the chaos axe doesn't have much working in its favour other than the fact that it's max and gold. the dmg mod is far from max (+20% while hexed), the req is pretty high and there are better grips than the warding one on it. i would just pass that on to my buddy the merchant, but if you have the patience, you could probably unload it for 1-3k (try ascalon).
the shield, well ... high req, undesired skin, single mod which is nowhere close to max (+30). merchant it.