Buying and Selling

Selling

The Hand Tool preservation Society can help you dispose of any unwanted tools from deceased estates, garage clean outs etc. We can help you obtain the right price for your tools while making sure that your treasured items stay with collectors meaning that they are preserved and loved for years to come. 

We offer a valuation guide service to ensure the best price is obtained and your privacy is assured.  We have regular sales for smaller lots or can arrange a special sale if there is a larger quantity. Other non-tool items can also be catered for through our network of collector clubs with similar interests as our own. 

We can arrange the collection and sale or you are welcome to bring them along and be a guest as part of the process. You can set firm prices or we can advise and suggest the correct value based on rarity and current collector interests. We also run two public sales through the year, along with a small sales area when displaying at the many country or local shows and events, where we can sell your tools on consignment. 

We request a small commission donation based on the amount and value of the tools we are selling on your behalf. We are a non profit organisation with any funds raised used solely for running the club or making donations to suitable charities or organisations. Please note we cannot sell power tools or machinery unless they are display, non working items ie with cords or power supplies disconnected.

Buying

We are often asked to supply good quality old tools for restoration or dying trades. We also are able to source tools for people to buy good quality tools for use. 

Check our Events Calendar page for events we will be attending, the right hand column indicates yes/no whether we will have a sales table.

We have a sale table at the Wood Show in August each year. Here we sell mainly the better quality and rarer tools from members and/or from the public on consignment. 

If you cannot attend these then you are welcome to contact us via this web site, and we can put you in touch with someone who may have what you are looking for.

Donations

We gladly accept donations of unwanted tools, although no power tools are accepted. Sometimes what appears to be a load of rusty scrap metal can hold that vital missing part or help make a collection complete. 

The club disperses any donated tools by way of a fun, low value, auction amongst the members as the club itself has no storage facility. The new owner can then restore or upgrade their collection. Members display the tools from time to time at fairs, shows and events. They may also pass on to other collectors as sale or swap, or simply restore and sell to users. Any person donating tools receives a letter of acknowledgement from the club. It is a condition of the club accepting any donation that any such tools donated then become the property of the club. The club may then distribute or dispose of them as required. 

For further information, or if you have tools to sell, donate or wish to purchase, please contact our Tool Sale Co-ordinator, Nigel, on 0407 028 497, or by email at nburgess@westnet.com.au.