Posted by Frontranger on April 09, 2008 at 08:42:13 from (64.234.246.236):
In Reply to: A call to arms !! posted by Kestrel in CT on April 09, 2008 at 05:02:47:
Heads up here guys and gals: FROM THE WALL STREET JOURNAL LINK ABOVE>>> The result is a rise in prices that longtime enthusiasts say is making it harder for them to continue collecting. Some European collectors "are blowing us out of the water," says Duane Ver Ploeg, a restorer in Sully, Iowa, WHO JUST RETURNED FROM A BIG AUCTION IN NEBRASKA WHERE AN UNUSUAL NUMBER OF OVERSEAS COLLECTORS WERE BIDDING VIA THE INTERNET.
Today's collectors pay a premium for rare models, like high-crop machines with raised axles that allow crop cultivation after the plants have grown a few feet high. Other sought-after types include "orchard" tractors like the John Deere that sold for $57,000. They have striking-looking fenders that protect delicate orchard trees and winery vines from the tractor's wheels. "We had a John Deere 3020 Orchard model sell for $160,000 recently," says Brian Zehring, a spokesman for auction company DENNIS POLK EQUIPMENT IN NEW PARIS, INDIANA, the company that auctioned the rare John Deeres last month. Extremely rare machines can fetch $300,000 to $400,000...
This would likely be the same Dennis Polk Equipment outfit that has been rumored to be in the background of the Phillips estate auction at Bridgeport. Some much info still under wraps in this cluster*$&%! Distance from Auburn, IN (Kruse Auctioneer's HQ) to New Paris, IN = 46 miles.
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