A website for the sharing of information on all types of collectible wrenches
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Rare Cut Out Type Wrenches
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Late Breaking Wrenching News
UPCOMING WRENCHING EVENTS CALENDAR
April 20-21, 2012 - - - York, NebraskaSpring Missouri Valley Wrench Club Wrench Club Meet and Wrenching News Antique Wrench Auction
This Auction has wrenches from several different past and present Missouri Valley Wrench Club members including many rare adjustable wrenches from Don Ervin who just purchased a major Midwest collection. These wrenches added to his already outstanding collection resulted in numerous duplicates. These duplicates included many of the rarest Coes and other adjustable wrenches known.
George Finical a Kansas collector contributed many of the rare farm type wrenches in the auction including most of the rare and desirable John Deere wrenches and the nice Casaday cutout wrench.
Robert Burkey another Kansas collector who just sold the bulk of his collection at auction consigned some tools he found after his catalog was completed, most notably a John Deere/Holt early combine socket wrench
The King Herrington estate provided most of the Winchester and Keen Kutter wrenches plus others, This is probably more Winchester items then we have sold in all our other auction combined.
From Iowa came a good mix of farm and adjustable type wrenches from the Walter Dunning Estate. Stan Schulz's mother is moving off the farm and Stan is consigning several lots of wrenches and tools left over from the legendary Alfred and Lucille three two day auctions held in 1994-1996 at York, Neb. Included is a 200 pound anvil, other blacksmith tools and tool and farm literature..
This merger of several collection provides an exceptional mix of wrenches in all categories, Adjustable, farm, Coes, automotive, hardware companies, H. D Smith Perfect Handle, bicycle, cut out letter and blacksmith tools are especially well represented.
The Spring 2012 Antique Wrench and Tool Auction Catalog is on the web HERE
To view all pictures on one page CLICK HERE
Photos can also be viewed as a side show, etc. HERE
Schedule of Events
Contacts
Absentee bid policy: Absentee bids may be submitted by mail, email, or phone. Bid by lot number, with a statement of the maximum amount you wish to bid for each lot. Also please indicate if you are willing to go "one increment higher" if your high bid is elsewhere on the floor. Your bid will be entered competitively at one bid increment over the next highest bid or 50 per cent of your maximum bid, which ever is higher. Thus you may purchase your item for less than your maximum bid. A 5% handling charge (minimum of $3.00 total) will be added to the selling price of winning absentee bids, plus shipping, insurance and sales tax if applicable. If insurance is not purchased we will not be responsible for loss or damage. Don't be afraid to submit "low-ball" bids. You could win some bargains.
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A few of the Outstanding Adjustable Wrenches
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MORE WRENCHING NEWS
New listings on Wrenches for Sale
I an still listing the consignment of over 300 wrenches. I won't be able to get them listed all at once as I am also working on the upcoming Fall and Spring Auctions, so keep checking the
Wrenches for Sale page.
I will try and list a few every week. There are numerous rare and unusual wrenches in this consignment
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A few of the Bicycle and Pocket Wrenches
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Wrenches for Sale
To Order Books on Wrench Collecting
If you have any interest in Deere Company wrenches, oil cans, seats, or tool boxes you should have the current edition of Wayne Dill's "John Deere and Merged Companies Wrenches, Tools, Oil Cans, Cast Iron Seats, and Implement Tool Boxes" - The current Edition 10 list contains 631 wrenches, 22 oil cans, 41 cast iron seats and 71 tool boxes. The list is updated whenever they are enough new entries to warrant a new edition. The current edition is No. 10, price is $20.00 postpaid. Contact: D. Wayne Dill - 584 Courtland Dill Road - Harrington DE - 19952-5666 - 302-284-4004 - email:dilldw@hotmail.com
If International Harvester wrenches (or tool boxes, seats, oil cans, etc.) are your thing then you need to contact Gil Irps for information on his "IHC Tools and Equipment That They Were Issued With" and his "IHC Tool List" which is updated every year. Contact: Gil Irps - 3156 Old Waldron Road - Kankakee IL 60901-6013 - 815-937-9698.
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A Small Selection of the John Deere Wrenches
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Information for Wrench Collectors
Links to Past Wrench Auctions Catalogs
We have prices realized and printed catalogs for most of these auctions
See the Wrenching News Book Store for prices and ordering information or email or call for details.
Some Wrenching Links
The official site for the Missouri Valley Wrench Club by Newsletter editor Stan Schulz.
Lots of pictures of Carl's Tool Museum including tractors, gas station equipment, old wrenches, more tool links and an informative page on wrench standard markings found on old wrenches.
First-rate site for wrench and other antique tool collectors with a friendly and helpful discussion forum.
History and heritage of tools of Australia. Has several pages of wrenches pictured and identified and an extensive "Directory of Australian Tool Manufacturers and Makers"
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Automotive Related Tools
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Other Tool Collecting Links
Note: I convert Gregor's monthly email of antique tool ads and schedule of upcoming events to html and host it on this website at the beginning of each month a few days after receiving it from Gregor. The antique tool event schedule is one of the most complete on the web and the ads are free to email subscribers. Contact Gregor at Email or phone 817-937-5475 for more information.
Quite a few wrench collectors/dealers and wrenches show up at Southwest Meets
New site from Mike Urness who manages several tool auctions a year. Mostly wood working tools but most auctions do have a few good wrenches.
Australia's premier antique tool site. Tools for sale, auctions and more.
Randy Roeder's excellent site on Miller Falls products. One of the best laid out and informative sites on old tools I have seen.
Tim Melcher's Winchester Site focuses primary on Winchester Store collectibles. Contains an excellent section on Winchester "Fakes" including wrenches.
The Old Tool Nut Journal is a monthly publication concerning old, antique and collectible tools plus tools for sale and wanted ads. Check out the web site for more information, more tool collecting links, and order a free issue.
Sure padlocks are tools and most tool collectors have a few (I have several hundred down from over a thousand). Excellent pictures of locks, safes, and advertising items from Dean's collection plus "caveat emptor" Let The Buyer Beware", an excellent section on reproductions.
A mostly woodworking tool site from the Lone Star State - Tools, Books, and Manuals for sale with a discussion board and an excellent list of links.
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More Early Adjustable Wrenches
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Rare Adjustable Wrenches
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Unique Orphan (unidentified) Wrenches
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Last Updated: Sept. 5, 2010
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