Winter Tool Sale

Saturday, March 8, 2025 at 9:00 AM

Preview: Friday, March 7, 2025, 1:00 P.M. – 5:00 P. M.

 

Sale to be held at the Horst Auction Center, located at the corner of Rt. 322 & Durlach Rd.

(approx. 2 ½ miles west of Ephrata), Ephrata, Lancaster Co., Pa.

 

TOOLS – OVER 530 LOTS OF ANTIQUE TOOLS

   

Edge Tools: Axes, Hatchets & Adze (several Pennsylvania made) –  felling, shipwrights’, broad & side broad axes; “Goosewing” axe; posthole mortise axes; Twibils; “Geo. Krause Hardware Co., Lebanon”, embossed axe; carpenter’s & cooper’s adze ; Cooper’s & other drawknives; Scorps; Slicks, firmer, bench, carving & other chisels; Wooden Molding Planes –  Rare, dated “1793”, tool decorated halving plane; “B. Farley” 47” cooper’s stave jointer w/ a-frame prop; Matched pr. “E.W. Carpenter, Lancaster” screw-arm T&G set; wooden spoke shaves & metal shaves; Wooden thread screw cutting blocks & wood threading taps; Metal Planes: L. Bailey Patent “Victor” block plane; Stanley: Bailey #2 – #8 bench planes; simple & compound molding planes; Bedrock series bench planes; #45, & #55  combination molding; #66 hand beader; #48, #49 & #149 T&G; #12 veneer scrapers; #40 scrub plane; #78, #190 #192 improved rabbets;   circular/radius planes; Record #073 shoulder rabbet;  Millers Falls, Sargent, Keen Kutter, “Winchester” trademark, Birmingham Plane Mfg. Co., Edw. Hahn, & Ohio Tool Co. bench jack planes; English in-fill planes;  Measuring devices: “Warren-Knight Co., Phila.” #39BF transit; “Gurley” engineer’s Wye/sight level; Wooden & metal marking gauges; Wooden slitting gauges; Trammel points; Folding & straight rules; Squares; Wooden & cast iron levels; Calipers; Wheel travelers; brass & other plumb bobs; Machinist’s precision measuring tools Hammers: wooden mallets; hand wrought claw hammers; carpenters & variety of metalworking hammers; Grocer’s crate hammers; Cobbler’s & Upholsterer’s hammers; Stone working hammers;   Saws: “Disston & Sons,”:  5ft. cross-cut saw; 5ft. Ice saw;  Bow saws; Traditional & backsaws; Stanley-Marsh #100 mitre vise; Blacksmith’s Tools: “Vulcan” #20- 200lbs. (?) horned anvil; metal shop bench stakes; Saw maker’s/dresser’s bench vise; rare, Axe maker’s tin pattern marked “C. Dornes, 1800”  Drilling tools: Millers Falls “stow-away” beam boring tool; Collection of well-pipe pump augers (several marked York, Pa,) & 11Ft. solid rod stem T-handle; Wooden & metal braces; Breast & hand drills; Bow & push drills; Auger bit sets; Lg. to small screwdrivers; Primitives: Rare, cast iron wash board; Fine, “Grand Island Hand-screw Co.” 5ft. wooden work bench; Youth-size, 3ft. wooden workbench; “Enterprise Mfg. #750 corn/coffee mill; Broom maker’s vise; leather shop tools; Farrier’s tray & tools; Butchering tools; Slating tools; Leather/felt decorative cutting punches/dies; “Boker & Co.” hide scales; Machinist’s & other wooden tool chests; patented adjustable & combination wrenches, Pliers and nail pincers; Wooden string winders; Reaping sickles;  Books: Antique tool references & tool catalogs.

 

Garage Area: starts at 10:00 A.M. –   Antique tool parts, user tools & repair projects: Wooden & metal clamps; Lg. selection of common hand tools & Hand drills; Beam boring drill; T-handle augers; Braces; Assorted auger & other drill bits; Wooden tool chest; hand saws; Blacksmith tools

 

*Note – This is just a partial listing items for these sales. See our website for a more complete listings & photos.

 

 Accepted Payments: Cash & PA checks. credit cards, and debit cards have 3% user fee. No out of state checks without prior approval.