Making a big order? We'll combine shipping costs to save you money! Need a shipping quote outside of the United States of America? Can't use Paypal? E-mail us and we'll work something out!
Buy a gift certificate to our physical storefronts online:
Newest Inventory:
Set of 7 Antique Mechanic, Machinist & Smith Punches and Spikes
Tool Type: Punches and spikes
Brand: various
Materials: drop forged steel, tool steel, a couple of these look hand-forged Includes the following tools: * 4" long, marked L.S. STARRETT ATHOL, MASS. U.S.A., end is a little bent * 4 5/8" long, marked J.A.M. * 4 1/2" long * 4 1/2" long * 4 3/4" long * 6" long, marked GREAT NECK U.S.A. 1/2 * 5 1/4" long
Antique 1971 Navy Rate Training Manual: Builder 3 & 2
This 1970 edition of Builder 3 & 2 is the Bureau of Navy Personnel rate training manual NAVPERS 10648-F. Contains lots of envineering info on leveling, grading, concrete, masonry, framing, etc. 568 pages. Some foxing, minor corner bends, etc.
Set of 10 Antique Lithograph Postcards of New Hampshire, NH
This set of 10 postcards includes lithographed hand-colored photos of New Hampshire. All the cards are 5 1/2" x 3 1/2". Includes: * 4004. The Balsams and Lake Gloriette, Dixville Notch by Atkinson News Corp. * Webster Profile, near the Balsams, Dixville Notch by Atkinson News Corp. * 70497 Eagle Cliff from Profile Lake, White Mts., N.H. by Detroit Publishing Co. "Phostint" * 5413 The Flume, Franconia Notch, White Mountains by Detroit Photographic Co. * View from Mt. Abenaki, Showing the Balsams, Lake Gloriette and Dixville Notch, by Dixville Notch Corporation * Swimming Pool, Lake Gloriette, near the Balsams, Dixville Notch, N.H., published by Atkinson News Co. * Hotel at Laurel Lake, Fitzwilliam, by Souvenir Post Card Co. * 63. Entrance to Crawford Notch, White Mts., by the Bisbee Press * Profile Cottages, Profile House, White Mts., by Hartman Seenie Cards * Echo Lake Souvenir House showing Eagle Cliff in the distance, Franconia Notch, by M.D. Dolloph, Echo Lake Souvenir House (made in Germany)
Tool Type: Adjustable Nut Wrench for cycles
Brand: Frank Mossberg
Materials: drop forged steel
Marks: A-1 MANF-D BY FRANK MOSSBERG CO. ATTLEBORO, MASS. U.S.A.
Condition: old tool patina, still adjusts, has some wear around the jaws
Measurements: 5" long
Tool Type: Dividers
Brand: Henry Boker
Materials: Steel
Marks: H. BOKER
Condition: Pretty tarnished and beat up, they don't open up.
Measurements: 4" long
Tool Type: Gun magazine
Brand: unknown
Marks: none
Materials: steel
Condition: Some pitting and tarnish, spring mechanism is still good
Measurements: 5" x 1 3/8" x 1/2"
Tool Type: Expansive drill bits
Brand: largest is Irwin, smallest is unmarked, medium is C.V. Mfg. Co.
Materials: cast steel
Marks: smallest - unmarked; medium - IRWIN No 2 - US OF A; Largest - CLARK EXPANSIVE C.V. MF CO. U.S.A.
Condition: All the screw-locking sliding mechanisms work. They all have some old patina and need sharpening.
