[AT] Tractor temptations

[Charlie V]

I went by the sellers place for the auction you mention yesterday, Joe.  I
have seen Mr. Erdle out in his yard many times, but have not met the
gentleman.  I am not the social type person who might stop in, introduce
myself, and say "Lets talk tractors". He sure does have a lot of tractors.
I would not even speculate on what those auction tractors might bring, so
this is not much help to you.

Charlile V.


On Fri, May 10, 2013 at 8:24 AM, Joe Hazewinkel <jahaze at aol.com> wrote:

> OK, for some reason I decided to check out the Aauman Auction website last
> night.  I actually haven't looked at it for almost a year, just kind of
> forgot about it I guess.  Anyway, I found the listing for an auction in New
> York this September with at least 100 tractor, many if the large, rare,
> steel wheeled variety.
>
> The one that caught my eye was made in my home town back in the 1920's.
> less than 10 are known to exist (and this wasn't one of them).  It looks
> complete, unrestored and extra rusty.  For some reason I feel like I need
> to go and buy this one and bring it home.
>
> I wish I knew what it would sell for, as I can comfortably spend up to
> $10,000 on it, but I don't know if that will be enough (it's not one of the
> large prairie tractors that go for quite a bit more).
>
> I thought about seeing if some of the other collectors in my town would be
> interested in going in on it, but that might just be a disaster waiting to
> happen.  What to do?
>
> In case you are wondering, it's a Fitch four-power model D 20/45 made in
> the early 1920's.
>
> What would you do?
>
> Enjoy, Joe
>
> Sent from my iPhone just for you
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