Auction Date: July 11, 2026
Auction Time: 9:00 AM
Auction Type: Tool Auction
Auction Location:
50 Durlach Road, Ephrata PA 17522
Summer Tool Sale
Saturday, July 11, 2026 at 8:00 AM
Preview for auction – Friday, July 10, 2026
12:00 Noon – 5:00 P.M.
Sale to be held at the Horst Auction Center, located at
50 Durlach Rd., Ephrata, Lancaster Co., Pa.
Along with a “Meet on the Grass” Tool Meet:
Friday, July 10, 9:00 A.M.-2:00 P.M.
Benefit Event for MWTCA: Area P.
(to be held on our grass field prior to auction preview)
Over 580 Lots of Antique Tools – In Main Auction Hall
Edge Tools: Axes, Hatchets & Adze – Goosewing axes (“G. Rohrbach”; “W. Brady” & others); Trade axe; Broad squaring & side axes; Single poll & dbl.-bit felling axes; Indo-Persian “Koftgari-art” silver inlaid ceremonial axe; American-type “Twibil”; Posthole & mortise axes; Bog axe; Camping & trail marking hatchets; Carpenter’s & cooper’s adze; Hurdle maker’s twibil; Cooper’s, Wheelwright’s & other drawknives; Paring slicks; firmer, bench, chisels (several sets); Collection of various carving chisels; Butcher’s cleavers, knives, & mincing knives; Froes; Wooden Molding Planes – 18th Century, panel tongue plane; Screw arm & wedge arm plow planes; Complex, Joinery, & bench planes; Transitional planes; Simple & complex molding (several Lancaster Co. & Pennsylvania makers); “E.W. Carpenter, Lancaster” dbl-wedge patented bench & block planes; coachmaker’s rabbets; Metal Planes: Rare, “Williams Universal Plane”, patent 6-28-1864, combination circular plane; Stanley: Bailey, Bedrock, Handyman, “Gage”, “Four-Square” & “Two-Tone” series bench planes; #45 & #50 combination molding; #113 circular; #289 skew-iron fillister; #171 door trim router; #78 rabbet/fillister; #190 improved rabbet; #12 & #12 1/2 scrapers; “Edwin Hahn, Wilkes-Barre, Pa.” bench planes; “Metallic Plane Co.” bench plane; “J. Siegley’s” #2 Patent combination plow; Rare, Bailey “Defiance” David Williams Patent improved bench jointer; “Steer’s Patent” bench jointer; English & Scottish infill bench planes; spoke shaves; Measuring devices: Wooden & metal marking gauges; Folding & straight rules; Chapin-Stephens inclinometer-rule; Framing & try Squares; Wooden & cast iron levels; Rare, Glass Plumb bob; Brass & steel plumb bobs; Asian “ink-line” box; Cooper’s wheel travelers; Wrought iron & factory made calipers/dividers; Stanley, Starrett & other precision measuring tools; Christian Becker, “Chainomatic” precision chemist’s scale; Shop related tools: Oak machinist tool chests; Combination & implement wrenches; Hammers: Wooden mallets; hand wrought & modern claw hammers; carpenters, crate hammer & variety of metalworking hammers; Saws: Lg. collection of handsaws: “Atkins” cross-cut saw; several early Philadelphia, Pa., Buck saws & Mortise saws; Drilling tools: T-handled augers & reamers; Wooden, metal & ratchet braces; Auger bit sets; “A.H. Reid, Phila.” & other maker spiral drill/drivers; Goodell-Pratt, “Yankee” & other push drills Lg. to small screwdrivers; Primitives: “Little Wonder” hand-crank hedge trimmer; Farrier’s tools; Hay knives; Conestoga Wagon tools; Hog farmer’s tools; Calf weaning tools; Reaping sickles; Rare, Copper sausage stuffer; Latin-American “condor” machete; “Martins’ Skate Co.” ice skates; Quilting frame clamps; Andirons (signed Geo. Weiss); Button-hole shears; Books: Antique tool references; tool catalogs & trade ephemera
Garage Area: starts at 10:00 A.M. – Large amount of antique tools in need of restoration & parts; Wooden & metal clamps; carpentry tools; hand saws; Hand drills; Wrenches; Modern & User tools & hardware
*Note – This is just a partial listing items for these sales. See our website for a more complete listings & photos. Internet bidding on-line is available, but we would love to have you join as at this auction.
Accepted Payments: Cash, PA checks, credit cards, and debit cards. No out of state checks without prior approval. 3% Auction House fee will be added to all credit card payments.
For more info on “The Meet on the Grass” tool meet, please contact Rick Weymer at 717-725-4451, or email: raw2Ls@hotmail.com.
This is our 2nd Annual Two-Day “Tool Event”. Come on out and stay the weekend here in beautiful Lancaster Co., Pa.