yep, auctioneers were pretty good at getting money. Because of rationing,price fixing etc you couldnt sell one at a auction because it would/could bring more than new/fixed price. This would of course be against the law as black market sales. What typicaly happened was you would throw your numbers in a hat,and someone would draw one out. whoevers number was drawn got to buy it by paying the fixed new tractor price. Of course this was to keep folks from buying new or nearly new tractors,and selling them at greatly inflated prices on the black market. Even with the laws and things,(and depending on whos numbers you go by) something like 1/2 to 2/3 or more of ALL sales in the US were black market sales. One of the biggest scandals of the entire war was when several soldiers were arrested,and some even hung for selling excess cigarettes and things from a military base on the black market. Legally just about anything rationed or that had prices fixed couldnt be sold at auction. Even though folks did it all the time, it was even illegal for instance for housewives to trade or sell rationed goods like sugar. Most folks would of course, but the idea/concept was if you didnt actually NEED it you werent supposed to BUY it. it was illegal to buy it if you didnt actually need it yourself and sell or trade it.
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