Measurements: smallest - 7 3/8" long, 3/8" diameter, 7/8" slide; medium - 8 1/2" long, 3/4" diameter, 1 5/8" slide; largest - 10 1/4" long, 3/4" diameter, 3/4" slide
Tool Type: Saw set
Brand: unknown
Materials: forged steel
Marks: none
Condition: Very dark, old patina with some pitting, looks hand-forged
Measurements: 5 1/8" long
Tool Type: Expansive drill bit
Brand: William A. Clark
Materials: cast steel
Marks: WM. A. CLARK - CAST STEEL PAT'D MAY 11, 1858 - PAT EXT'D
Condition: Screw threads and locks the slide, has some patina, could use sharpening
Measurements: 10" long, 7/8" diameter, 1 5/8" slide
Antique Irwin 3/4" Gear-Adjusted Clark's Expansive Drill Bit
Tool Type: Expansive drill bit
Brand: Irwin
Materials: cast steel
Marks: IRWIN-US OF A
Condition: Expansive gear mechanism works and isn't missing any teeth, has some wear and old tool patina, could use sharpening
Measurements: 8 3/8" long, 3/4 " diameter, 1 5/8" slide
Box of 5 New Old Stock James Swan Company Dowel Drill Bits, Jennings Pattern
Tool Type: Jennings pattern screw tip winged dowel bits
Brand: The James Swan Company
Materials: cast steel
Marks: 1-2 DOZ. NO. 14 CAST STEEL DOWEL BITS Manufactured by THE JAMES SWAN CO. SEYMOUR, CONN., U.S.A.
Condition: new old stock, opened only for photography. 5 bits left in the box, which has some torn corners but the label is intact and legible. Virtually no tarnish, patina or rust--about as good shape as you'll find 50+ year old consumable tools in.
Measurements: 5 5/8" long, 15/16" diameter
This antique set of three brass bells make a jolly chord of rings when jostled to announce visitors. Each bell has three ringers. Looks like it was designed to be hung on a shop door. Measures 10 5/8" long.
Tool Type: Measuring tape
Brand: Keuffel & Esser
Materials: Leather (I think), steel tape with white finish
Marks: FAVORITE WYTEFACE 100 FT KEUFFEL & ESSER CO.
Condition: Surface scratches, a little wear on the tape but the graduations are still legible, crank mechanism works
Measurements: 100' tape, 5" diameter
Antique German Roger Printz Patent Wedge Adjusting Bicycle Nut Wrench
Tool Type: hermaphrodite calipers
Brand: The L.S. Starrett Company
Materials: Steel
Marks: HERITTER & CO. INC. MADE IN U.S.A.
Condition: "old tool" surface patina
Measurements: 8 1/2" long
Antique German Roger Printz Patent Wedge Adjusting Bicycle Nut Wrench
Tool Type: Wedge adjusting bicycle wrench
Brand: unknown (German, design patent is Roger Printz)
Materials: drop forged steel
Marks: MADE IN GERMANY
Condition: Adjusts fine, some light pitting, has that "old tool" patina
Measurements: 9 1/2" long
Tool Type: 2-fold Caliper Ruler
Brand: Acme (made under Michael Hogarty's December 22, 1891 patent on the style of ivory inlay)
Materials: German silver, ivory, boxwood
Marks: ACME RULE CO. PAT APPLIED FOR
Condition: This example is quite worn with cracks in the ivory and boxwood and the graduations are fairly faint. The locking pin is present and the caliper slides smoothly and the ruler holds itself open. A bargain for this fixer-upper, this model of rule demands $800-1600 in showroom condition!
Measurements: 6" unfolded (not counting the caliper)
Antique MINT CONDITION 1942 WWII World War II R.F. Sedgley Signal Pistol (flare gun), Mark 5
Tool Type: Signal pistol / flare gun
Brand: R.F. Sedgley (made for United States Navy)
Marks: SIGNAL PISTOL MARK 5. R.F. SEDGLEY INC. 1942; USN
Condition: About as close to mint as you ever see these. Finish is intact, parts are greased, doesn't look like it's been used.
Measurements: 11" long
Tool Type: Wooden Plough Plane w/ Adjustable Depth Stop & Sliding Fence
Brand: unknown
Materials: Steel, beech wood, brass
Marks: ALExMcKEOWN
Condition: some cracks in arms, little drill holes from owner's marks, dark patina, ends of arms are damaged. Comes with blade with forge-welded edge. One of the arms is stuck, I can't adjust it.
