Mount Prospect Historical Society to hold tool auction and beer tasting June 27

If you are in the market for some great new or gently-used tools or love to collect interesting tools from the past, you will want to mark your calendar for the new event that the Mount Prospect Historical Society is offering this summer.

On Saturday, June 27, the society will hold its inaugural "Totally Tools Auction and Beer Tasting" at 7 p.m. in the Saint Paul Lutheran School gymnasium, 10 S. School St., Mount Prospect.

The evening will feature tools, new, gently used and possibly antique, which will be sold via a live auction, as well as at cash and carry tables. Tool aficionado Laura Luteri will be the auctioneer. Your reservation can be purchased for $10 each at the museum or via PayPal at www.mtphist.org. Reservations are needed by June 22.

Attendees will also be invited to taste craft beers brewed by Only Child Brewing Company in Gurnee (www.onlychildbrewing.com).

Those who wish to donate new, gently-used or vintage tools should phone Chad Busse at (847) 253-1634 or Cindy Bork at (847) 392-9006 to arrange for a drop-off or pickup.

Proceeds from the "Totally Tools Auction and Beer Tasting" will benefit the MPHS's 1896 Central School restoration fund. Sponsors for the event are the Illinois Barbeque Society, Robert Bosch Tool Corporation, Only Child Brewing Company and Busse Automotive.

The Mount Prospect Historical Society is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization which is committed to preserving the history of Mount Prospect, Illinois, through artifacts, photographs and both oral and written memories of current and former residents and businesspeople. On its campus in the heart of the village, the society maintains the 1906 Dietrich Friedrichs house museum and carriage house and an ADA-accessible education.