Reply To: Mr Sellers will send me broke ;)

Try the Hand Tool Preservation Association of Australia tool sales (3 per year) in the Melbourne area and the once a year Traditional Tools Group (Sydney) February sale. I haven’t travelled down to either organization’s sales in a few years now but when I last went both had quality tools at realistic prices but the sellers were mostly traders who knew what they were dealing in. The chance to inspect for missing components and defects (cracks) before forking out the cash was an advantage over any online auction or trader . But they do know what they are selling so you wont find the mispriced bargains. Fortunately I got most of my woodworking tools many years ago and don’t feel the need to extend the collection beyond what I can reasonably maintain – and I don’t often venture on to ebay because many tools put on ebay in Australia were generally overpriced and/or abused tools.