[AJD] Heidrich auction

[John Boehm]

It is not the end of the museum by any means.  What
was in the museum was maybe about 20% or less of the
tractors in Fred Sr's collection.   Plus there was a
large boneyard of implements and other parts. On his
death a few years ago, some of the tractors were owned
by the non-profit museum entity and some went to his
various children. It is my understanding that none of
the tractors actually in the museum are being sold.
What is being sold is some of the excess items owned
by  the museum  plus items inherited by Fred Jr.
Nonetheless, it will be a large auction with buyers
from around the world. They expect many of the
crawlers to end up in Australia or Great Britain, with
real tiume internet bidding going on in addition to
the actual live auction.. It will be fun to attend as
I am only about 6 miles away, but  I agree with Karl
that some prices may be ludicrous. I would love to
have the Samson Sieve Grip tractor, but am not
optimistic. On the other hand, there are rows and rows
of  implements ranging from complete to just pieces
(supposed to be 200 plows alone!) that they expect
might not bring much more than scrap value. It will be
interesting!

John Boehm
Woodland, CA
Visit my web site at http://vintagetractors.com


--- Karl Olmstead <olmstead at ridgenet.net> wrote:

> There's a two-page spread in the back of the latest
> Antique Power magazine 
> regarding the Heidrich auction.  The Heidrichs have
> one of the largest 
> collections of antique tractors in California.  Main
> emphasis is crawlers, 
> but there is a smattering of John Deere (a spoker D,
> for example), and about 
> 40 IHC tractors including a couple of 8-16s. 
> Auction is in mid September. 
> Run by Aumann Auctions, but there's nothing about
> the auction on their web 
> page.  I forgot to bring the ad to work today, or
> I'd offer more info.  The 
> ad lists a few steam tractors, as well as a Yuba
> ball tractor and a Samson 
> Sieve-Grip or two.  One or two Rumelys.  I'd like to
> see the tractors, but I 
> might leave my checkbook at home.  Prices will be
> ludicrous.
> 
> I'm wondering if this is the end of the Heidrich
> Agricultural Museum in 
> Woodland, Ca.  Still haven't managed to tour the
> place.
> 
> -Karl 
> 
> 
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