Measurements: 7 1/2" long
Antique J.N. MacDonald & Co. Chain Link Repair Pliers
Tool Type: chain link repair pliers Brand: J.N. Macdonald company
Materials: steel Marks: J.N.M. & CO.; PAT. JULY 26 - 10 RE-AUG-2-15 MADE IN U.S.A.
Condition: Finish wear, old tool patina, no wobble.
Measurements: Just under 10" long
Antique Brass Yale & Town Neo-Greccian Heart Doorknob Set w/ Backplates
This pair of antique banded bronze or brass (possibly plated iron?) doorknobs come with matching backplates. Knobs are magnetic. Design is by Yale & Towne, circa 1880, a Neo-Greccian aesthetic movement design with radial heart shaped imagery. 2 1/4" diameter knobs.
Pair of Antique Victorian Mirror Mercury Glass Door Knobs
This pair of antique Victorian era "Mercury glass" knobs are circa 1850 - 1870. Hollow glass knobs silvered with silver nitrate to give a mirrored appearance. Knobs are 2 3/8" diameter.
This antique rabbet plane comes with its iron and wedge. 11/16" wide. Plane body without wedge or cutter installed measures 5 5/8" long, 11/16" wide, and 1 13/16" tall. Hardwood (probably rosewood) body and wedge, brass outer trim and paneling, steel sole. Looks like the work of Norris or Matthieson (though I can't find the exact body type listed anywhere). The wedge is marked "R. CLIFFORD," has the owner's mark "JPP" in the side and a very light "R" towards the front. Back of the brass body has some hammer marks.
16" x 24" Matted Virginia Goolkasian Male Figure Study Sketch
This matted signed figure sketch by Virginia Goolkasian depicts an unknown man. 16" x 24" in the matting. A biography of the artist follows: Virginia Goolkasian was the daughter of Kaehdor Goolkasian, an Armenian born sculptor and painter who came to the Rhode Island School of Design in 1908. Miss Goolkasian received her training at the Boston Museum School (Boston Museum of Fine Arts,) which thought so highly of her that it granted her a full scholarship, and also sent her to Italy to spend one year traveling and studying. She later went to Washington, D.C. Having been greatly influenced by the works of the old masters, she began painting oil portraits. She created portraits of diplomatic personages and eventually was swallowed up by the Pentagon, where she executed portraits of the high Army brass. These portraits included Vice President Alben Barcley, Secretary of War, Robert Patterson, and a number of Ambassadors, their wives and other members of the diplomatic circles. At that time, she was also hired by the Pentagon to draft military equipment and weapons. The late Alexande Iacovloff, whom John Singer Sargent proclaimed "the world's leading draftsman in art form," was one of Miss Goolkasian's teachers at the Boston Museum School. Professor Iacovloff gave her the unique accolade, "the only pupil in my experience, to grasp every detail of my teaching." It was under his influence and encouragement that she toured the museums of Europe, after her studies in Boston, and prior to opening her Washington, D.C. studio. After World War II, she spent several years in Chicago painting portraits of many prominent people. She exhibited in the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, the Corcoran Museum in Washington, D.C., and many other famous museums. She was frequently awarded with the highest of honors and the first prize for her works. Eventually, she returned to the Boston area where she had spent her childhood. Many of her portraits remain in the Boston vicinity. At Emerson College, her portrait of its former President, Dr. Elliott Joslin and his daughter, hangs above the entrance to the Joslin Diabetes Clinic. At the old South Church is the portrait of its former minister, Dr. Russell Stafford.
Antique Unusual West German Angled Adjustable Nut Wrench
Tool Type: Angled Johansson patent "Crescent" style adjustable nut wrench
Brand: unknown
Materials: steel
Marks: W GERMANY; 52 107
Condition: old tool patina, has some nicks and dings, stops short of closing all the way by about 9/16"
Measurements: 11 5/8" long
This antique victorian doorknob has a tenfold pattern with a ring of circles around the edge. Great hardware for antique home builders! 2 1/4" diameter, 1/4" shank hole.
