I'm ranting!  It drives me nuts when folks label common tools for sell as rare  (e.g. something I may have 10 of in NOS form).  What is the need to label it anything (vintage, historic, antique, rare)?  Why not just be factual (1 of 12 or 1200, made in 1945)? It just seems dishonest to me, to lure the uneducated in with such a strong title.

Nothing more than an effort to get more views and bids.

tools are not that bad when you compare them to old tube radios! they will gut the good stuff and put in made in china crap and call it an antique and very rare!

Quote from: oldgoaly on October 30, 2014, 05:50:45 PM
tools are not that bad when you compare them to old tube radios! they will gut the good stuff and put in made in china crap and call it an antique and very rare!

Do you know anything about old tube radio's? I have one in a shed but actually I don't think it's a radio but something to do with amps or something like that.

Don't tell Scott G. about that thing in the garage...    I guess buyer beware is still and always the watchword.

OilyRascal,  look at the positive side,  I just stepped out of the forum and went to EBAY and entered
RARE WRENCH, wow !       830 hits.
entered rare tool, double wow,     7971 hits.

by their standards, we all have rare to semi-rare museums of our own.

rare is it to find a seller that really knows what he is listing, most of us keep a list
of the ones that we know & trust. yes, as stated before me, "buyer beware"

Oily. I agree 100%.  I don't know how that could ever be stopped, but, I wish I did.

I have no problem with labeling something vintage or antique,  it helps when browsing online as long as the item is ACTUALLY vintage or antique (which in a lot of cases they are not). When someone puts RARE that just tells me they probably don't know much about the item that they are selling & they are gonna puta high price tag on it.

I had too big of a pic and lost all I typed.....

don't plug it in you could ruin it!
electrolytics  capacitors go bad, the voltage 127vac at my place, not 110vac

I lost a bet with my wife 25 years go, she said 300, I said 150, I counted, took  a week, had 297.... she says there is 3 more in the van that makes 300. here is a couple of pics.

I'll take a pic of it, might be something you want. That's an awesome collection.

This is 9 1/2"x6"x6", straight from the building as is.





Cord has been cut.

I don't use Rare in my posts , but I do use vintage when I know there are modern or repro
of the same item. When you go to google , if you don't put in vintage , you may never find what your looking for.

Heelspur,
that will sell, it's an All-American 5 (5 tube) if there is no breaks in the bakelite, that is a good colorful one. Dates? around 1946-50. I'm not a collector of post WW2 stuff, but could suggest some people or places to sell it.

Quote from: oldgoaly on October 31, 2014, 11:01:47 AM
Heelspur,
that will sell, it's an All-American 5 (5 tube) if there is no breaks in the bakelite, that is a good colorful one. Dates? around 1946-50. I'm not a collector of post WW2 stuff, but could suggest some people or places to sell it.

That sounds good, send me some info. or links.

How's this one!?  It's not old (or antique), not hand made by a blacksmith,  not a cobbler's hammer and certainly not rare !!  Still available, and I know this seller does not want to know when he is wrong.
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/351203726261?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1438.l2649
Graeme