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Rare wrenches from the Wrenching News Antique Wrench Auction
September 26 at Davenport, Iowa.
Late Breaking Wrenching News
Missouri Valley Wrench Club Fall Meet and Auction - Friday and Saturday, Sept 25 - 26, 2009 - Davenport, IA(Posted Aug. 9, 2009)
Host Herb Page has finished the schedule for the Fall Wrench Meet and Auction in Davenport, Iowa. the meets kick off with a tailgating session at the Clarion Hotel parking lot Friday afternoon and concludes with a wrench auction Saturday after the Wrench Club Show and Meeting. There will be a banquet Friday evening followed by an open house party at Herb's Wrench Museum and Machine Shop. See the Wrenching Events Calendar below for complete agenda.
For this event the Clarion Hotel has agreed to provide a special room rate of $72 per night for the meeting attendees. To secure this rate you must indicate that you are attending this event when making your reservations. We anticipate a good turnout.
This auction originated as a consignment auction but we now have all the wrenches we can sell in one afternoon and early evening.. We have received consignments from several people including Dough Bush who will be selling his collection over the next couple years, Don Ervin, Robert Matz and others. The bulk of the auction consists of the collection of Wilbur Hall of Wagner, South Dakota, His collection consists of several hundred wrenches and hammers and is especially strong in combination type tools. The hammers will be sold by The Great Planes Trading Company at auction in October in St. Louis. There will be a catalog on the
Great Planes Trading Company Website
by mid August.
New listings on Wrenches for Sale(Posted Aug. 9, 2009)
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
Missouri Valley Wrench Club Spring Meet and Auction April 9, 10 and 11 (if necessary) 2010(Posted Sep. 2. 2009)
We will be selling the wrench collection of John "Doug: Busch of Oxon Hill, Maryland in conjunction with the 2010 MVWC Spring Meet in York, Nebraska. Two thirds of the wrenches are now in Kansas and I Doug is planning on bringing the rest to the Fall 2009 meet in Davenport, Iowa for me to bring home. From what I have seen so far there will be something for everyone in this sale from a Double Screw Coes to Craftsman pipe wrenches.
Missouri Valley Wrench Club Spring Meet and Auction April 2011(Posted Oct. 20, 2008)
Sunday morning on the way from the 2008 Fall Missouri Valley Wrench Club at Baraboo, Wisconsin to Sweet Springs, Missouri I stopped to see the wrench collection of Virgil and Doris Saak of Baxter, Iowa. The Saaks have been members of the Missouri Valley Wrench Club since 1983 (club's second year) and served as Secretary - Treasurer for many of those years. They have consigned their collection to the Wrenching News for sale at the Spring 2011 Wrench Club Meet and Auction at York, Nebraska.
UPCOMING WRENCHING EVENTS CALENDAR
Missouri Valley Antique Wrench Club Fall Meeting and Auction at the Clarion Hotel & Conference Center - 5202 N Brady ST, Davenport, IA
Hosted by Herb and Sue Page.
Download Information and Registration form in MS Word Format
Here.
Friday Sept. 25th 2009:
1:00 to 5:00PM - - Tailgating session in a designated area of the Clarion Hotel parking lot.
6:00 to 6:30PM - - Auction preview in the Clarion meeting room.
6:30 to 8:30PM - - Optional kickoff buffet dinner for the members and guests.
8:30 to 10:00PM - - Open house party at the Herb & Sue Page residence . Refreshments will be served
Saturday Sept. 26th 2009
7:00AM - - Missouri Valley Wrench Club Fall Meeting and Swap Meet.
11:00AM (approximately one half hour after Club Meeting.- - Wrench auction in the same room as the meeting.. 657 lots (1690 items) of quality wrenches. Auction is open to the public. The Auction Catalog is now on line Click Here
Contacts
For Wrench Club Meet Information - Contact Herb Page (563-271-5514) Email:
mroldwrench@mchsi.com
For Wrench Auction Information - Contact Bus Haury (316-284-7345) Email:
donhaury@southwind.net
April 9, 10, 2010 (and 11th if necessary) - - Missouri Valley Antique Wrench Club Spring Meeting and Auction of the Doug Busch Antique Wrench Collection. To be held in York, Nebraska.
