[AT] almost NOS John Deere

John Hall jthall at worldnet.att.net
Mon Apr 13 05:04:40 PDT 2009


The tractor must have been something to see. Imagine in 30 years when that 
machine is an antique instead of a classic how nice of a showpiece it will 
be. I can see the correct police climbing all over it---checking decal 
placement, wanting to know what was painted before final assembly, etc. I 
can't help but wonder if the economy would have been better or if it would 
have been better advertised as a collectable, what the selling price would 
have been.

John

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill Darnell" <dltc at sbcglobal.net>
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Sent: Sunday, April 12, 2009 9:30 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] almost NOS John Deere


> 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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