Sparky's sale....

big tee · Jun 11, 2017

I went to Independence, Iowa to Sparky Deroe's mostly Oliver sale yesterday. WOW! I have never been to a sale like this. Sparky walked up to me and shook my hand and introduced himself--nice guy. Aumann auctions cried the sale and in my opinion did a good job. Boy Scouts had the lunch stand--pork loin dinner--$5.00, Yum. Don't know which pictures to post so will put a lot on. They kind of speak for themselves. I bid on one tractor, the 1900. I am sitting on it in the one picture looking up the hood. I went to $10,500 but was too low, $12000 bought. If you want the prices go to Aumann's auction site. I am not up on prices but a lot of guys with Oliver hats on said stuff was on the low end. A FWA 2255 topped the sale at $30,000. Hot and windy but had a good time!---Tee

kcm.MN · Jun 11, 2017

Wow, what amazing photos. Well done sir!

Yep, I missed that $30k price tag, so my favorite brought 2nd to highest price. ...At least now I don't have to worry about being TOO greedy! *lol*

Wasn't able to see the 2255 good enough from the website pics. Your photo is MUCH better! All of those looked like super-fine machines with extreme attention to detail. Would have been fun for sure!! ....Think they'll have another next year?

kcm.MN · Jun 11, 2017

Ah, my mistake - got temporarily blinded from those gorgeous machines!! The one I didn't get a good look of was the 2655. Your pic is amazing!

Brent Zappe · Jun 11, 2017

Thanks for posting the pictures. Looked really like a neat place to go and see all that good stuff. Guy's like me would had saw some thing I liked but could not afford it. Plus I would not have know how to transport the tractor if I had bought one So it is a good I did not go to this event. I saw they had shop manuals on the tables I wonder what was there in tractors and what the prices where on those books. I just can not have enough of shop manuals around me I enjoy reading them. They are always a good reference to have when questions are given to me about a tractor over the phone.

big tee · Jun 11, 2017

Here is the 2255.---Tee

Goose · Jun 11, 2017

Great Pictures!

It looks like the auction was well organized. I went to a large local auction yesterday done by one of our leading local auction companies. Something was wrong. It just wasn't up to their normal level of professionalism. It started at 9:30, and they didn't even begin two rings until 1:30 when they could have been running two by 10:00. It must have been evening by the time they finished.

There were a lot of quality machine shop items that brought good money, but only four tractors, an M Farmall, two H's, and an MM.

The M was beat with an ancient loader on it. Some guy opened the bidding at $300 and no one else bid. I could use another healthy H, but both of those were beat. One I wouldn't have wanted brought $900 and the other, needing a lot of work, brought about $1200. I left before the MM sold, but it was non-running and still sitting where it had sat for 20 years.

I finally decided I had better things to do than hang around there, so I left.

David G · Jun 11, 2017

I grew up there, do not recognize any of those tractors, wonder if they were collected later in life.

The original dealers in the area would have been:

MM and Ford - Greenley Implement
Hand Implement - Oliver
Kasser Implement - John Deere
West Side Implement - Massey Harris, Massey Ferguson and Farmall.

My MH44 EFI came from West Side Implement.

My dads shop was on third avenue downtown, originally a Kaiser Fraiser dealer from the 30's, some of my tools are from that dealer.

coshoo · Jun 11, 2017

I was wondering if Sparky had passed on, but your post answered that question. I went to the Postma Brother's sale several years ago in NW Washington- they bought, sold and collected mostly MM tractors. Probably 50 or so in the sale (not their UDLX- lol). Sale went about average, I thought. Talked to one of the brothers (who I knew) after the sale- asked if he was sad to see everything go. He said kind of mixed emotions, but overall glad to move them on- "We've enjoyed them over the years, but we're not getting any younger, and doing this will take a big burden off our families." Maybe the same sentiment for Sparky, I'm thinking. Time marches on.

wisbaker · Jun 11, 2017

Kaiser-Frazer wasn't started until after the war, if the dealership was around in the 30's they were selling something else, perhaps Graham-Paige ( Kaiser-Frazer acquired the assets of Graham Paige towards the end of the war)? Or maybe they were a Willy's dealer that ended up with Jeeps after Kaiser-Frazer bought Willy's Overland and merged the companies to form Kaiser Jeep, which later became Jeep Corporation. Or they could of been dealers of one of a few Marques that never resumed production after the war and signed on with Kaiser to have a product to sell.

steve706 · Jun 11, 2017

Beautiful equipment, a lot of care was put into those. Yesterday I went to an auction an hour or so west of Toronto that was for for an IH collector. He sold off his collection of 72 tractors a few years back but kept buying and fixing until he passed. Most of the equipment was A/SuperA/Cub size and 80% was covered in rust. IMHO the prices were high with a Cub with seized engine, bad tires, missing parts going for 1300 and a dismantled one with bad engine and hydraulics going for 650. Nice selection of IH collectables and implements as well, but guys were more than willing to shell out the bucks and I know when I am over my head. Only bonus is all the tools and shop stuff went for very low prices, such as a lathe with a 6 ft bed for a 100, seemed nobody' was there for anything that didn't say IH on it.

David G · Jun 11, 2017

The building was built in the 10s, was originally a bowling alley, so long and narrow. It was a Kaiser Fraiser dealer at some point. I have some of the original equipment, will post some pictures, maybe you can help me date it. Everyone that knew is gone now, so going off memory.

DRCA · Jun 12, 2017

I pulled up the winning bids.....ouch or cheap cheap cheap. Lucky buyers oughta very happy. I sure hope the seller is. Kicking myself for not following closely ahead of time.

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