Tool Type: Adjustable nut wrench
Brand: The H.D. Smith & Company
Materials: cast steel, wood
Marks: (faint) THE H.D. SMITH & CO "PERFECT HANDLE"; patent dates
Condition: old tool patina, some pitting, maker's mark worn, owner's mark drilled in, dings, particularly on the rear edge
Measurements: 10 1/2" long
Set of 6 Antique Silver & Gold Spoons & Forks Rogers, Walker & Hall, Hotel Astor
This set of spoons and one fork includes a stand as well. Included in this set: * Tests and looks gold plated, not sure what the underlying metal is, some black tarnish. Three and four leaf clover motif, no maker's mark. * Marked WM ROGERS (star) I S; looks like plate * Marked "HOTEL ASTOR" with a flower * Marked "1847 ROGERS' BROS. X9 TRIPLE" * marked "1847 ROGERS BROS 4" * Marked "WALKER & HALL $ C (flag) Grosvenor House"
Tool Type: Drill and wire gauge
Brand: The L.S. Starrett Company
Materials: Steel
Marks: THE L.S. STARRETT CO., ATHOL, MASS. U.S.A.; DECIMAL EQUIVALENTS No. 186
Condition: some tarnish around the edges but perfectly legible
Measurements: 5 5/8" x 1 9/16"
Tool Type: hacksaw
Brand: unknown (possibly B. Banton)
Materials: Steel, rosewood, copper Marks: B. BANTON.
Condition: Patina, dings, handle has a crack but is still attached firmly, fuller iis loose
Measurements: 20 1/4" long, 10 1/4" between pins through blade
This antique bronze or brass (it's kind of coppery colored) doroknob backplate and keyhole escutcheon has a heart and spiral motif. Measures 8" x 2 5/8". Some tarnish spots and patina, wear to the finish.
Antique Diamond Textured Brass Door Handle / Pull for Shop
This vintage brass or bronze door pull handle is sized for a shop or other large building. Textured diamond design. Screw holes are 6 3/4" apart, handle is 9" long overall.
Tool Type: Wallpaper trimmer or base knife
Brand: I.P. Hyde
Materials: wood, steel, nickel plated finish
Marks: I.P HYDE SOUTHBRIDGE MASS. MADE IN U.S.A.
Condition: nickel finish is pretty worn, some smudges and smears on the handle but no cracks
Measurements: wheel is about 2" diameter, tool is 6 1/2" long overall
Antique Lignum Vitae 1 7/8" Charles Buck Coffin Block Plane
Tool Type: Coffin style block plane
Brand: unknown (blade is Charles Buck)
Materials: Steel, lignum vitae wood
Marks: CHARLES BUCK CAST STEEL WARRANTED
Condition: blade has been significantly sharpened, lots of age pitting. Body has some cracks along the grains, chips in the corners
Measurements: 1 7/8" wide cutter, 2 3/8" wide overall, 8 1/2" long
Antique 1908-1925 Kingston Souvenir Postcards: Stillman Memorial, Clinton Hotel
These two hand tinted photograph litho postcards are from the Kingston Souvenir Company, which operated circa 1908 to 1925. Cards include The Governor Clinton Hotel, Kingston, New York, and SK-8, Storm King Highway, N.Y., Stillman Memorial Fountain on Hudson. They have a swastika mark (a logo that went out of use after World War II for obvious reasons). Cards measure 3 1/2" x 5 1/2".
19th Century John Mosely & Son Beech 3/4" Hollow Plane
This antique wooden hollow plane is marked "81," "G HILLS" and something unintelligible by the owners, maker's mark is "JOHN MOSELY & SON 64-55 BROAD ST BLOOMSBURY LONDON," the mark they used from 1863 to 1894. 3/4" cutter, 1 1/8" wide overall, 3 1/2" tall body, 9 1/2" long overall.
This set of 5 bottle or can openers includes two Rheingold Extra Dry openers, a Knickerbocker Beer opener, a Schaefer: America's Oldest Lager Beer opener, and a Carling "Not for resale" opener. three of them bear "HANDY WALDEN INC. N.Y.C." stamps.
