George Schaaf Collection Auction

John730D · Sep 13, 2016

I didn't go, my brother was there.
A little too spendy for me.
Here's how the big boys play
Pics, videos, and prices.

fixerupper · Sep 13, 2016

I wonder why thy Mogul brought so much more than the Minneapolis.

oldtanker · Sep 13, 2016

(quoted from post at 15:14:37 09/13/16) I wonder why thy Mogul brought so much more than the Minneapolis.

Cause at least 2 people were willing to pay more?

Rick

kruser · Sep 13, 2016

Dang John,
Where was that sale? - Might have been able to afford the "cheaper" Dekalb sign ?....
Jim

1206SWMO · Sep 13, 2016

The Mogul is a much rarer tractor....At 270K it actually brought less than I thought
it would...I thought that it would go at least 300-350K..One a few years ago went
for 330K..

John730D · Sep 13, 2016

I think he said it was in Frankfort, IL He was texting me and sending pics most of the morning.

Bill in IL · Sep 13, 2016

This guy is one serious collector cause he has had multiple auctions in the past of really nice stuff. I will have to print this and show it to grandpa he has followed his other auctions. Thanks for the link.

Traditional Farmer · Sep 14, 2016

Some of the newer tractors didn't sell that high really.

Paul Searl · Sep 16, 2016

(reply to post at8 14:29:53 09/13/16)

it was an interesting sale. George really seems to like exceptional restorations and large operator platforms he can ride on due to his health. The mogul, although a fine machine, did not really seam to fit where he wanted the collection to go. A big part of the prices is the limited number of major collectors competing on a tractor. Jim Erdle, a major collector who sold his collection few years ago in a truly massive and epic sale, reentered the hobby by buying three tractors for major money and drove prices on a couple of others, but they were smaller tractors, he did not go after the bigger ones. The other major buyers whonhave driven prices mostly have similar large tractors in their collections as what was on the sale, hence part of the reason for the "soft" prices on them.

A lot of us were glad about who got the Boring and it returning to the rockford area, so that was a pleasant surprise. After the Gray, the quality dropped off hard on some of the early tractors, some of the prices reflected this.

George Schaaf Collection Auction

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