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December 6-7, 2022: Martin J. Donnelly Auction (online only)
January 3-4, 2023: Martin J. Donnelly Auction (online only)
January 21, 2023: Jacktown-Blue Mountain Antique Gas & Steam Engine Association Snow Show in Bangor, PA
January 26, 2023: David Stanley Auction in Osgathorpe, Leicestershire, England
February 5, 2023: CRAFTS Member Meeting featuring a presentation by Michael J. Cuba on dendrochronology (tree ring dating)
February 7-8, 2023: Martin J. Donnelly Auction (online only)
February 10-12, 2023: The Woodworking Shows in NJ (location TBD)
March 18, 2023: PAST Tool Collectors Spring Tool Show in Spreckels, CA
March 31-April 1, 2023: 62nd Brown Tool Auction in York, PA
May 13, 2023: History Day at East Jersey Old Town Village in Piscataway, NJ
May 17-20, 2023: Early American Industries Assoc. (EAIA) Annual Meeting in Staunton, VA
May 20-21, 2023: Jacktown-Blue Mountain Antique Gas & Steam Engine Association 37th Annual Swap Meet and Flea Market in Bangor, PA
June 7-11, 2023: Society for Industrial Archeology Annual Conference in Grand Rapids, MI
June 14-17, 2023: Mid-West Tool Collectors Assoc. (M-WTCA) Spring Meeting in Green Bay, WI
July 14-16, 2023: Jacktown-Blue Mountain Antique Gas & Steam Engine Association 52nd Annual Antique Gas Engine & Tractor Show in Bangor, PA
July 16-17, 2023: National Association of Watch and Clock Collectors (NAWCC) Ward Francillon Time Symposium in Lancaster, PA
July 28-30, 2023: Early American Muzzleloading Gunmakers Fair in Kempton, PA
September 1-2, 2023: Handworks in Amana, IA
September 13-16, 2023: Surveyors Historical Society Annual Rendezvous in Katy and San Felipe , TX
September 23-24, 2023: 53rd Annual Peters Valley Craft Fair in Augusta, NJ
September 27-30, 2023: Mid-West Tool Collectors Assoc. (M-WTCA) Fall Meeting in Des Moines, IA
October 21-22, 2023: Jacktown-Blue Mountain Antique Gas & Steam Engine Association 44th Annual Fall Harvest and Sawmill Show in Bangor, PA
Past Events
November 24, 2022: David Stanley Auction in Osgathorpe, Leicestershire, England
November 20, 2022: Mountain Mary Exhibit & Discussion at the New Pennsylvania German Cultural Heritage Center in Kutztown, PA
November 8-9, 2022: Alderfer Online Auction of the Hand Tool Collection of Fred West, Jr. Part 1 and Part 2
November 6, 2022: CRAFTS Member Meeting featuring a presentation by Ivan Raupp on Pennsylvania goosewing axes
October 21-22, 2022: 61st Brown Tool Auction in York, PA
October 15-16, 2022: Jacktown-Blue Mountain Antique Gas & Steam Engine Association 43rd Annual Fall Harvest and Sawmill Show in Bangor, PA
October 8-9, 2022: Landis Valley Village & Farm Museum Harvest Days in Lancaster, PA
October 4-5, 2022: Martin J. Donnelly Auctions (online only)
October 2, 2022: Tools of the Trades Show & Sale in Pickering, Ontario, Canada
October 1, 2022: EAIA Regional Meeting at The Stickley Museum and Fayetteville Library in Fayetteville, NY
October 1, 2022: Potomac Antique Tools and Industries Assoc. (PATINA) Auction & Dealer Show in Damascus, MD
September 28-October 1, 2022: Mid-West Tool Collectors Assoc. (M-WTCA) Fall Meeting in Michigan City, IN
September 29, 2022: David Stanley Auction in Osgathorpe, Leicestershire, England
September 25, 2022: Mid-West Tool Collectors Assoc. (M-WTCA) Area P Meet in Adamstown, PA
September 24-25, 2022: 52nd Annual Peters Valley Craft Fair in Augusta, NJ
September 24-25, 2022: Union Manufacturing Company Open House in Boyertown, PA
September 21-23, 2022: Surveyors Historical Society Annual Rendezvous in Harpers Ferry, WV
September 11, 2022: Annual CRAFTS Picnic at Camp Tecumseh, NJ
September 10, 2022: EAIA Regional Meeting at Old Sturbridge Village in Sturbridge, MA
August 20, 2022: PAST Tool Collectors Summer Tool Show in Sonoma, CA
August 12-13, 2022: Goschenhoppen Historians' 54th Annual Folk Festival at Henry Antes Plantation in Perkiomenville, PA
