[AT] almost NOS John Deere

[Bill Darnell]

John,  Went to that sale and a collector paid $48,000 for the 4440  the 
combine went to a farmer who was going to put it to work.  The farmer never 
ran out of money, he just had more than he needed.  There was two other 4440 
that he had that he used all the time. One had just over 2500 hours and sold 
for $43,000 and the other just over 3000 which sold for 38,000.  He had a 
two 730's and a 630 also.  He also had an extensive collection of horse 
drawn equipment well as cattle equipment.  Every thing sold for more money 
than I had so I came home empty handed.  The sale was only 30 miles north of 
where I live.   The man had just bought 100 acre's of farm ground 10 days 
before he died, at $8,000 an acre.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Hall" <jthall at worldnet.att.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Sunday, April 12, 2009 4:23 PM
Subject: [AT] almost NOS John Deere


>I saw an article in Successful Farming about an auction for a John Deere
> 4440 that had only 47 hours. It sold for some over $4?,000 recently. I
> believe the fellow that owns Kinze Mfg. bought it. The story goes the 
> fellow
> that owned it was farming full scale--until they found oil on his land.
> Evidently he didn't any more money after that so he just parked a lot of 
> his
> equipment instead of selling it. Also had a combine of similar vintage 
> with
> 400 hours. Can't help but wonder did a collector get the combine or is it
> headed to the field.
>
> John Hall
>
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