MadPoetLaw
Full Member
- Feb 3, 2011
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- Detector(s) used
- Ace 250
- Primary Interest:
- Metal Detecting
Let start right off by saying thanks to all of you who participate in these forums. Without your font of knowledge i wouldn't know about half the items i normally score at sales. So THANK YOU to all. 
Every now and then I like to share a find and pass along some knowledge for anyone who didn't consider some thing before. so that's what ill do today. This one comes with a backstory:
Many years ago (pre-smart phone era) I was at a sale where a very nice old gentleman was selling a HUGE lot of leather working tools. He had a lifetimes accumulation of tools in one kit the size of a suitcase. He was trying to sell it for 300.oo and he assured me it was well worth that and probably far more. I, knowing absolutely nothing about the value or demand for leather working equipment, wavered on the fence and took down some notes promising the kind guy I'd come back after a little research. I got home an hour or two later and got online only to find that yes indeed he was sincere and that tool set was most likely worth 3x what he was asking for it. I jumped in the car and drove back immediately only to find it had been sold ! so lesson learned that day !
It has been over a decade since that day but i finally found some leather working items again ! Stopped at a sale and found a very beat up, musty, cardboard box in the corner. It's obviously been in someones basement for decades. Scrawled on the side in marker i can see "leather". One peek inside and i saw a huge pile of musty magazines a tool rack holder and about 3-4 tools scattered about. I dug a little deeper in the box and saw several more tools scattered throughout. That sold me. I asked how much they wanted - they said $20.oo I offered $10.oo and they said sure with a huge smile. No doubt they were pleased to get $10.oo for a musty box of grandma's "junk" they dragged out of the basement.
Well, after tossing out about 1/4 of the box :
damaged magazines, paper patterns, ruined leather scraps that were simply un-salvagable here's what i saved:
30 piece leather working tool set: sold 1 day on ebay $50.00 (and the buyer paid 58.00 to ship it to Australia) !
8 "Leather Craftsman" magazines 1950's - 60's sold 7 days on ebay $57.00
Make your own leather holsters booklet - sold 2 days on ebay $8.99
Lot of 25 leather wallet templates - currently listed $135.oo
And i still have about 4 more actions for books and misc templates to list !!!
So once again thank you to everyone for sharing the knowledge ! And in case you didn't know there is always a strong demand and value in any and all leather working items. Even a box full of musty damaged 50 year old magazines !
Every now and then I like to share a find and pass along some knowledge for anyone who didn't consider some thing before. so that's what ill do today. This one comes with a backstory:
Many years ago (pre-smart phone era) I was at a sale where a very nice old gentleman was selling a HUGE lot of leather working tools. He had a lifetimes accumulation of tools in one kit the size of a suitcase. He was trying to sell it for 300.oo and he assured me it was well worth that and probably far more. I, knowing absolutely nothing about the value or demand for leather working equipment, wavered on the fence and took down some notes promising the kind guy I'd come back after a little research. I got home an hour or two later and got online only to find that yes indeed he was sincere and that tool set was most likely worth 3x what he was asking for it. I jumped in the car and drove back immediately only to find it had been sold ! so lesson learned that day !
It has been over a decade since that day but i finally found some leather working items again ! Stopped at a sale and found a very beat up, musty, cardboard box in the corner. It's obviously been in someones basement for decades. Scrawled on the side in marker i can see "leather". One peek inside and i saw a huge pile of musty magazines a tool rack holder and about 3-4 tools scattered about. I dug a little deeper in the box and saw several more tools scattered throughout. That sold me. I asked how much they wanted - they said $20.oo I offered $10.oo and they said sure with a huge smile. No doubt they were pleased to get $10.oo for a musty box of grandma's "junk" they dragged out of the basement.
Well, after tossing out about 1/4 of the box :
damaged magazines, paper patterns, ruined leather scraps that were simply un-salvagable here's what i saved:
30 piece leather working tool set: sold 1 day on ebay $50.00 (and the buyer paid 58.00 to ship it to Australia) !
8 "Leather Craftsman" magazines 1950's - 60's sold 7 days on ebay $57.00
Make your own leather holsters booklet - sold 2 days on ebay $8.99
Lot of 25 leather wallet templates - currently listed $135.oo
And i still have about 4 more actions for books and misc templates to list !!!
So once again thank you to everyone for sharing the knowledge ! And in case you didn't know there is always a strong demand and value in any and all leather working items. Even a box full of musty damaged 50 year old magazines !
