Tools: what they sell for at government auction

The median tools lot sold for $110 across 18,607 completed US government auctions through Oct 24, 2026. Most close between $34 and $400. The median is -2% over the trailing three months.

Median sale price by month

Methodology: median final winning bid on tools lots that closed on official US government auction platforms since May 2026. Realised sale prices, excluding buyer's premium. No-bid lots excluded; a month needs at least 5 sales to chart. The current month is still filling, so it is shown faded and excluded from the 3-month change. Lots whose true hammer price we captured after close are used as-is. The rest are corrected for late bidding, by a factor measured per category against the lots where we have both figures. Updated daily.