Everyday vintage tools once seen as ordinary now fetch strong prices from collectors. Some pieces hiding in garages are surprisingly valuable.

Antique tools are more than just relics of the past — they can also be resold for surprising amounts. While not every screwdriver or hammer will be worth a lot, some of these historical tools were ...

Thousands of handcrafted antique tools that a retired woodworking teacher spent decades collecting but never used are worth more than $35,000. Roy Turnage, 88, spent years adding to his haul that ...

Today I want to visit with you about a conversation we had with fellow docents. They shared with us that one of their friends visited the museum and was quite disappointed because all it had in it was ...

On Sunday, Aug. 1, members of the Early American Industries Association and the Mid-West Tools Collectors Association will host their annual Antique Tool Show and Sale at Garfield Farm Museum in ...

During the last weekend of August, the Cow Neck Peninsula Historical Society hosted an Antique Tool Giveaway. The giveaway was successful, with other historical society representatives, local museum ...

Modern kitchens overflow with gadgets that promise to make cooking easier, faster, and better. Most of them end up shoved in the back of a drawer after a few uses, too specialized or too flimsy to ...

It's hard to not find some level of appeal in vintage tools. Whether you find charm in their classic designs or see the value in chronicling the evolution of mankind's ingenuity, a vintage or antique ...

If you have old kitchen tools gathering dust, you might be sitting on more than just memories. Many antique kitchen items that were once everyday essentials are now attracting collectors and can be ...

Lynn Dowd's cigarettes in a duck foot ashtray next to tools he uses at his workshop at Dowd's Vintage and Antique Tools in Garland. Lynn Dowd's blacksmith vise from 1791 at Dowd's Vintage and Antique ...

Members of the Mid-West Tool Collectors Association and the Early American Industries Association will be returning to Garfield Farm Museum in Campton Hills on Sunday, Aug. 6, to put on the 30th ...