Lumber & Tool Auction
Save the Date:
Saturday, September 12, 2026
Doors open at 10:00 am for cash sales (small items) and auction preview. Auction starts at 12:00 noon. All are welcome to attend; there is no admission fee.
Location: Shaker Museum Barn, 820 Heritage Lane, Colonie NY 12205
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This year’s Lumber & Tool Auction is being held in conjunction with the Shaker Heritage Society Harvest Craft Fair at 25 Meeting House Road. The Craft Fair is hosting over 85 vendors as well as craft demos, tours, food, live music and petting zoo.
Over one hundred people participate each year in our annual auction. Attendees have the opportunity to directly purchase smaller items at great prices, as well as participate in the auction. Our auction contents vary from year to year, but always contain plenty of used hand tools and woodworking machines. The varieties of lumber available for auction also vary, but usually include red oak, white oak, maple, cherry and exotic hardwoods. Lumber is typically available in approximately 20-50 bd ft lots.
Note: Proceeds from our tool sales go 50% to the Fiske Fund (an educational grant fund used to defray costs of woodworkers’ education) and 50% to the NWA general fund.
Below: photos of past lumber and tool auctions.
