[AT] Bridgeport Nebraska auction

[Gordon Hart]

I think you will be supprised about the price of the cheapest tractor. There 
are a lot of used parts guys that will far out spend the scrap people.

Gordon

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "charlie hill" <chill8 at suddenlink.net>
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Sent: Friday, February 15, 2008 7:31 AM
Subject: Re: [AT] Bridgeport Nebraska auction


>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>
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>
>> 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>
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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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