Some businesses are built from a business plan. Industrial Treasures grew from a passion.
It started in the 1970s with a vintage racing business specializing in late 1950s English sports racing cars. We raced, restored, bought, and sold cars and parts, with a particular niche in the restoration of Coventry Climax engines. That work took us to events and clients across the country and abroad, including restoring and selling a car to legendary racing driver Stirling Moss, and spending a summer in 1980 traveling the English racing circuit with Stirling and his wife Susie as his mechanics.
Finding the right parts and equipment for that world meant learning how to source things that weren't available through normal channels. That skill never left us.
From Racing to Industrial Equipment
What began as equipment sourcing for the racing business gradually grew into something larger. In 1986 we founded Dewell and Dewell Incorporated in Batavia, Illinois, starting out of a small Arctic military surplus Quonset hut in downtown Batavia. Ten years later we outgrew it and moved across town to a much larger facility in the former Lindgren Foundry building on Mallory Avenue.
Over the decades that followed, Dewell and Dewell worked with finance and leasing companies, insurance firms, and corporations of all sizes, helping them liquidate equipment and clear out facilities across the Chicago area. Each project uncovered a different layer of history, equipment, and design. Along the way we also conducted auctions, including three charity auctions that helped raise money to build the Batavia Riverwalk.
Coming to St. Charles
In 2018 we relocated to St. Charles, moving into an 8,000 square foot warehouse on Indiana Avenue. In 2020 the neighboring space became available, and we expanded into an additional 8,000 square feet to open the Industrial Treasures retail showroom. What had once been a gym became the store you can visit today.
Today Industrial Treasures carries vintage furniture, industrial antiques, architectural salvage, artwork, lighting, collectibles, tools, and one of a kind items that resist easy categorization. The same spirit of discovery that defined Dewell and Dewell for more than 35 years continues here every day.
Our Mission
Our mission is simple: offer people the opportunity to purchase unusual and practical items that enrich their lives while giving great objects a second life through reuse and repurposing.
Our History
Many long-time customers will remember us as Dewell and Dewell, which served the industrial equipment community in the Fox Valley area for more than three decades. That history is the foundation everything here is built on.
Industrial Treasures has also been selling on eBay since 1999 under the name surpluswarehouse. If you can't make it to St. Charles in person, you can find a selection of our inventory there as well.
Curious what makes our inventory unlike anything else in the area? Read What Makes Industrial Treasures Different.
Welcome to Industrial Treasures.
Visit Us
Industrial Treasures Ltd.
1501 Indiana Ave., Unit 1A
St. Charles, Illinois 60174
630-879-6166
info@industrialtreasures.com
Tuesday through Saturday: 10am to 5pm
Sunday: 11am to 5pm
Selling on eBay since 1999, with the eBay name surpluswarehouse.
Visit our eBay Store:
http://myworld.ebay.com/surpluswarehouse