Brown Auction Services

33rd International Antique Tool Sale & Auction
Sheraton Four Points, Harrisburg, PA

EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM starts at 8:30 a.m. on Friday morning. Ever wonder why that guy who sits on the aisle bids on all the strange items he does? Come and find out how Veritas Tools re-interprets classic tools using modern design methodology, new materials, and advanced manufacturing techniques. Robin Lee, president of Veritas Tools, and Lee Valley Tools will be speaking about design and development of hand tools, and will have a complete display of prototypes and models.

THE DEALER SALE is on Friday and features dealers from across the country, Canada, and England. With about 100 tables of the finest antique and usable tools available in one place, at one time, this is the largest non-club show in the United States. Many of our dealers save the best just for the show. So don’t miss out, come on down and take advantage of the sale and camaraderie. Show opens at 1:00 p.m. Friday. No show on Saturday.

THE AUCTION on Saturday features the Doug & Lorene Cunningham’s W. F. & John Barnes Collection of Foot-Powered Machinery including many rare machines in top condition plus the Barnes Factory Clock. Rufus Porter Inclinometer. E. W. Carpenter Improved Arm Filletster and Handled Plow Planes. Ebony plow with ivory nuts and washers. Pianomaker’s Chest with many tools. Stanley Model Shop prototypes by Traut and others. Nearly complete collection of Stanley planes and many other Stanley tools of all types including many items in the original boxes. Inclinometers and levels. Plow planes in rosewood, boxwood, and ebony; many with ivory. Large selection of ivory and boxwood rules. 18th-century wooden planes including an S. Doggett panel raiser, R. Wooding, S. Pomeroy, Sleeper and many other rare marks. Patented planes by Manning, Bailey, Phillips, Rust, Boss, Morris, Phelps, Fales, Sargent, Traut, Silcock, Miller and many others. Patented braces and drills. English mitre and infill planes. Goosewing axes by Rohrbach and others. Log calipers and rules. And, as always, a good selection of high-quality box lots. More than 770 lots of outstanding tools. All offered for your consideration without reservations or reserves

LARGE ILLUSTRATED CATALOG #33 mails early Septemer. All tools fully described and accurately graded with estimates. Prices Realized mailed promptly after auction. All items illustrated. Absentee bidding available.

ORDER BOTH 2008 CATALOGS. The 32nd and 33rd International Auctions. April catalog mails now.

October catalog mails early September, Just $50 US & CANADA, $60 US for Overseas Airmail.

Includes Prices Realized following sale.

International Antique Tool Auction will be held at the

Sheraton Four Points (800) 644-3144

Be sure to ask for the special room rate.

AUCTION BEGINS:
Saturday, October 25, at 9:00 A.M.

AUCTION PREVIEW:
Friday, October 24, 1:00 to 7:00 P.M.
Saturday, October 25, 7:30 to 9:00 A.M

TOOL SALE:
Friday, October 24, 1:00 to 7:00 P.M.
Admission by catalog or $3 at the door.

Tool show will not be open on Saturday.

Flying in? Worried about getting your tools home? Don't carry them on

the plane–we will ship them for you at cost. Details available at the auction checkout desk

We also have two great auctions coming up:

April 3 & 4, 2009, 34th International Antique Tool Auction
Radisson Inn, Camp Hill, PA
For Reservations Call 1 (717) 763-7117

October 23 & 24, 2009 35th International Antique Tool Auction
Sheraton Four Points , Harrisburg, PA
For Reservations Call 1 (800) 644-3144

33rd International Antique Tool Sale & Auction Sheraton Four Points, Harrisburg, PA

33rd International Antique Tool Sale & Auction
Sheraton Four Points, Harrisburg, PA