[AT] High Old Iron Prices in Wed News Article

[John B]

Where is the stampede of people to buy the JD 40T that
I have for sale? It is a good runner, good sheet metal
and tires, working pto and three point lift. It would
be a perfect trtactor for the new ranchette owner. At
an asking price of only $2500, I am still hardly
getting any response on my ads!

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


--- Chuck Bealke <bealke at airmail.net> wrote:

> 
> 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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