August 11, 2022: David Stanley Auction in Osgathorpe, Leicestershire, England
July 28, 2022: Hartzell's Auction of the Iron Collection of William “Buck” Carson in Pittsburgh, PA (second sale of five; online and on-site at the Annual PITCA Convention in the Cranberry Township Marriot)
July 27-30, 2022: Martin J. Donnelly 20th Annual Auction and Antique Tool Fair in Avoca, NY
July 18, 2022: Pacific Auction estate auction of late Dennis McCaigue's lifetime collection of luthier and woodworking tools, woods and books (online via Proxibid.com)
July 15-17, 2022: Jacktown-Blue Mountain Antique Gas & Steam Engine Association 51th Annual Antique Gas Engine & Tractor Show in Bangor, PA
July 13, 2022: Alderfer Tool Auction in Hatfield, PA (online)
June 26, 2022: Mid-West Tool Collectors Assoc. (M-WTCA) Area P Meet in Adamstown, PA
June 16, 2022: David Stanley Auction in Osgathorpe, Leicestershire, England
June 15-18, 2022: Mid-West Tool Collectors Assoc. (M-WTCA) Spring Meeting in Gettsyburg, PA
June 9-12, 2022: Society for Industrial Archeology 50th Annual Conference in Portland, OR
June 5, 2022: CRAFTS Member Meeting in High Bridge, NJ. Presentation by Steve Voigt, modern plane maker. See info about Steve here.
June 3, 2022: Chupp Auction of the Dan & Myrna Coleman Tool Collection continued — starting at lot #2001 — in Shipshewana, IN (and online)
May 28, 2022: PAST Tool Collectors Spring Tool Show in Spreckels, CA
May 20-21, 2022: Jacktown-Blue Mountain Antique Gas & Steam Engine Association 36th Annual Swap Meet and Flea Market in Bangor, PA
May 18-21, 2022: Early American Industries Assoc. (EAIA) Annual Meeting in Freeport, ME
May 1, 2022: Mid-West Tool Collectors Assoc. (M-WTCA) Area P Meet in Adamstown, PA
April 22-23, 2022: 60th Brown Tool Auction in York, PA
April 21, 2022: David Stanley Auction in Osgathorpe, Leicestershire, England
April 3, 2022: CRAFTS Member Meeting in High Bridge, NJ was cancelled due to weather. The presentation by Michael J. Cuba on dendochonology (tree ring dating) will be rescheduled. See info about Michael here.
March 29-30, 2022: Martin J. Donnelly Auctions online only
March 3, 2022: David Stanley Auction in Osgathorpe, Leicestershire, England
February 6, 2022: CRAFTS Member Meeting -- TOOL SWAP ONLY -- in High Bridge, NJ
January 13, 2022: David Stanley Auction in Osgathorpe, Leicestershire, England
December 18, 2021: Handsaw Restoration and Sharpening Class presented by Bob Garay (CRAFTS Tool Shed editor, past president) at Mr. Sawdust School of Professional Woodworking in Hackettstown, NJ
December 7-8, 2021: Martin J. Donnelly Auction (online only)
December 4, 2021: Hometown Auctions Antique & Vintage Tool Auction (featuring the tinsmith tool collection from the estate of Bryan J. Stevens) in Red Lion, PA
November 20, 2021: Great Planes Trading Co. Fall Antique Tool Auction in St. Louis, MO
November 18, 2021: David Stanley Auction in Osgathorpe, Leicestershire, England
November 7, 2021: CRAFTS Member Meeting in High Bridge, NJ with presentation by leather worker Gary Elsing. See info here.
October 29-30, 2021: 59th Brown Tool Auction in Camp Hill, PA
October 16-17, 2021: Jacktown-Blue Mountain Antique Gas & Steam Engine Association 42nd Annual Fall Harvest and Sawmill Show in Bangor, PA
October 5-6, 2021: Martin J. Donnelly Auction (online only)
September 30, 2021: David Stanley Auction in Osgathorpe, Leicestershire, England
September 12, 2021: Annual CRAFTS Picnic at Camp Tecumseh, NJ
May 23 Through September 6, 2021: Magnificent Measures! The Hausman–Hill Collection of Calculating Instruments at the Mercer Museum in Doylestown, PA. Also on exhibit was Measurement Rules, a family-friendly, traveling interactive exhibit created by the Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh.
August 29, 2021: M.J. Stasak Auction of Tools (including antiques/vintage items; many bench vises but no planes); online auction.
