What's the longest auction you've been to?

farmer boy · Mar 12, 2012

There was a bankruptcy auction here on Saturday for a two location New Holland dealership. Went from 8:30 till around 9:00. Had 3 rigs for most of the day. Probably around 30-35 hours of auctioning. I was there for about 8.5 hours. Wears ya right out. Can"t imagine being at an auction much longer. What"s the longest you"ve been at?

mark in boonville ny · Mar 12, 2012

idk mayby the empire farm days auction and thats probly the longest. buy snything. wish i could go to an all nh auction.

Jim in Ma. · Mar 12, 2012

I used to go to Martin's in New Holland Pa. = 3 day auction twice a year. two sales inside and one in the field at the same time.

ShadetreeRet · Mar 12, 2012

If I remember correctly, I was at an auction from about 8:30 till about 5:30 that afternoon. Most of the stuff that I wanted wasn't sold till about 3:00. And you are right, it will tire you out.

IaGary · Mar 12, 2012

There is a consignment auction twice a year in wellman iowa. Starts at 8:00am with 5 rings all day and 6 rings about half the day. Usually ends around 10:00 pm.

Gary

Anonymous-0 · Mar 12, 2012

Beloit Corporation 5 days
Bought a sweet Beverly Shear

Keith Molden · Mar 12, 2012

I have bid called for 9 hours straight without another Auctioneer there to relieve me. This old man was wore plumb out when that day was done. Keith

fixerupper · Mar 12, 2012

Not machinery, but some of those feeder cattle sales in the Nebraska sandhills back about 30 years ago or so would last until midnight or beyond. Then came the 6 hour drive home to get the chute and the yard ready for when the truck came. Jim

DeltaRed · Mar 12, 2012

Annual Western Slope Livestock Machinery auction,Montrose Colorado.3 days,2 rings.The slowest moving auction I have ever seen!These guys BEG for every last dollar."For God's sake,sell the damn thing!!"

Anonymous-0 · Mar 12, 2012

There is an auction in Monrovia IN 4 times a year last time I went I was there from 8am until 1am and they were still going. They ran two rings until about 2pm. Worst part was I waited around that long then the piece I wanted went way too high for me.

RodinNS · Mar 12, 2012

Sysco (Sydney Steel) auction 10 years ago. Two days. Two rings... more than 12 hours per day steady.
One collassal fuster cluck from start to finish.

Rod

Anonymous-0 · Mar 12, 2012

The problem with a lot of (farm) auctions is the auctioneers will spend way too much time on lower ticket items. Ritchie Bros. has huge 2 and 3 day auctions but they don't fool around on stuff under about $30,000. If you want to bid, you better bid. Still I think the Barrett Jackson would rank as one of the largest auctions but it's more than just an auction.

D-C-741 · Mar 13, 2012

How about the Gary Phillips Sale -Bridgeport,NE

steve706 · Mar 13, 2012

Was that the markdale auction run by brindley? That was one of the most corrupt auctions I've ever seen. Half the stuff is at their yard and you'll see some of the winners working there. Prices where bid up by his employees if they where not high enough. Most of the supplies and small stuff was bought by brindlys before the auction so who the auction was benefiting is only a guess. If the brindleys are involved there's a good chance your going to get taken.

jackinok · Mar 13, 2012

i went to one last year that went all day, for two days,with two auctioneers going. went to part of one a few years back that went two days ,for two weekends.

1936 · Mar 13, 2012

Been their - auctioneer will start saying I got 500 give me 600 and cry and cry next breath I got 400 give 500 and next I got 300 give 400 and next I got 200 give me 300 - the entire time NO ONE Every bid. Until it got down to a the right start price. All seem to know the act and just stand their in PAIN waiting for the bidding to start. This will cut about 30 minutes out of every hour of actual real bidding. Each to his own - does have a huge yard full of stuff every auction. So good luck IF you can stand the waiting for the actual bids to start.

kyplowboy · Mar 13, 2012

James R's March consinment sale goes from 9 to 7 most of the time with two rings. I'd rather do that cause they move on and cover some ground than go to some of the small (might say semi retired/part time folks) that have a few sales a year. I feel like I have been beat'n after listen all dang day too "We have a nice two row tobacco cultivator here, who'll give me $1,000,,,,,,,,,, Who'll give me $900,,,,,, any where,,,,,,,,, come one who'll give me $900,,,,,,,,, and then they act mad when some one yells $20 and it sells for $75. Or the guy north of here who has a few consinment sales a year and hires this flunky to set every thing up and then make the call as to the order of the sale. He turns ever thing in to a cluster of a mess, they sell two or three small things on this end of the 10 acre lot, then every one has to walk 200 yards so they can sell two more things, then sell some in the back corner, then the flunky has to go find the lawn more tire that he meant to sell an hour ago and every one has to wait till he gets back.

