Very sorry to hear. If no one steps forward to take it all, I would
recommend contacting some auctioneers/auction houses in your area. You live
in a part of the country where there are probably many buyers that would
attend (especially if publicized in the right online forums and Facebook
Groups) & many auction houses also allow online bidding (which you could
share a link to here, allowing some Galoots to give a good home to at least
part of your tools. I’m guessing that even with the auction house fees, you
would clear substantially more than finding a single buyer.

Let us know how it goes

Respectfully,
Darren Addy
Kearney, NE

On Tuesday, July 16, 2019, Mark Pfeifer via OldTools <
oldtools@s...> wrote:

> Hello Porch,
>
> My wife of 25 years divorced me in January, and got the house, and my shop
> (which I built) sits on that property.
>
> I can’t afford to store my tools, and after 7 months of soul searching,
> I’m ready to leave aside woodworking. I’ve lost the passion. I’ll ride my
> motorcycle and fish more often. :)
>
> Rather than leave the tools, benches, etc to cobwebs and rust, I’d like to
> find someone who will give them a new home.
>
> The tools are too numerous to list. The tills they live in cover a 16 foot
> wall top to bottom. That doesn’t include stuff in boxes, only the stuff I
> had in tills for regular use. Very few snob quality collector tools, mostly
> good users. Stanley, Disston, etc, all pre WW2, much of it pre 1900.
>
> Most of my work used trees I harvested on the property, very little
> purchased lumber. So I’ve got lots of axes, felling saws, grapples,
> Peaveys, etc.
>
> Got interested in cooperage, some coopers tools as well.
>
> Also a fair collection of moulding planes. I’ve seen shops with larger
> collections of moulding planes, but only a couple times.
>
> The main bench is an 8’ English (Sellers) style joiners bench. Again, not
> snob quality, but solidly made and extremely useable.
>
> There are other miscellaneous benches, as well as a spring pole
> (Underhill) lathe.
>
> I’m hoping to find someone who will take the entire lot for a very modest
> price. If you were so inclined you could sell off a portion and and recover
> your investment.
>
> The shop is located about 20 miles from Charlotte NC. If you’re
> interested, I’m happy to meet you and show you what’s there. Also happy to
> help load, there’s plenty of room there for a van or a PODS container.
>
> Mark.
>
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