About 30 years ago, Tom Schofield was offered a collection of 3,000 locks. Allison, his daughter, was in college at that time and didn't have a summer job, so he bought the locks and put her in charge of sorting and cataloging them. With Frank Arnall's bible, she and her dad started to decipher the mysteries of locks, and Schofield's Padlock Auctions was born.
By the time his interest in locks was sparked, Tom had already been an antique dealer for over 30 years. He loves finding something that he hasn't handled before so he can learn about a new area of interest. He had never bought and sold locks, but coming from a long line of mechanical engineers, he was intrigued by the mechanics of these complex pieces of history.
Tom and his wife, Donalyn