A coupla sales looked promising, and I had some cash on me. First
sale promised "antique tools in fine condition", second sale said
there were huge amounts of old tools. That one was 90 min. away,
but it gave us a chance to visit mom 'n dad.

First one, it looked like a Stanley collector's ex-wife was divesting
a collection. A couple items had been sold by the time I got there, but
two #40 scrubs, a #113 circular plane, a #146 t&g-makin' contraption,
a full set of  basic cutters for a #45, a 12-1/2 veneer scraper, a
#39-1/4 dado plane, an unmarked double-ended block plane, and a buncha
woodies and some other stuff remained.

I wanted to save some cash for the second sale so I plunked down $70
and took home the 12-1/2, the minty #40, the #146, and the cutters.
Second sale turned out to have nothing more than a buncha old files
and pipe wrenches.

I guess the moral of the story is never pass up a sure thing in favor
of a possibility. I *should* have bought more at the first sale, run
to the nearest cash machine, and bought the rest. Oh well, live and
learn.... plus I did ok buying what I did.