I can' make every auction that rolls within 50 miles of home, so I have a retired tool collector(mostly woodworking stuff, so we rarely bump heads on an item), and he knows what I like and will bid on that stuff for me, knowing I'll take care of him when he has enough for meto go out to his house and purvey. Although I don't have a photo of it, like last month he scored a vintage Cornwell 3/8" drive rat and sockets in their tray, and I think I swapped him Millers Falls Plane still in its box for them. I had $11 in the plane, so I was happy and he likely had less than that in the Cornwell, so he was happy.
His latest auction and estate sale finds I took off jhis hands look something like this:
TOP ROW L>R
1/4" Drive-SK screwdriver drive handle,C-man 9-43795,Wright flex-over 2435.
Misc sockets from SK/Action/Indestro/
3/8" Drive-Like new US made C-man 44995 fine tooth rat(the new $41 ones at Sears are now made overseas and the finish gives them away)
Mix of Cman V series and one BE socket/Proto/ Cornwell/SK/PowrKraft
1/2" Drive Indestro flexover 3222
Left Column top>botom DBE's
Duro-chrome banana 2081(bent a bit)
Langline(never heard of them) nd a Wards Master(rats, technically I guess)
The rest goes Indestro/C-man/3 SK's/Indestro/C-man/SK/ X wrench
The bottom section is all Snap Ons and they told me if they couldn't have their own space, I couldn't take their picture(snobs!!)
Includes a TM-84 and 85(never seen these before)
Middle column Combos-
2SK's/US Stanley/SK/Proto/C-man/Plomb Peeble/C-man/Husky/Falson/Proto/Allen/2 Indestro/3 C-man/SK
Right column- DOE's
Electrolite/Tru-Fit/SK/C-man tappet/5 C-mans V series,2 pr.(stacked same size) a single/Bon E Con/2 metric Bonneys/Indestro/Vlchek/C-man/Easco/704 adj. Proto(Ex/cond)
Yeah, he's a nice guy all right!!
DM&FS
