Antique tools are more than just relics of the past — they can also be resold for surprising amounts. While not every screwdriver or hammer will be worth a lot, some of these historical tools were ...

Old tools that once lived in basements and barns are now quietly selling for hundreds on eBay, especially when they are rare, well preserved, and tied to respected makers. If you know what to look for ...

On Sunday, Aug. 1, members of the Early American Industries Association and the Mid-West Tools Collectors Association will host their annual Antique Tool Show and Sale at Garfield Farm Museum in ...

There are two sides to the antique-tool market. Some buyers actually use the pieces that they buy because an old tool can be better for a skilled job than its modern equivalent. Others simply collect.

Across sheds, garages, and old workshop drawers, tools that once felt utterly ordinary are suddenly turning heads. Collectors and craftspeople are chasing pieces built with real steel, hardwood, and ...

Antique hand rotary mixers or egg beaters made of metal and wood from the 1920s, with some discoloration due to old age but still functional, measure about 12 inches long. Finding one with its ...

Thousands of handcrafted antique tools that a retired woodworking teacher spent decades collecting but never used are worth more than $35,000. Roy Turnage, 88, spent years adding to his haul that ...

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Alejandro González Iñárritu’s Academy Award-nominated film, The Revenant, is set in Montana and South Dakota. But if you watch closely, you’ll see a little bit of Pittsboro, too. When the filmmakers ...