August 28-29, 2021: Union Manufacturing Company Open House in Boyertown, PA
August 20-22, 2021: PNTC 18th Biennial Best-in-the-West in Tacoma, WA
August 18-21, 2021: Rough and Tumble Engineers Historical Assoc. Thresherman’s Reunion in Kinzer, PA
July 31-August 1, 2021: Historic Cold Spring Village Down On the Farm Weekend in Cape May, NJ. Special exhibits throughout the Village will include collections of antique and modern farming equipment and tools.
July 22-24, 2021: Martin J. Donnelly Auction in Avoca, NY
July 16-18, 2021: Jacktown-Blue Mountain Antique Gas & Steam Engine Association 50th Annual Antique Gas Engine & Tractor Show in Bangor, PA
May 19-22, 2021: EAIA Annual Meeting in Staunton, VA
May 15-16, 2021: Jacktown-Blue Mountain Antique Gas & Steam Engine Association 35th Annual Swap Meet and Flea Market in Bangor, PA
May 14-15, 2021: 58th Brown Tool Auction in Camp Hill, PA
May 7-8, 2021: Martin J. Donnelly Auction in Nashua, NH
May 2, 2021: CRAFTS Tailgate Meeting in Oldwick, NJ
April 11, 2021: CRAFTS Tailgate Meeting in Oldwick, NJ (CANCELLED DUE TO RAIN)
April 9-10, 2021: Martin J. Donnelly Auction online only
March 20, 2021: PAST Tool Collectors Spring Tool Show in Spreckels, CA
February 28, 2021: CRAFTS Tailgate Meeting in Oldwick, NJ (CANCELLED DUE TO WEATHER)
January 31, 2021: M.J. Stasak Auction (Phase 2) of Antique Tools from Bucks County PA Estate
January 14, 2021: David Stanley Auction in Loughborough, England
January 16, 2021: Jacktown-Blue Mountain Antique Gas & Steam Engine Association Snow Show in Bangor, PA (CANCELLED)
January 3, 2021: M.J. Stasak Auction of Antique Tools from Bucks County PA Estate
November 19, 2020: "The History of Bailey Hand Planes" free live webinar presented by Joshua Clark (founder of Hyperkitten Tool Company)
November 13-14, 2020: Martin J. Donnelly Auction in Indianapolis, Indiana online bidding only
October 30-31, 2020: Brown Tool Auction in York, PA (new location)
November 1, 2020: CRAFTS Tool Swap in Oldwick, NJ
September 25-26, 2020: Martin J. Donnelly Auction in Nashua, NH online bidding only
September 24, 2020: David Stanley Auction in Leicestershire, England
September 24, 2020: Great Planes Trading Co. 13th Annual St. Charles Antique Tool Auction in St. Charles (St. Louis)
September 11-12, 2020: "Liquidation of the Jack Allen Memorial Early Country Living Museum" Auction by PA Auction Center (Day 1 and Day 2) in Southampton, NJ
September 13, 2020: Annual CRAFTS Picnic at Camp Tecumseh, NJ (CANCELLED)
August 12-15, 2020: Rough and Tumble Engineers Historical Assoc. Thresherman’s Reunion in Kinzer, PA (CANCELLED)
August 15, 2020: Horst Tool Auction (and book sale) in Ephrata, PA
August 6, 2020: David Stanley Auction in Leicestershire, England
August 8, 2020: CRAFTS Tool Auction in Oldwick, NJ (CANCELLED)
June 7, 2020: CRAFTS Member Meeting in High Bridge, NJ (CANCELLED)
May 20-23, 2020: EAIA Annual Meeting in Staunton, Virginia (CANCELLED)
April 25, 2020: CRAFTS Tool Auction in Oldwick, NJ (CANCELLED)
April 17-18, 2020: Martin J. Donnelly Auction in Nashua, NH
April 3-4, 2020: Brown Tool Auction in Camp Hill, PA (POSTPONED TO JUNE 26-27)
April 5, 2020: CRAFTS Member Meeting in High Bridge, NJ (CANCELLED)
March 14, 2020: PATINA Auction & Dealer Show in Damascus, MD (POSTPONED TO OCTOBER 16-17)
March 14-15, 2020: Bloomsburg Antique Show in Bloomsburg, PA
March 20-21, 2020: Martin J. Donnelly Auction in Indianapolis, Indiana
March 6-8, 2020: The Woodworking Show in Secaucus, NJ at the Meadowlands Exposition Center
January 25, 2020: M-WTCA Area P Meet, 25th annual meet/dealer show and Brown Tool Auction in York, PA
January 17, 2020: David Stanley Auction in Leicestershire, England