Dave

TomR Ont · Mar 13, 2012

steve706
"Prices where bid up by his employees if they where not high enough."

Fast, faster than the spiten word action auctions yep yep yep SOLD.

False bids - That's why I quit going to auctions.

To add insult, the auctioneer allows the owner to bid it up, if he gets it back just put it back in the next sale.

I read in the adds most actions now have a Buyers Premium.

Anonymous-0 · Mar 13, 2012

I helped out with one that went for two days. My aunt died when I was a senior in HS (2000). In life she amassed a huge collection of toys. Dolls, stuffed animals, farm toys, hot wheels, you name it she bought it. Collection stretched back into the sixties. The amount of items was so overwhelming that we had to break it up into two seperate auctions about a month apart.

mb58 · Mar 13, 2012

We had a local hardware/lumber store that closed down. A year later they opened the doors on a Saturday morning and begin auctioning at 9AM. They finished right at midnight that night. I only stayed a few hours. They sold a good bit of stuff in lots, but I was surprised (and bored) by how many individual items they auctioned off.(paint, door knobs, rolls of insulation, etc.) Just try to imagine Lowes auctioning off every item they have in one day!

Mike (WA) · Mar 13, 2012

Local guy here keeps things going pretty well- starts an item "Who'll give $500, 500, gimme 5- Well, who'll give 4, 4, OK, start us out- I've got a hundred, now 2," etc. And just about as fast as you read it.

Have been to some where they try to drag every last nickel out- it does shore get tedjous.

Longest auction for me was one that went on into the darkness, so I didn't see the crack in the housing of the forage harvester I bought- last time for that mistake.

Pete in MD · Mar 13, 2012

The old annual Beiler's spring sale in Leola,PA ran 2 days with with sometimes as many as six auctioneers. Many times they had more than 3,000 buyers on hand.

Howard H. · Mar 13, 2012

DC is right.

The Bridgeport NE sale was by far the biggest auction I've ever been to or heard of!

It was 7 days long with 2 rings every day and 3 rings some days. They started at 9:00 every morning.

My head was ringing from listening to Kruse's by the end of the week...

Howard

farmer boy · Mar 13, 2012

Yes it was the Markdale Tractor auction. Being Brindley was involved, it was no doubt corrupt. Had to watch yourself real close to be sure you weren"t bidding against a wall or a Brindley. Brindley"s bought ALL of the inventory and I guess they took what they wanted, sold the rest. There were a few deals to be had, not too many though.

Rootsy · Mar 13, 2012

I am right in the middle of organizing an auction right now that will take place in June. Unfortunately it happens to be my family farm. 2 large buildings full of 50 years worth of stuff and large stuff scattered from there to the back of the property. If you think you are tired after standing around to buy something dirt cheap think about the fellow (s) that had to dig it all out, sort it, stage it and move it around umpteen times.

Mike Henry · Mar 13, 2012

Father in law sold out his hardware store after 27yrs. Auctioneer asked to use a new system of instead of a clerk filling out a sheet of little tags from each item sold they just typed them into a computer that was suppose to be linked to a computer at the trailer.At the end of the sale after 7 hrs of sales they fire up the trailer computer and find NONE of the sales have been recorded. I was last to pay at 11:37 pm after a 9 am start. Auctioneer never got all items accounted for. Father in law lost $28000. in merchandise. Good for taxes not for inheritance.lol

Hay hay hay · Mar 13, 2012

We have several big multi-ring consignment auctions here in KY every spring. Very important to the swaping of items. I sell a few I no longer need or multiples, and try to buy what I need.

Biggest problem is the gawlkers, no intention of buying, never bid, crowd in around every item making it almost impossible to get close enough to the auctioneer to follow the action.

Don't have a solution, but these "watchers" sure are a pain.
Maybe they will stay home and watch the game this weekend.

What's the longest auction you've been to?

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