[AT] 9/16/2017 PA. auction

[Chuck Bealke]

Herb and Vaughn,

That one has been on my radar too. Have seen some recent Mecum Auctions of 
restored iron on RFD-TV in which museum-quality tractors were as gorgeous as pricey.
Shirlee and I will be staying NE of Straudsburg the week of the 
auction and it seems worth a drive down if it won’t be a problem getting
in without registering to bid. (Texas is a long way to $hip such toys).
The auction would kind of be on our way to Lancaster County, one of my 
favorite places in the country. Takes me back at once to farm summers 
over sixty way younger years ago - things like haying with horses and pitchforks
and folks' laundry colors swaying faintly in the breeze all up and down 
the road. (Unmentionables were shielded discretely from passers-by with 
walls of sheets….not that we ever looked for them of course.)

Chuck Bealke
Dallas. TX

> On Fri, Aug 25, 2017 at 6:57 PM, Herb Metz <metz-h.b at comcast.net> wrote:
> 
>> Mecum has an auction at Royersford, PA (The Back Forty Farm) on Sept 16,
>> 2017; a huge collection (all colors) of mostly what looks to be restored
>> tractors and some equipment.  Was not aware that New Holland mfged a
>> self-propelled baler in 1956 (model #SP166), LOT S39.  The guy responsible
>> for this collection has passed on.
>> My curiosity is LOT S78, an Allis G with front end loader and a one row
>> planter (being sold as one item); the loader appears to be one of a kind,
>> and considerably overdesigned.  No name appears in the photos.  I do not
>> need another loader, but am interested in details (designer, builder,
>> reason for building, was it ever used, etc) if anyone learns more about it.
>> You are correct, I have too much spare time today. Herb(GA)
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