Indiana Oliver sales results

I attended a farm sale today near Lafayette, IN. It had an interesting selection of Oliver equipment that was in good working order. The tractors had been painted but not the best. All though were solid mechanically.

Oliver 402 (I believe) - 4 row planter - $225.00. I thought this was a steal. It was all there and in good original condition. I should have jumped in a bought it.
Oliver 73H Corn picker - $210.00 - purchased for scrap. This was a shanme as it was solid with no rust throughs. Had some surface rust but was a good picker.
Oliver No 5 picker - $700.
Oliver disk - had all new bearings - $300.00
Oliver - 3 bottom plow - $550.00
Oliver - 2 bottom plow - looked like a 4240 - $525.00
MM 2 bottom plow - $350.00
Oliver pipe plow - 4 bottom - $1100.
Oliver No 4 mounted picker - $500.00 - I think a scrap yard purchased this.
Oliver 77 - $1,600. good tires.
Oliver 77 - $2,300 - new tires
Oliver 77D - WF - $6,200.00 had good paint and ran good.
Oliver 66 - $3,300
Oliver Super 55 - $3,500
Oliver 88 - 1949 model though had Super side panels - $2,600
Oliver 18 Pull Type combine - $4,200. Field ready though had been repainted poorly. I bid once and it took off.

Very interesting. Thanks for the info!

Looked like it was REAL busy. I drove by with my daughters and it looked very busy and muddy. Great crowd. Thanks for the prices.

A shame about the pickers.

The 77D was a surprise, but the rest of the prices looked pretty much in line.

id agree thats a lot of money for a 77D. did it have 3 point too?

Sick about the number 4 as I need one just too far to go.
What is normal about $4200 for a model 18 wow that seems two times the money

Two bottom plow seems high also at $525

Tractor prices look high to me but thats good for us that have some sitting around

I felt the combine went sky high. I bid once and there were two others who took it from there. The thing was at $3,000 in an instant and it climbed steady from there. Obviously, the guy who bought it wanted it. I watched him. He is a collector so I am glad it went to a good home. Still, I thought $4,200 was high...very high. The combine was an early version of the 18. Early paint and decals. I am guessing it was in the mid 50's. It had been repained and redecaled and done poorly. No rust throughs anywhere and looked like you could take it to the field and go.
The 77D did not have a 3 point. It started and ran very good. It was by far the best of his tractors. None of them would win a prize. I think he painted everything himself...no sanding in depth cleaning, just paint.
I went to see the implements as that is what really interests me now. i need something to keep my tractor busy.

I also attended the sale. I was interested in the Oliver combine but was not prepared to spend that kind of money.
I agree that it was in good condition. It had a broken guard on the sickle bar and one of the feeder house chain slats was bent, but aside from that it looked to be field ready. I never guessed it would bring $4200.

The cosmetics on the AC 72 combine were better. I didn't look it over thoroughly but I thought it was a much better buy at $1600. I watched an Amish man pull it away with two horses.

I bought the #5 picker for $700. It needs some sheet metal work on the bottom of the elevator. It was patched, but the patch was laid over rusty metal. I think the pulley that drives the elevator is missing. Haven't hooked it up and tried to run the machine yet, but I don't think it will need a great deal of work.

Thanks all for the comments--Dad loved all of his tractors and loved to use them. He was not interested in showing his tractors just working with them and using them. I did buy the 77D just to keep in the family--was not going to matter on the cost.