Quality Vintage Used Old Tools Professionally Refurbished ready for use.
Investing in Antiques and Collectables
A smart investor buys when the prices are low and sells again when they are high. Certain things can affect a markets value and with antiques it’s generally affected by fashion.
With antique tools however it’s still a strong market and demand for rare items and finding these rare items at a snip has become harder over recent years helping to keep prices buoyant.
Some of the vintage & antique tools that have been graced our website – Many from the past year & one or two still present. Old tools like these get listed here in the website so be sure to check the site every week if anything is of interest. Check what old tools are New In
About us
Tooltique is based in Norwich and was established 30 years ago by my father. Since his retirement It’s taken a few years for me to follow in his footsteps but the gravitational pull has grown as i gained knowledge.
I guess it has been a bit of a calling and nowadays has become a bit of an obsession. Tools and Antiques are in my blood and rather than fight it any longer I felt it was time to answer that call.
Beginners Guid to collecting tools
Without tools the human race wouldn’t have evolved and we would be no different to other animals on this Planet. That’s the significant importance that makes collecting tools so fascinating. Tools could be deemed the father of all things, without them everything that is man made would be nothing more than an idea. Once there were tools it’s only then it created the skilled workers who mastered them and the tradesman was born! There has been an evolution of tools as with man himself, we use tools to make better tools, and tools to increase productivity. Somewhere in between there was an era where it was important where tools should be crafted to a standards to that could be created from using them.
Tools can be collected for a number of reasons and each person generally will have a connection or interest with a certain theme. There are the obvious groups such as carpentry, leather work and mechanical but there are others such as dentistry, architectural, surgical and scientific instruments and many others besides. All subjects have history and I think where there is a practical skill it connects that person to the history of the subject. It’s interesting to know how what you know evolved to its current form, its like retracing another form of history to the person you are.
Old tool refurbishment
Tooltique is based in Norwich and was established 30 years ago by my father. Since his retirement It’s taken a few years for me to follow in his footsteps but the gravitational pull has grown as i gained knowledge. I guess it has been a bit of a calling and nowadays has become a bit of an obsession. Tools and Antiques are in my blood and rather than fight it any longer I felt it was time to answer that call.
Selling Antique Tools
There are various ways of selling your old tools online but you will never achieve a good return without hassle unless you are affiliated with a good dealer. It’s a fallacy to think dealers pay less than the prices you will see in auctions because after fees are taken out and the time you have to spend doing it you will get less than we offer. Besides any profits we make are purely from the hard work we put in to reconditioning items we buy.
Old Tools Wanted
Do you have any old tools in your shed? Maybe you were left a set of tools by a relative in the past and want to sell them all together without all the fuss. We pay good rates for the right tools and usable antiques so please feel free to send us an image for us to look at them and give you a price to buy them. Contact us today for more information.
