Tool auction south of Topeka

[Northwoods]

Anybody got something going a week from Sunday?  Come by and I'll buy you a piece of pie and a cup of coffee.

http://www.wischroppauctions.com/property_detail.asp?AuctionID=345

[lptools]

Hello, Northwoods. You have my undivided attention. There is something on there that I would like to have in my collection, providing my monthly allowance would be the high bid. Do they offer online bidding? Thanks, Lou

[Northwoods]

Online bidding?  I don't know.  My link showed a phone number.

[Bill Houghton]

That was quite the collection.  There are several items there that I wouldn't walk past at a yard sale, but they'll probably command too much at an auction for me to try.

I wonder what the item on the right was used for?

[mikeswrenches]

Bill, they were called a 'brace wrench'. Several different types were patented over the years. That is not one of the nicer ones.

There is usually a tapered groove in the jaws so they could hold auger bits. The one below is one of the more interesting versions. Very well made too.

https://patentimages.storage.googleapis.com/9d/ef/99/2829ab53790d69/US921171.pdf

Mike

[Northwoods]

Well, then, what is the one on the left? 
Is it some sort of reloading tool?
Please don't tell us that it is a nutcracker.

[coolford]

Mike I agree that some of them could hold auger bits and were used for that purpose.  However I had been told they were to be used as a speed wrench to spin buggy axle nuts on and off, thus the monkey wrench for different sizes.

[Lewill2]

From my collection, P. Lowentraut Newark NJ

[lptools]

Hello, Lewill2. Very nice!!!! Regards, Lou

[Bill Houghton]

That one's nice and gizmotic, Lewill.

[mikeswrenches]

The one on the left is described as follows:

Stanley #1 Wagon Wheel Wrench   This unusual design wrench / brace was designed with one purpose in mind.  To affix the outer metal ring to wagon wheels.  This would fit over the rim and get the rivet or bolt from the top and hold the bottom or nut as you turned the crank to tighten.  Two or more tools in one.  It was probably the introduction of rubber tires that made this a Stanley rarity shortly after they bought original maker out.  These are usually found unmarked, but this one is a marked Stanley.  It is a rare tool.

Description from Meekers Antique Tool site.

Mike