For Wrench Club Meet Information - Contact Stan Schulz - 402-362-7686 - Email:
mvwcnews@neb.rr.com
For Wrench Auction Information - Contact Bus Haury (316-284-7345) Email:
donhaury@southwind.net
Unique and rare wrenches from the Wrenching News Wrench Auction
September 26 at Davenport, Iowa.
MORE WRENCHING NEWS
Wrenching News Message Board Update - The Wrenching News has a new guest book/message board. Spammers ruined the old free one and all old posts were lost. I have to pay for this one but hopefully spammers can be kept off. So if you have a wrench question, some new information, a wrench you would like to show and tell (even brag a little),or just want to
sign in and leave a comment about this web site. Click Here
Archives - Some of the old wrenching news is stored in the achieves. Click Here
Fencing Tools from the Wrenching News Wrench Auction
September 26 at Davenport, Iowa.
Herb Page the author and publisher of "The Brothers Coes and Their Legacy of Wrenches" has given The Wrenching News the opportunity to add his excellent book to our inventory of books for wrench collectors. For a review and ordering information Vist the Wrenching News Book Store.
P. T. Rathbone's Book on Farm Wrenches Volume II (we also have a few copies of Volume I left)
Click here for more information
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 2008 list contains 611 wrenches, (with a few deletions and several additions from the 2007 list), 22 oil cans, 41 cast iron seats and 71 tool boxes. This is the first year that the list has included Deere tool boxes. The list is updated every year and the 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.
Rare Ratcheting drill or wrench marked
WESTON'S PATENT MAR 3, 1868 - NETTLEFOLD & CHAMBERLAIN SOLE MAKERS - NO. 75092
Previously listed on DATAMP as "not known to have been produced"
To be sold September 26 at Davenport, Iowa.
Information for Wrench Collectors
Guide for Identifying Markings Found on Collectible Wrenches - One of the most frequent requests for information I receive is asking help in identifying the logos, initials, etc. seen on old wrenches. This is an attempt to identify these markings. A work in progress, keep checking for new additions. Any comments or new information will be appreciated. Click Here
A list of Steam Engine and Separator Wrenches of The Advance Thresher Machine Co. Battle Creek, Michigan compiled from old parts books. Click Here
An article on wrenches furnished with Hercules and Economy Gas and Kerosene Engines.Click Here
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)
Note: Stan has had problems with his server and has moved several of his pages to this site while working on
updating the Wrench Club site. The old home page with all the old links can be found
Here
A Missouri Valley Wrench Club membership form can be found
Here
Carl Bolt's Antique Tool Museum
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.
Pa Paws Wrench
First-rate site for wrench and other antique tool collectors with a friendly and helpful discussion forum.
Hand Tool Preservation Association of Australia (HTPAA)
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"
Odd hammer and wrench combination tools to be sold at the Wrenching News Wrench Auction
September 26 at Davenport, Iowa.
Great Planes Trading Company
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.
Hans Brunner Tools
Australia's premier antique tool site. Tools for sale, auctions and more.
A Millers Falls Home Page
Randy Roeder's excellent site on Miller Falls products. One of the best laid out and informative sites on old tools I have seen.
The Winchester Store
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
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.
Dean's Antique Safe and Padlock Page
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.
My Old Tools
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.
More Links
ANTIQUE-CENTRAL
A Directory of collectors, shops and auctions with a section on reproductions with links to other sites with reproduction information.
Don Ervin's Deere Cutout Wrenches including the super rare John Deere TR590 from the Ervin-Matz Auction
sold for a record setting price April 17-18 at York, Nebraska.
