Upcoming Events
of Interest to Tool Collectors

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 Edison, NJ

February 16-18, 2023: 34th Annual Air Works Consignment Auction in Millersburg, OH, including antique tools on Thursday

March 11, 2023: PATINA Tool Dealer Sale & Auction in Damascus, MD

March 18, 2023: Horst Antique Tool Auction in Ephrata, PA

March 18, 2023: PAST Tool Collectors Spring Tool Show in Spreckels, CA

March 23, 2023: David Stanley Auction in Osgathorpe, Leicestershire, England

March 31-April 1, 2023: 62nd Brown Tool Auction in York, PA

April 2, 2023: Tools of the Trades Spring Show & Sale in Pickering, Ontario, Canada

April 15, 2023: CRAFTS Tool Auction in Oldwick, NJ

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 1-9, 2023: Kutztown Folk Festival in Kutztown, PA

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

August 11-12, 2023: Goschenhoppen Historians' 55th Annual Folk Festival at Henry Antes Plantation in Perkiomenville, 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 16, 2023: Northeast Woodworkers Association Annual Lumber & Tool Auction in Colonie, NY

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 15, 2023: Tools of the Trades Fall Show & Sale in Pickering, Ontario, Canada

October 21-22, 2023: Jacktown-Blue Mountain Antique Gas & Steam Engine Association 44th Annual Fall Harvest and Sawmill Show in Bangor, PA

Past Events

January 28, 2023: MWTCA Area P 26th Annual Tool Show and Auction in York, PA

January 26, 2023: David Stanley Auction in Osgathorpe, Leicestershire, England

January 21, 2023: Jacktown-Blue Mountain Antique Gas & Steam Engine Association Snow Show in Bangor, PA

January 3-4, 2023: Martin J. Donnelly Auction (online only)

December 6-7, 2022: Martin J. Donnelly Auction (online only)

November 24, 2022: David Stanley Auction in Osgathorpe, Leicestershire, England

November 20, 2022: M.J. Stasak Online Estate Tool Auction

November 20, 2022: Mountain Mary Exhibit & Discussion at the New Pennsylvania German Cultural Heritage Center in Kutztown, PA

November 12, 2022: Horst Antique Tool Auction in Ephrata, 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

November 5, 2022: Great Planes Trading Co. 10th Annual Fall Antique Tool Auction in St. Charles (St. Louis), MO

October 23, 2022: M.J. Stasak Online Estate Tool Auction

October 21-22, 2022: 61st Brown Tool Auction in York, PA

October 20, 2022: Chupp Auction of the Dan & Myrna Coleman Tool Collection continued in Shipshewana, IN (and online)

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 18, 2022: M.J. Stasak Online Estate Tool Auction

September 16-18, 2022: 44th Annual Days of the Past Antique Power & Equipment Show in Titusville, NJ

September 11, 2022: Annual CRAFTS Picnic at Camp Tecumseh, NJ

September 10, 2022: EAIA Regional Meeting at Old Sturbridge Village in Sturbridge, MA

September 10, 2022: Great Planes Trading Co. 15th Annual St. Charles Antique Tool Auction in St. Charles (St. Louis), MO

September 9-11, 2022: Dublin Gas & Steam Engine Meet in Dublin, NH

August 20, 2022: PAST Tool Collectors Summer Tool Show in Sonoma, CA

August 13, 2022: Horst Summer Antique Tool Auction in Ephrata, PA

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)

July 2-10, 2022: Kutztown Folk Festival in Kutztown, PA

July 2, 2022: Great Planes Trading Co. 13th Annual Hotter n Hell Antique Tool Auction in St. Charles (St. Louis), MO

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 10-11, 2022: Martin J. Donnelly Auctions in Nashua, NH

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 27-29, 2022: Bernardston Gas Engine Show & Giant Flea Market in Bernardston, MA

May 21, 2022: Horst Spring Antique Tool Auction in Ephrata, PA

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 30, 2022: CRAFTS Tool Auction in Oldwick, NJ

April 30, 2022: Great Planes Trading Co. 16th Annual Humboldt Antique Tool Auction in Humbolt, Iowa

April 24, 2022: Notre-Dame de Paris Truss Project: A Day of Demonstrations and Presentations at Millennium Gate Museum in Atlanta, GA

April 22-23, 2022: 60th Brown Tool Auction in York, PA

April 21, 2022: David Stanley Auction in Osgathorpe, Leicestershire, England

April 14, 2022: Notre-Dame de Paris Truss Project: Virtual Panel Presentation

April 10, 2022: Hartzell's Auction of the Iron Collections of William “Buck” Carson and Dave & Sue Irons online only

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 12, 2022: Great Planes Trading Co. 13th Annual Cabin Fever Antique Tool Auction in St. Charles (St. Louis), MO

March 10, 2022: Chupp Auction of the Dan & Myrna Coleman Tool Collection (continued) in Shipshewana, IN (online)

March 3, 2022: David Stanley Auction in Osgathorpe, Leicestershire, England

February 17-19, 2022: 33rd Annual Air Works Consignment Auction in Millersburg, OH

February 6, 2022: CRAFTS Member Meeting -- TOOL SWAP ONLY -- in High Bridge, NJ

January 15, 2022: Horst Winter Antique Tool Auction in Ephrata, PA

January 15, 2022: Blue Mountain Antique Gas & Steam Engine Association Snow Show in Jacktown Grove, Bangor, PA

January 13, 2022: David Stanley Auction in Osgathorpe, Leicestershire, England

Events of 2020-2021 are archived here.