[AT] Bridgeport Nebraska auction

[charlie hill]

I just can't imagine how much money and time a guy would need to have a 
collection that big even if he bought the stuff dirt cheap or had it given 
to him.  Just the cost of storing all of it and keeping the place cleaned up 
would break most folks.  I'd like to know the guys story.

Here is what worries me about the sale.   How many folks are their that will 
go to Nebraska to bid on one of the 1500 JD's?  There are so many of them 
that are the same models.  With the high price of scrap I'm afraid that they 
will run out of legitimate collector buyers and the scrap guys will be there 
drooling and buying them to cut them up.

Charlie
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Barr" <stevebarr at ameritech.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Friday, February 15, 2008 6:56 AM
Subject: Re: [AT] Bridgeport Nebraska auction


> There has been a good discussion on Smokstak about this in two of the
> forums
>
> http://www.smokstak.com/forum/showthread.php?t=44876
>
> http://www.smokstak.com/forum/showthread.php?t=42903
>
> I knew of this sale back in September 2007 when Aumann Auctions put it on
> their web site(This was just prior to the George Schaff auction).  Since
> then, there was a change of heart when the "big money" came in...I guess
> the entire operation was purchased by Kruse and now they are selling
> it...Others have noticed it as well, but several tractors that were shown
> there are not listed on Kruse's auction.  I wonder where they went to ???
>
> Steve
> --- Paul Waugh <pwaugh at embarqmail.com> wrote:
>
>> A Gary Phillips .. looks like he was like another "Dennis Polk"  .. just
>>
>> take a pocket full of money and spend the week.  if it cost $10 to get
>> in, I
>> wonder how much a hamburger and bottle of water will bring :))
>>
>> Paul Waugh
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "charlie hill" <chill8 at suddenlink.net>
>> To: "Antique tractor email discussion group"
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>> Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2008 7:25 PM
>> Subject: [AT] Bridgeport Nebraska auction
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>>
>> >I got a flyer...no...catalog in the mail today from Kruse Auction for
>> this
>> > sale in Bridgeport NE. Unless I missed it they didn't say who's stuff
>> this
>> > is. Can someone fill me in? Man I thought I was a pack rat!
>> > 20,000 items 1500 JD tractors. Who owns this stuff and how did they
>> > acquire
>> > it?
>> >
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