age", the catch all phrase
most sellers on eBay use to peddle their substandard wares.
Levels
Anther example of antique tools whose values can range from very
little to thousands are levels.
During
the heyday of
American inventiveness
and ingenuity, and before China became the world's manufacturer,
Americans designed, patented, and produced some of the finest levels
known.
The best known companies were Stanley, Stratton, and Davis Tool
and Level Co, Jennings and others. But there were many rare and unusual levels produced by
small obscure makers that are actively sought. The most popular
and desirable
type of level are known as incli
nometer
levels. These leveling devices typically have dials or pendulums to determine the
slope or pitch rather than the typical vial seen in most levels.
Some used small suspended
plumb bobs or liquid as the indicator. Many were odd-ball designs,
but others like the Rufus Porter example were works of art and are now very desirable
and valuable as collectibles.NOS (New Old
Stock) and vintage tools in their original boxes that
were made by a number of makers including but not limited to Stanley, Ohio
Tool, Sargent, Simmons Hardware or Keen Kutter, Winchester, and
more are of particular interest, and in general have or have held their
values in the antique tool marketplace.
Please click the other tool related pages in the left column for more
specifi info on different types of collectible tools we seek and deal
in.
Please
contact me at
LCM@AntiqBuyer.com
if you have tools similar to those pictured here that are
for sale.
Select Antique Tools
Previously Sold
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Elliot 4-Fold 3-Foot Ivory Rule
Davis Level & Tool Inclinometer Level
The above antique tools are an example of the
caliber, condition and quality of antique tools that I typically deal in.
If you have quality antique tools or
vintage planes similar to those that you see
on this page that you want to sell, please contact us at
LCM@AntiqBuyer.com providing me with as many details as possible. Thank you!!
To see many other examples of antique
or vintage tools
that I currently have for sale please go to our sister site
at
www.Patented-Antiques.com
and
visit the numerous antique tool sale pages you will find there.
Thanks
