Found out my grandfather's old chisels were worth more than my whole rig

I was digging through some old boxes my dad gave me last month, thinking they were just rusty junk from my grandfather's garage. Turns out a few of those chisels are from a maker in Boston that stopped production in the 1940s, and one sold on eBay for $400 alone. I almost sharpened them down to nothing without even looking them up, glad I paused and checked first. Has anyone else inherited tools that turned out to be way more valuable than they expected?

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hannahj4913d ago

Hated when people said old tools were "worth something." Thought they were just being dramatic. But then my uncle found a set of old wrenches in a shed, looked them up, and sold them for more than my car. Totally changed my view. Now I check everything before I touch it with a grinder.