Zacheis Museum Auction Friday Saturday

Auction in Sparta, IL begins tomorrow. Toys, signs, implements and other miscellaneous Friday. 125 tractors on Saturday, 70 are AC. Look up auction bill on www.aumannauctions.com. Owner is Jerry Zacheis (SAW high)
 
Not that it matters I guess but anybody know why the museum is closing?its been on my list to try to get up there to see it but never made it.
 
Jerry has been having some health problems, he will be 80 in a couple years, his kids have no interest in maintaining it, so he decided that it is time to cash in his chips.
 
Sad to see museum close - it was certainly a sight to see. I only made it through once a couple of years ago.

I guess not enough interest from today's folks - not as entertaining as a computer to most. Hard to see it making enough in donations to pay the electric bill so he must have been paying out of pocket to keep everything up.

Looks like he did pretty well - most of prices seemed on the high side to me - but tractors were pretty much all #1 quality with most known provenance. And with him in background coaching auctioneer, I am sure it added value.

I say good for him - and THANKS for his efforts over the many years he collected and restored and maintained the museum.
 

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