Selling old tools

Remove that and you'll see deterioration unless the items are stored correctly, but the good news is that as mentioned earlier for collectibles, the buyer will most likely prefer you offer them as is. OP do as little cleaning as you can, collectors of year old tools know what they are getting.

When I was a young man, I was given an iron skillet, it had a blackened cooking surface from years of use. I took it to work and sand blasted it clean as new, old timer walks by and says you just destroyed that skillet. He was right, it took 20 yeas of use to get that skillet back the way it was before I cleaned it. And I thought my granny was going to kill me at age 10 when I soaked one in the dishpan to "scrub all that black off" Speaking of Cast Iron skillets I have a set of the things I'm never going use glass top stoves and cast iron do not go together other than the one we use for corn bread Cyn: Every auction I've ever attended that had cast iron cookware brought out all the oldtimers who spent way more than I would have.

My brother collects them and has every size skillet but one but I keep forgetting which one. Turn on suggestions. Auto-suggest helps you quickly narrow down your search results by suggesting possible matches as you type. Showing results for. Show only Search instead for.

Did you mean:. Selling Old Tools. Message 1 of All forum topics Previous Topic Next Topic. I buy old tools. I love old tools. Many of them are very well made. Message 2 of In response to gopetersen. Message 3 of I wouldn't clean them. Be sure you have lots and lots of good images that show every single flaw and detail. Message 4 of Consign the tools at a local antique dealer.

However, many antique dealers are not antique tool experts, and thus will be limited in the knowledge they can communicate to customers. Sell the tools at auction. The "Fine Tool Journal" is a gathering place for hand tool lovers. Besides publishing a print magazine, "Fine Tool Journal" conducts two types of online antique tool auctions: the Brown Auction Services Auction, which conducts two events annually; and the "Fine Tool Journal" Online Auction, which is conducted periodically.

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