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Eastern Pennsylvania

retired tool & die maker turned PA Auctioneer. I collect and display my items for local historical societies. They are odd and unusual items tretired tool & die maker turned PA Auctioneer. I collect and display my items for local historical societies. They are odd and unusual items that made our forefather's lives a little easier. If it has a story to tell, I like it. 18th & 19th cen. tools are my passion. Email: navarreauctions@ptd.net (Read more)

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Hand Carved Turtle & Owl - Folk Artin Folk Art
18 days ago
a few hand forged items - Tools and Hardwarein Tools and Hardware
1 month ago
"Twin Comet" lawn sprinkler after restoration - Tools and Hardwarein Tools and Hardware
2 months ago
Model steam engine exhaust condenser - Toysin Toys
3 months ago
Wooden bowl rack and bowls - Kitchenin Kitchen
4 months ago
combination smoke pipe / tomahawk - Native Americanin Native American
4 months ago
hacksaw look-alike (but it's not what it looks like) - Tools and Hardwarein Tools and Hardware
4 months ago
vintage wagon odometer used by westward wagon trains & teamsters - Tools and Hardwarein Tools and Hardware
4 months ago
Combination Tinsmith Box Pan Swage & creasing/beading tool - Tools and Hardwarein Tools and Hardware
4 months ago
Stoneware crocks on an early bucket bench - Potteryin Pottery
5 months ago

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  1. great piece.... love the banding around the middle
  2. great find....
  3. great action figures!
  4. great find !
  5. look for one with a lead nozzle and lead screw cap. They are the old ones too.
  6. LOOK LIKE BOOK ENDS TO ME
  7. Hi Elisibethan, they were all made on the east coast of the USA. New Brighton. PA , Oswego NY, Troy NY, and other towns.
  8. you have an outstanding collection.
  9. thanks for your comments dave, Wsatchmaker, and Congau, You asked if I have any info about the hosee material that they used. I don't have any direct information about the hoses that they used, but ...
  10. great effigy, I have a few myself. Early farmers and homesteaders here i Pennsylvania kept them on the barn window sills to ward off evil spirits.
  11. best vacation trailer ever made!!
  12. love the scooter..... the girls aren't bad either!
  13. lots of snow here in eastern Pennsylvania... our cat got out last night and hid until this morning. She was sure glad to come in this morning. She was sleeping under the snow covered wood rack, where ...
  14. what is the material.... looks like pewter.
  15. my guess is a upholstery pliers
  16. great find, be sure to thank your father-in-law. Do yo you know how old it is? It looks familiar to my childhood, but that can't be, I'm an old codger.
  17. great collection of butterflies and other insects. I see, what I call a stickbug in your display, They used to be all around my home, now I don't see near as many, must be environmental impact. Nice ...
  18. My wife and I went to Oatman a few years ago. Great place to visit. took a rest in a small cafe.... when, in came a burro, I guess he wanted a treat. the waitress gave him his treat and shooed him out...
  19. very nice piece. A keeper for sure. Happy New Year..... hopefully better than last year.
  20. Happy Holidays, Anything
  21. Merry Christmas Bobby, and MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL OF OUR FRIENDS ON CW.
  22. you done a great job..... looks great!
  23. I've seen these before. You could be correct by the design on the tool. They made these with several designs to make wafers. They were called wafer irons and were used before the waffle irons of simil...
  24. great piece Reeling, I find it amazing how they used to pour cast iron with such a beautiful smooth surface. Today's pouring of cast iron can't hold a candle to the foundries of yore.
  25. you got it right Saylavi, a few years ago, I attended a historical show and gent was making corn brooms on a broom maker's bench like the one that you show. The wheeled area is where they kept the ...
  26. great find bb2. I have a MKII and it is a great gun. shoots good, no jams, good balance. Ruger makes nice products
  27. Hi bb2, I did find an interesting article on Jim Kiefer. it was written by "The Philadelphia Inquire" . If you Google "the blacksmith forges work of art" you might find a link as to how to contact ...
  28. Hi yourneverright, It's more likely that the cave ran like the dickens. These critters were 6' to 7' long and had a terrible superiority complex.
  29. Hi bb2, I'm not sure if he sells on line or not. I do know that this is not how he earns a living. He makes hinges and other cabinet hardware to earn a living and making the items that I have from hi...
  30. what a collection you got. A good friend of mine had a huge collection of hammers. he had so many that he filled two apple crates. I told him that if he would cut the handles off, he could get twice a...
  31. great post, as usual jscott. I never saw a bronze pug before. thanks for showing us.
  32. Hi ChystalShip, I wrote our names, where, and when the photo was taken of these two young people. Time passing (along with people) might result in our own family forgetting when these were taken. A l...
  33. Hi Ms.ChristalShip, I'd love to see the one that you recovered from the ocean bottom. Please post it. Stoneware crocks are still a valuable collectable. My wife and I have been collecting them from ...
  34. Hi Concu, I forgot to mention a famous Newspaper Writer who wrote for a New York paper in 1872 when he made the comment "Go West Young Man". His name w...
  35. Hi Congcu, If you Google "Wagon Wheel Odometer" You can see an advertising blog from Worthpoint where they describe and show reference to a wagon odometer similar to the one that I posted. Worthpoin...
  36. Please, let me assume that your ancestors didn't sell their daughters..... although, that was a pretty good price that they were offering (just kidding). thanks for the input.... You should get in to...
  37. beautiful boot scraper....... good research....... great post
  38. thank you lzenglish for your input
  39. good question Congeu, I never even thought of who made it. It is signed "Lionel Corporation New York" not sure if that is the same Lionel Corp. that makes toy elect. trains and thanks everyone fo...
  40. I'd love to see the La Brea tar pits and the LA natural History Museum. I would if I didn't have to go to LA.
  41. hi jessie, the engine is a Stirling cycle engine or, often called a hot air engine. They are usually powered by an alcohol burner, sometimes powered by a liquid propane (PL) gas burner. This particul...
  42. hi jesse, I'd be glad to answer any of your questions.
  43. you have a unique collection. thank you for your posts.
  44. thanks Scott, The craftsman made three of these cupboards, one for me and one for his display gallery and, when his wife saw mine, one for her. After he made mine, he said that it would be the last c...
  45. No, from Dixon's in Kempton, PA
  46. I did in the areas that I could. Curly maple in the P++ grade is very unforgiving and the surface of the wood is has micro valleys and hills. Shaving sometimes rips out micro chunks of the curl and le...
  47. thanks bb2, I kind of thought that you would like this post.
  48. NO POLITICS PLEASE!!!
  49. For sure, the home mechanic would be lost without the noble screwdriver.
  50. I stand corrected fellows. Thanks for the info.
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Metal Piggy Banks - Cast Iron & Brass 225 Million Year Old Petrified Redwood What is this tool for? Dark Brown Ovoid Jug - Stoneware Few new ones antique wood pedestal AMRONLITE desk lamp Vintage metal dust pan with advertisementî 1840 Bank of United States Bank Note (Souvenir) Marx Johnny West General Custer 12" Action Figure 1968-1974 Athearn 40' Flat Car Gulf, Mobile & Ohio With Boat 1960s HO Gauge household oilers! antique WESTINGHOUSE direct current electric generator heavy (if short) old ball pein hammer I found another bit of blank wall a basketful of elderly electrical wiring insulators Vintage 1931 Marx automatic reversing road roller

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