[AJD] Mattawa, Wa. Auction results
G.Dombaugh
gdombaugh at 1kms.com
Mon Apr 25 13:25:54 PDT 2005
Great pictures...
Thanks Dean..
Garrell
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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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>
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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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