[Farmall] Freeman auction prices

[Karl Olmstead]

Lane, you know that all those empty storage sheds create a powerful vacuum, 
which is going to attract every old tractor and truck for many miles in 
every direction.  There's no way that you'll keep them empty.

I have to admit, the O-14 was calling my name.  It is the first tractor that 
I've ever actually thought about coming clear across the USA to acquire. 
Let's see.. coupla weeks off work, maybe $2000 for diesel fuel, then the 
bidding war during the auction... heck, it probably wouldn't have cost me 
more than $25K for that wonderful tractor.  What a tractor hauling trip 
story!  Worth it just for the bragging rights.  Probably seven thousand 
miles round trip.  Ranks right up there with one of Bob's trips.

I really did want the tractor.  Obviously at least two others felt the same 
way!

-Karl


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Lane Freeman" <somopharm at rcn.com>
To: "Farmall/IHC mailing list" <farmall at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2006 8:47 AM
Subject: Re: [Farmall] Freeman auction prices


> Overall, the auction results were a surprise to me(in a good way). 
> Memorabilia, toys, manuals and signs did equally as well as the tractors. 
> I'm still not cleaned up from two thousand people converging on my farm 
> after 2 inches of rain falling just two days before the auction.  The 
> collecting bug has not grabbed me yet, although the crew of Aumann 
> Auctions were taking bets that I would buy my first tractor within 2 
> months.  I did pick up a Gehl CTL70 track loader with 20 hours on it just 
> to do work around the farm but that isn't exactly a collectable.  The guys 
> at my local IH dealership just took in a cherry 1486 on trade and think it 
> would work well in my empty pole barn.  But I think Bob Currie and you 
> would be upset with my defection from the hand cranker ranks if I bought 
> that one; almost sounds like something a "cheesehead" would buy.
>
> Karl, you should have come for the O-14
>
> Lane