Primitive & Vintage Tool Collection
Toby Bowman Unique Tool Collection
819 Market Street Aberdeen Ohio 45101
Three-Day HUGE Auction – 9:00 AM Each Day
• Wednesday – April 22, 2026 (Household Only – NO TOOLS SOLD THIS DAY)
• Friday – April 24, 2026 (Primitive & Specialty Collections)
• Saturday – April 25, 2026 (Tool Collection, Vehicles & Equipment)
WEDNESDAY – APRIL 22 9:00 AM
HOUSEHOLD, CROCKS & COLLECTIBLES (No tools sold Wednesday)
• Knockdown wardrobe
• Ornate hall trees & unique wall tree
• 2 double-roller secretaries (one believed from Brown County Courthouse)
• Ornate wood desk/work table
• Child’s rocker & baby cradle
• Ice box
• Wooden dresser & beds
• Oval wood table & pedestal tables
• Spinning wheel
• Wood trunks
• Old barber chair
• Floor lamps
STONEWARE, CROCKS and JUGS
Large multi-state collection including:
• #5 Red Wing jug
• Bee Sting crocks & jugs
• Greensboro, PA crocks
• Maysville, KY jugs
• Cincinnati, OH jugs
• Parkersburg, WV jug
• Roseville, OH pottery
• Grasse, IL arsenate crock
• Numerous marked advertising crocks & whiskey jugs
BOTTLES, TINS & ADVERTISINGdvertising
Mason’s 1858 ½ gallon jar
• Madison ½ pint milk bottle
• Dairy bottles (Dayton, Hillsboro, Georgetown & more)
• Red Cap Coffee tin
• National Biscuit Co. jar
• Burma Shave jar
• Winston Racing & cigarette display items
• Ringling Bros advertising
• Beer signs, draft handles & Budweiser light
• Pabst lighted neon sign
• 6-pack Coca-Cola advertising carrier
Lamps, Glassware & Décor
• Pink Depression glass lamps (RE Smith Glass Co.)
• Oil lamps & jade lamp
• Depression glass candy dishes
• Miniature oil lamps
• Cast iron banks & ashtrays
• Brass school bells
• Avon bottles
• Figurines & statues (Laurel & Hardy, bartender statue)
Miscellaneous Collectibles
• 1876 Brown County Atlas
• 1942–57 World Atlas
• Fountain pens & inkwells
• 1950 chauffeur license pin
• Star Wars Monopoly set
• Betty Boop & Little Mermaid lunch boxes
• Ertl toy tractor
• Daisy BB gun
• Old razors & shaving kits
• Quilts (Dresden Plate & others)
FRIDAY – APRIL 24 9:00 AM
Primitives, Specialty Collections & Unusual Antiques
Blacksmith & Early Trade Tools
• Swages, fullers, flatters & cutters
• Blacksmith tongs
• Small anvils
• Forge blower
• Bellows
• Branding irons
• Ice saw
• Horse bits
• Planishing hammer
Axes, Hatchets & Edge Tools (Sold Individually & in Small Groups)
• 250+ Broad Axes (at least 100 on Friday)
• Embossed axes including Plumb, Keen Kutter, OVB, Winchester, Stanley, Kelly, Boy Scout
• Fireman’s axes
• Ice axes
• B&O & North & Western RR axes
• Stanley hatchets
• Miniature broad axes
Woodworking & Cooper’s Tools
• Large molding plane collection (Ohio Tool & others)
• Stanley Bedrocks & specialty planes (#10 carriage maker’s rabbet, #55 w/blades, #71, #113, #118, #140, #148, etc.)
