Posted by ss55 on March 07, 2023 at 20:22:31 from (96.42.227.92):
In Reply to: A really sad sight. posted by Masseyharrisnut on March 06, 2023 at 20:56:55:
Most of those tractors look to be un-restored. Could the seller simply be liquidating the unstarted projects that he will never have time to complete? Most of us enjoy hanging on to our hobbies for as long as possible, until health changes, moving, or some other major life event forces the issue to sell within a short time.
Even in a hot collector's market like today it is still very hard to get much more than scrap price for complete non-running seventy year old tractors. Usable tires are easily worth more than the rest of a non-running tractor. Today those tractors from the 1940s to mid-1950s are not very practical anymore, much like Fordson tractors were back when we were young. They are not new enough to attract younger collectors and they are way too common to ever be rare.
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