[AJD] Mattawa, Wa. Auction results

G.Dombaugh gdombaugh at 1kms.com
Mon Apr 25 13:25:54 PDT 2005


Great pictures...
Thanks Dean..

Garrell

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dean VP" <deanvp at att.net>
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Sent: Monday, April 25, 2005 1:13 PM
Subject: RE: [AJD] Mattawa, Wa. Auction results


> Chris:
>
> Yep, I also attended and took a bunch of pictures which I am currently
> uploading to a picture site. At 56kb at takes awhile especially with a 
> poor
> phone line to hamper things even more. I'm still shaking my head at what
> some of the prices that the tractors sold for. I'm obviously not in touch
> with JD D prices. Some nicely restored tractors; some painted nicely but 
> not
> restored and some from the fence row.  Had the prices been extremely low I
> might have brought a tractor home even though the barn is over full. Some 
> I
> was interested in but Thank God those went way higher than I was willing 
> to
> pay even with an empty barn. :-)
>
> Did pick up a pallet of parts and a single wheel front end for a 
> convertible
> pedestal. The 10" tire was like new and knowing what they cost I thought I
> better snatch it. The pallet of parts was mostly for a late model B but 
> did
> include what appears to be a good block for an H. Almost half a late model 
> B
> on the pallet. Couldn't pass that up at the price even though I don't own 
> a
> late model B but do own a very early 50 and some of these parts will work
> for it. A true tractor junkie.
>
> Generally I thought the prices were on the high side but there were some
> bargains if the tractor tripped your trigger.
>
> Huge crowd, a well advertised and marketed auction in central WA. A long
> ways from major metropolitan cities but still brought out the local JD
> collectors from multiple states. I brought home a couple copies of the
> extensive and in 4 color Sales Brochure and gave it to my wife. I told her
> to call this auctioneer when I kick the bucket and then also find a few
> other JD collectors to see if a consignment auction could be put together 
> at
> the same time. The marketing work that was done by this auctioneer 
> (Yarbro)
> was excellent. The auction was handled crisply but at time there were 
> three
> auctioneers going at the same time. Fortunately that caused me to miss a 
> few
> things I was interested in. :-)
>
> BTW: The Yakima 2000 hitch sold for $35. A steal. I didn't bid on it 
> because
> I knew you were interested in it. By the time I realized you weren't there
> and bidding it was too late for me to bid. !@#$%^&
>
> I'll have my pictures and sales results up fairly soon.
>
> Dean A. Van Peursem
> Snohomish, WA 98290
>
> I'm a walking storeroom of facts..... I've just lost the key to the
> storeroom door
>
>
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: antique-johndeere-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com
> [mailto:antique-johndeere-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of
> Chris C
> Sent: Monday, April 25, 2005 8:43 AM
> To: ATIS LIST
> Subject: [AJD] Mattawa, Wa. Auction results
>
> Myself and many other local collectors headed over to
> a Yabro Auction in Mattawa, Wa. this weekend.  I am
> sure Dean will have more details,  I left once all the
> tractors I was interested in had sold.  At the rate
> they were going I would have had to wait all day to
> pay too much for the wheels and Yakima hitch parts I
> was interested in.
>
> Here are some of the results I wrote down.
>
>    1932D Rough,  running.              $11,000
>  The funny thing about the D,  from about 5K up it
> was two Yabro auction workers on Cell phones bidding
> against each other...
>    Lindeman Crawler,  rough,            $4000
>    LI Nice looking tractor              $4000
>    37 JD A  Nice looking                $4500
>    41 JD A funny rear wheels Ok lookin  $3750
>    730 with Roll o matic                $5500
>    730 Wide Front (ran but not for sale)$3500
>    530 Wide Front                       $4500
>    430 Wide Front                       $4250
>    M with Front Blade Ugly tractor      $1750
>    R nice running funny, older paint    $4250
>    L    can't remember anything about it$3100
>    520 with Loader Beat up working      $3000
>    40W  Nice looking                    $3750
>    50N Power Steering  nice             $4000
>    60W  Decent looking and running      $3750
>    430T Roll o Matic wrong front end?   $5250
>    530N Very nice tractor               $5000
>    630N No notes taken                  $4250
>    630W No Notes                        $6000
>    730N                                 $6000
>    830 Electric Start Very Nice         $10750
>    Hart Parr 18-36 Old Restration no run$3250
>    AC C                                 $800
>    AC C                                 $2000
>    IH O4                                $1500
>
>   That is all that I took down information on.  I
> went to by the Hart Parr or the O4 but wasn't
> impressed with what some of the locals had to say
> about the Hart Parr,  and I can get an O4 much closer
> to home for 1/2 the price.
>
>   On the 32 D we all stood around dumbfounded as the
> crowd stopped bidding around 5K and the two of the
> auctioneer's guys bid against each other with cell
> phones.  One caller was lost for a moment and the got
> him back and went on.  Personally I think that was BS.
>
>
>    It seemed to me like they lingered on sold a lot
> longer than any other aucion I had been to before
> actually selling the item.  The Lindeman was not
> running,  would not steer,  and had a blade buy was
> missing cylinders,  I thought it would fetch more than
> 4K.  Oh well.
>
>    If anyone else went and knows what the Yahkima
> hitch went for of the 38" cast center wheels I would
> not mind knowing.
>
>                 Chris
>
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