• Plow plane collection (including ivory tipped examples)
• Violin rabbet & combination planes
• Haines Patent Thickness Gauge
• Hag’s Tooth router plane
• Draw knives & miniature draw knife collection
• Spokeshaves (including unusual examples)
• Cabinet scrapers
• Wooden braces, augers & Russell Jennings bit sets (boxed)
• Breast drills
• Corner braces
• Dovetailed carpenter boxes
Wrenches & Mechanical Tools Collection
• The Prince Wrench (Lowentraut Patent)
• Diamond Brand miniature crescents
• B&O 6” & 8” tools
• Wescott adjustable wrenches
• Blackhawk cutout wrench
• King Kutter square nut remover
• Brass adjustable ratchet
• Roller chain break
• Bicycle wrenches
• Pipe wrenches including 48” aluminum Rigid
• Bulldog nail puller
• Huge nail puller
• Antique pipe vise
Railroad & Industrial
• Pyle-National steam locomotive classification light
• Railroad hatchets & pick hammers
• Cast iron RR memorabilia
• Oil cans & brass fire nozzle
• Ooga car horn
Medical / Dental / Scientific
• Dental burrs (mailed to Dr. H.E. Drake, Lebanon, Ohio)
• Bone saw & cutter
• Pill masher & bowl
• Lab vacuum pump
• Stainless meat cutting gloves
Cast Iron, Advertising & Curiosities
• Keen Kutter waffle maker
• Cast iron stoves & miniatures
• Match holders (including Keen Kutter)
• Cast iron bookends
• Soldiers, animals & banks
• Advertising anvils
• Movie theater “Thespian” art
• Enterprise cherry picker
• Cast iron grainer pigment grinder
SATURDAY – APRIL 25 9:00 AM
Vehicles, Large Equipment & Remaining Tool Collection
Vehicles
• 1953 Chrysler 350 SBC(Built), auto, Nitrous bottle in trunk, custom paint/interior
• 1965 Ford Mustang 289, auto
• 1974 MGB 4 spd, convertible
• Electric Cushman cart
• Horse drawn buggy
Remaining Tool Highlights
• Massive broadaxe collection (remaining lots)
• Remaining wood planes, Stanley, Bedrock, Union, etc
• Miniature vises & small vise collection
• Miniature measuring wheel w/leather case
• Watchmaker tools
• Wood carving tools (boxed set)
• Miniature grindstone
• Pattern maker’s mallet
• Large sledge hammers
• Dog head sawyer hammers (3 examples)
• Knapping hammers
• Sugar Devils
• Adzes (including bowl adze)
• Froes
• Slicks & chisels
• Travelers wheels
• Hay knives & hooks
Shop Equipment
• Pipe vise
• Metal scales
• Stove pipe crimper
• Wooden clamps
Cobblers, Broom Makers & Specialty Trades
• Cobbler’s tools & nail cups
• Broom maker’s vises & hammers
• Slater’s tools
• Tobacco cutters (Enterprise & others)
• Super Plug cutter
• Corn shellers (Gray Bros Louisville, Enterprise)
• Corn sheller wrench (Blackhawk)
• Flax spinning wheel
• Barrel bung tools
Additional Miscellaneous
• 1800s corn knife & sword
• Airplane propeller
• Cast iron tea kettles, griddles & skillets
• Copper wash boilers
• Speckleware coffee pots
• Advertising thermometers
• Wooden nickels (Lynchburg, Ohio 1966)
• Ancient Order of United Workers plaque
• Polish Armed Guard brass belt buckle
Important Notes
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NO TOOLS SOLD ON WEDNESDAY
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Bring your lawn chairs, auction held inside tent.
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Auction begins promptly at 9:00 AM each day
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Come Friday and Saturday because day assignments are subject to change
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Angela’s Curbside Cuisine Food vendor on site
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Announcements day of sale take precedence
This is the collection of Toby Bowman, a passionate collector of primitive and trade tools — truly a “have to see to believe” event.
Owner, Julia Bowman
TERMS/DISCLAIMER: Announcements made auction day take precedence over any previous notification. ID required to register for buyer’s number.
Payment made on auction day with cash or good check with proper I.D.
Items to be paid in full prior to leaving auction site each day.
All sold “as is, where is” with no guarantees. Prospective buyers should avail themselves the opportunity to make inspection of personal property prior to bidding.
Our company is not responsible for accidents or loss of property
Mike Brown & Associates, LLC – Auctioneers
Mike Brown, Auctioneer
Mike Ames, Auctioneer
Randy Dugan, Auctioneer
Mark, Lail Auctioneer.
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