VINTAGE PROTO PROFESSIONAL TOOLS STORE DISPLAY BOARD. Offered for sale is an original PROTO Professional Tools retail display board used by hardware stores, industrial suppliers, and automotive tool distributors to display sockets and drive tools. This piece features original PROTO branding, numerous factory display pegs, socket size markings, drive specifications, and product references. It served as a point-of-sale display where individual sockets and accessories would have been hung for customer selection. The display shows decades of authentic use and wear, making it an excellent piece of industrial Americana and automotive tool history. Features. Original PROTO Professional Tools display board. Authentic store advertising and merchandising display. Retains numerous original metal display pegs. Marked for multiple socket sizes and drive configurations. Great industrial, automotive, garage, or workshop décor. Excellent conversation piece for collectors of vintage tools and advertising. Condition: Displays significant age-related wear from years of commercial use, including staining, discoloration, scratches, missing pegs, edge wear, and surface marks. Please review all photographs carefully as they are part of the description. This display would look fantastic in a garage, workshop, man cave, automotive collection, industrial loft, or vintage tool display. A scarce surviving example of mid-century American tool merchandising and PROTO advertising.
