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Offline kxxr

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Wizard Number 120
« on: January 29, 2012, 07:15:51 PM »
Anybody else see this wrench on ebay? Just another old unusual wrench but it looks like it had a pretty cool Wizard logo at one time. Rust and pitting have taken their toll but I don't think I have ever see the Wizard name in that particular style before. Wizard and Worcester Mass. are visible. I was thinking the font was the same one used on the Disney "Aladdin" stuff, but I looked it up and it's not quite a match. I know I have seen it elsewhere, but I don't know the name of the font. Here's the link for anyone wanting to have a look. It looks like it could get near $100 or more ...
http://www.ebay.com/itm/UNUSUAL-OLD-VTG-WIZARD-120-DOUBLE-END-ODD-ADJUSTABLE-WRENCH-ANTIQUE-RARE-TOOL-/260942151135?_trksid=p4340.m1374&_trkparms=algo%3DPI.WATCH%26its%3DC%252BS%26itu%3DUCC%26otn%3D15%26ps%3D63%26clkid%3D5963451850062995170
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Re: Wizard Number 120
« Reply #1 on: January 29, 2012, 07:37:57 PM »
Wakefield of Worcester, Mass.
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Re: Wizard Number 120
« Reply #2 on: January 29, 2012, 08:04:58 PM »

A variant of Comic, but likely not a real type face, logo's often are custom designed letter by letter to get just what is needed to give a particular look.

That poor wrench has been sitting face down in a wet place for a long long time, it's a shame too, mechaniclly it is in rather good shape, not bent, gouged, beaten on, twisted .....

Also a shame because I haven't seen that particular one around....

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Just a weathered light rust/WD40 mix patina.

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Re: Wizard Number 120
« Reply #3 on: January 29, 2012, 09:18:59 PM »
Not common but not rare either. Good ones usually sell for under $40.00. I just finished listing one for the Spring Auction at York, Nebraska (Lot 399).

Patent is on DATAMP at:

http://www.datamp.org/patents/displayPatent.php?pn=1436049&id=48260

If anybody is interested in watching the catalog "in progress" it's at:

http://wrenchingnews.com/york-auction-2012/catalog.html

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http://s222.photobucket.com/albums/dd3/buswrench/york-2012/?start=all



 
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Offline lauver

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Re: Wizard Number 120
« Reply #4 on: January 29, 2012, 10:15:32 PM »
So it's a Wakefield Wizard, not a Western Auto Wizard.
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Re: Wizard Number 120
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Offline eddie hudson

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Re: Wizard Number 120
« Reply #6 on: January 30, 2012, 08:23:38 AM »
The seller has been selling alot of good things for the past couple of months.
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