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Manuals at auction, How to sell them?

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IOWA NORTHEAST

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I was asked by our local auction house how to sell some tractor manuals. I told them seperate items, and do not sell them as one lot.

I seen (IF MY MEMORY IS CORRECT) IH M, MTD, C, F-30, F-20, A, B, F-14,MTA, and probably fifteen to twenty total.

These are not mine, but would never alow them to sell them in one big lot if they were mine.

The auction folks are more in to household auctions, and not aware of the farm stuff at all.

I was told there was no way in heck they will sell each one seperate, but I have not given up trying to inform them with my opinion.

I should just shut up, and probably buy them cheap, but that isn't right either.

I was toying with the idea of selling some of mine.........but now....not so much.

Please give your opinions, and thank you everyone.

IOWA NORTHEAST
 
At a live auction you need to keep in mind that the auctioneer has to keep the buyers around. If he piecemeals a bunch of anything Manuals, or whatever people who are interested in bigger ticket items will get impatient and go home.

Actually the best way to sell manuals like you are describe is to sell one lot. Other option is to do choice a couple rounds and sell the remainder.

I am guessing these books are part of a larger estate and it will make little or no difference to the seller in the long run.

When I was last selling (couple years ago) the market on manuals was pretty soft. Sales lit was the hot stuff. If you have books to sell I would suggest ebay.

JM2CW

jt
 
You can search ebay for the same or similar items and watch what they sell for to get an idea of the going market prices.

Common items that are not in demand don't bring much. Shipping costs cut into the selling prices too.
 
If it is more of a household type of a sale like you say there may not be much intrest there for each item but more intrest in a lot as a wholesale item . Buy them and sell them this winter , a guy needs somthing to do when it is cold and gets dark at 5:00 .
 
Sell them choice, to the high bidder. That way if the high bid is $20, for example, the high bidder can take one, or all, at that price. If he wants all, he can say all, or pass the rest back to be auctioned off, less the one he wants. Maximizes $, minimizes time spent selling.
 
There only worth a few bucks each anyhow it probably doesn't matter how you sell them.
 
If you gave them your best suggestion then thats it. You did your best. If they ignore you then it's their loss. Go buy em cheap and resell em.

And the others are right. I've left auctions that drag on too long before the get to the good stuff! I've been to several auctions in the last 2 years with a lot of manuals and they generally bundle em. Antd thats with different auction companies.

Rick
 
Around here they will sell choice to highest bidder, he can take one or more. They might to it again, might also hand them out to anyone who will pay the highest bid too. If they are only a buck or two, they will sell all the rest to go.
 
Around here they will sell them about twice as high bid get a choice unless the first bidder that them all. Then what is left gets sold in one lot.

Kent
 
I agree thats the best way to get a decent price without taking all day piece-mealing them out. I was at a sale last fall with a huge amount of tools and parts - larger things were all on pallets ( all tractor fenders on one pallet,rear wheels on another , blocks on another etc) and smaller things were on tables or on spread out tarps on the ground. They sold an incredible amount of things in the manner you described fairly fast and it all brought decent money except for junk until the last hour when there were some real deals. This sale lasted about 7-8 hrs.
 
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