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BEK 
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Location: Wilmington, NC
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 Topic: Antique Tractor Market
Posted: 10 Aug 2019 at 2:39pm |
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How's it going in your neck of the woods? Kind of a slow market here in Eastern Carolina. The small stuff like Bs and Cs, along with all the little Farmall's seem to change hands pretty quick. The bigger iron definitely sets for a while.
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steelwheelAcjim
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Location: Blissfield,Mi
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Posted: 10 Aug 2019 at 3:29pm |
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Down, but not dead. I have bought a few "Bucket List" tractors that I never dreamed of buying.
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Pre-WW2 A-C tractors on steel wheels...because I'm too cheap to buy tires!
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AaronSEIA
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Posted: 10 Aug 2019 at 3:35pm |
Pretty slow. Prices are off from 5-10 years ago. Even the expensive color guys are complaining about prices being down.
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Gary Burnett
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Posted: 10 Aug 2019 at 5:13pm |
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Auctions I go to prices are all over the place,even at the same auction sometimes.One tractor will go for 2X what they can usually bought for the next one will go cheap,just depends on who wants what and has the cash that day.
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jiminnd
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Posted: 10 Aug 2019 at 6:23pm |
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Went to an auction yesterday, JD and Allis and a few IH. Most wouldn't start, still some brought pretty good money and a few were real cheap even for non running ones.
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1945 C, 1949 WF and WD, 1981 185, 1982 8030, unknown D14(nonrunner)
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DrAllis
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Posted: 10 Aug 2019 at 6:34pm |
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I think the truly nice and properly restored tractors are still bringing good money, as are the nice originals that have been well kept. There's a big range of what some people call "restored" and what is just painted and sometimes not even nicely painted.
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IBWD MIke
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Posted: 11 Aug 2019 at 9:25am |
As usual the Doctor hits the nail on the head. It amazes me how many people slap a coat of (probably cheap) paint on a tractor and call it restored! Some of my working girls show three layers that the power washer has exposed.
Asking prices seem to be on the high side around here to me for a lot of things. Don't know if any of these things sell or not but people seem to start out a lot higher than what 'I' think the market will bear.
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