[AT] High Old Iron Prices in Wed News Article

Chuck Bealke bealke at airmail.net
Tue Apr 8 22:23:02 PDT 2008


Friends,

So the monied folks buying small pieces of farms to get away from
the city - and thereby converting remaining farmland to a solid grid of 
suburbia - have discovered a piece of our fun.  They are buying our
favorite iron at auctions.

Wednesday's Wall Street Journal has an article titled,
"Old Tractors, Maserati Prices." The online paid version has
some pictures taken at auctions.  One well known to us auctioneer
claims to have sold a Deere 3020 Orchard for $160K. 
There is also a nice plug for a well known restorer from Sully, Iowa, 
and mention of a $50/hr or more rate for restorations.

However rosy and fanciful the picture it paints for sellers, the stuff 
does indeed seem to be getting harder to take home.


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