Antique Wrench Auction

[Bus]

I spent several days last week in the metropolis of Iuka, Kansas helping Missouri Valley Wrench Club member Robert Burkey catalog his wrench collection for his auction on March 10 at Larned, KS.

Catalog is now on the web at:
http://www.wrenchingnews.com/burkey-auction-2012/catalog.html

Photos of all the listed lots are at
http://wrenchingnews.com/burkey-auction-2012/all-pics-one-page.html

Photos can also be viewed as a slideshow, etc. at
http://s222.photobucket.com/albums/dd3/buswrench/burkey-2012/

Absentee bids are welcomed. See Late Breaking Wrenching News for more information at
www.wrenchingnews.com

[wrenchguy]

nice job with the photos, this really helps potential buyers looking for iron. thanks.

[Papaw]

Bus, I really like the slideshow option, and the green background is great!

[Bus]

Thanks. The background cloth was old pool table felt the Burkey's had. I just used the florescent lighting that was in the building and set the camera (Cannon G12) on automatic.

[Bus]

I will be leaving for the Burkey Wrench Auction in the morning but can still take emailed absentee bids till late this evening or you can call them in to my cell number anytime up till the start of the auction.

[Papaw]

Two of my three absentee bids were successful!
I won Lot# 432 and Lot#433- H D Smith tools.

[john k]

Those screwdrivers now, gonna take a lot of work to refresh them, new wood, you gonna share, or have that much room left on your wall?

[Papaw]

I'll try my hand at rescuing some of them and some could be in a future giveaway. See that three-way in the first lot?
Some may even go to 64longstep for some re-purposing.

[1930]

I did not notice this until now, what happens with the tools that dont sell or do they all go. I see at least one that I would like to have

[Papaw]

We'll ask Bus to tell us, but since it is an auction of a man's collection, I bet t a low bid.everything sells, even if at a low bid.

[Bus]

They all sell even if it's just a $1.00 for the lot.

[1930]

Thats a shame, it would be nice if a heads up were put in the general discussion section. Not trying to get out of looking all over the site but because of time limitations I can only pick and choose a few different areas of this site and this has never been one of them.
Either way, thanks for the response

[Papaw]

This thread is in Heads Up and started in December.

[rusty]

You can't win papaw...lol!

[Lewill2]

Am I looking at the bottom one in the first lot wrong or is there half of the handle missing? That is one of the 3 way screw drivers and there are 2 sections of the handle. It looks like one of the sections is missing to me.