LARGEST ANNUAL PUBLIC TOOL AUCTION IN NEW JERSEY! 
Preceded by tailgate sale in parking lot with many dealers.

*** Saturday, April 26, 2025 ***

The Collectors of Rare And Familiar Tools Society (CRAFTS) of New Jersey proudly hosts this annual live auction of tools consigned by numerous sellers and several significant estates. This year there are 545 lots. All items are offered "as-is, where-is."

The auction is held indoors inside a pleasant banquet hall at the Oldwick Fire Company. Chairs are provided. Wheelchair-accessible site.

Inspection preview begins at 7:30 a.m. and the auction commences at 9:30 a.m. Tailgate sales begin at dawn.

We have hired the famous auctioneer Paul Wilmott to call the auction. There are no online, absentee or phone bidders -- just those who register for a bidding number on the morning of the auction.

BUYER’S PREMIUM: 13.3% with 3.3% discount for cash (or good checks from bidders known by auction committee). 6.625% sales tax will be collected for all sales without sales tax exemption form on file with CRAFTS of N.J.

A food truck will be on site.

Please download the lot list (PDF) and review the photographs of selected highlights here on AuctionZip or visit our website where you can also review previous auctions and realized prices. 

A partial list of items in this year's sale: 

• Axes, Adzes & Hatchets incl. Beatty, Castor, Grove, Kelly Works True Temper, Morrison, Plumb, Skillman, Smalley, Stanley, Underhill; carcass splitter, cooper’s, goosewing, felling, hewing, ice
• Wooden Molding, Plow, Rabbet, Sash & T/G Planes incl. Andruss, Baldwin, Barry, Bensen & Crannell, Carter, Casey, Colton, Connor, Coughtry, DeForest, Denison, Doscher, Eastburn, Fairclough, Farr, Farrand, Gordon, Hunt, King, Marples, Pennell, Sheneman, Souder, Stephens, Walt, Williams
• Saws incl. Atkins, Brownsroth, Craftsman, Disston, Fletcher, Groves, Hutchinson, McNiece, Sarjent, Stanley, Yeoman Yates & Stanfield; Japanese; back, bone, buck, floor, frame, fret, ice, logging, pad
• Cooper's Tools incl. adze, cresset, croze, flagging iron, howell, side axe, sun plane
• Primitives incl. bark spuds, hay knives, reaping hook, scorps, sickles, travelers, flax hetchel, yoke
• Rules incl. H. Chapin, Chapin-Stephens, Lufkin, Rabone, Stanley, Upson Nut; folding, parallel
• English Infill Planes
• Lie-Nielsen No. 1 Bronze Smooth Plane IOB
• Eagle Anvil Approx. 64 Lbs.
• Rule w/ Christian D. Cowgill Patent Attachment
• Brass Traveler w/ Star Pattern
• Brass Lady Leg Calipers 
• Workbench by Christiansen
• Boxwood Handled Plow Plane by W.E. Johnson
• Stanley R&L No. 3 Pre-lateral Smooth Plane
• Stanley No. 37 Jenny Jumbo Jack Transitional Plane
• Stanley No. 55 Plane IOB w/ 4 Boxes of Cutters
• Frasse “The Leader” Metal Lathe
• Silver Mfg. Co. Post Drill Press (Salem OH)
• Chapin-Stephens #36 Inclinometers
• Polar Planimeter by Keuffel & Esser
• Starrett Model 101 Sighting Level w/ Box
• American Institute Silver Medal Presented to Anthony Vitaly for Shoemaker’s Tools 1846
• Conestoga Wagon Wheel Brake Chain
• The Boys Favorite Tool Box
• Candy Rolling Machine (Bucks County PA)
• Small Bow Drill w/ Display Stand

ALSO: Other Edge Tools (Chisels, Gouges, Drawknives, Froe, Scrapers, Scorps, Spokeshaves, etc.); Blacksmith-Made Tools; Stanley Planes #’s 2, 3, 4, 4C, 5, 5C, 5½, 5C½, 6, 6C, 7, 7C, 8C, 9¼, 12, 13, 20, 23, 24, 27, 30, 31, 32, 33, 35, 36, 39, 40, 45, 48, 50, 55, 60, 66, 71, 71½, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 90, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 110, 112, 113, 118, 129, 140, 203, 220, 239, 271, 378, Transitional; Metal Planes by Gage, Chaplin, Sargent, Millers Falls, Union, Keen Kutter, Record, Siegley, Craftsman, Fulton, Shelton, Corsair, Great Neck, etc.; Logging, Ice, Farm, Blacksmith’s, Carriage Maker’s, Cooper’s, Draftsman’s, Farrier’s, Glazier’s, Leatherworker’s, Machinist’s, Milliner’s, Plumber’s, Slater’s, Shipwright’s, Shoemaker’s, Surveyor’s, Tailor’s, Wheelwright’s Tools; Auger Bits; Braces; Calipers; Clamps; Drills; Dividers; Files; Grinders; Hammers; Levels; Mallets; Marking Gauges; Miter Trimmers; Plumb Bobs; Rasps; Rules; Saw Sets; Saw Vises; Scales; Sharpening Stones; Squares; Tool Chests; T-Bevels; Vises; Wrenches; Books & Catalogs; Many Box Lots!