Is it time to sell your 8N ?

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Eric in IL

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• Feb 25, 2022

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I watched this auction end yesterday. It was online only.

The scheduled end time was 2 P.M. It was a soft close auction. At 2 P.M. the bid on this tractor was 2800. Then the fight started. The victor was revealed after a nearly 2 hour battle. The winner paid 4150 plus 207.50 buyer fee for a total 4357.50.

I wish I had an 8N to sell.

 

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larry@stinescorner

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• Feb 25, 2022

• #1

Just wait until Dr Love sees that!!!

 

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Rag-packer

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• Feb 25, 2022

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I have one that I could sell but then would need to replace it .

 

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Traditional Farmer

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Location

Virginia

• Feb 25, 2022

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If I had a 8N it'd be time to sell it.

 

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JF in MI

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• Feb 25, 2022

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Same here

 

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Richard G.

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• Feb 25, 2022

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I have one that gets used all the time, winter and summer.
Been in the family since new.
Richard in NW SC

 

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Timmycornpicker

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Location

Almost Pennsylvania, New Jersey.

• Feb 25, 2022

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I've seen this happen here. For whatever reason, two guys really wanted a particular 8N at an estate auction and one of them paid big bucks for it. After this auction, some showed up for sale on the local Craigslist (which was the go-to selling site at the time) for similar prices. They were listed for a long time, and I don't know if they ever sold for the prices asked. Also, a few months after the estate sale, the local yearly consignment sale was held, and of course there were some 8Ns there, and they didn't bid to half of what that one earlier in the year did.

 

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john in la

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Location

What part of in La do you not understand

• Feb 25, 2022

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I have things that would easily sell for 4 or 5 times their normal selling price if my 2 sons got into a bidding war over them.

 

jm.

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Location

Dover TN

• Feb 25, 2022

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Me and you both at anything close to those prices. $1500.00 will buy you a truck load around here.

 

RedMF40

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• Feb 25, 2022

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(quoted from post at 11:17:18 02/25/22) I've seen this happen here. For whatever reason, two guys really wanted a particular 8N at an estate auction and one of them paid big bucks for it.

Its possible they both really wanted that tractor but its more likely they didnt want the other guy to have it. Always fun to see a shootout with a ridiculously high price at the end. Gerrit

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DeltaRed

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• Feb 25, 2022

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I recently got a good one after waiting almost 50 uears.So,mine is NOT for sale.

 

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larry@stinescorner

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• Feb 25, 2022

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I have one

 

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Richard G.

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• Feb 25, 2022

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Larry, you better hang on to that one.
It's a beauty.

 

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SVcummins

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• Feb 25, 2022

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Id rather have that than a kubota

 

Ultradog MN

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Location

Twin Cities

• Feb 26, 2022

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Maybe was an estate auction.
Sentimental people will spend big $ for Grampa or Uncle Bill's tractor.
Or maybe it had a special serial # - very early or very late, etc.
A guy can get a pretty nice 3000 for that kind of money.

 

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Bret4207

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• Feb 26, 2022

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Old saying about "A fool and his money are soon parted." seems to apply.

 

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Bill(Wis)

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• Feb 26, 2022

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9Ns and 8Ns were not my choice of tractor but they certainly have proved to be long-lived.

 

BarnyardEngineering

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Location

Rochester, NY

• Feb 26, 2022

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That is not at all indicative of the market. You have no idea what the circumstances of that sale were. Two family members fighting over a family tractor? Could be. Happens all the time.

Just because this one brought $4000+ does not mean that your junk 8N sitting in the weeds is worth $4000.

 

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MoMac

Member

• Feb 26, 2022

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Watched 2 guys bidding on a used Homelite chainsaw. They finally ended up paying way too much. I had just bought a new one just like it a few days earlier for $70. less.People all around them kept egging them on. What a sight.

 

J.Wondergem

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Location

Rockford, Mi.

• Feb 26, 2022

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It would be my luck that those two guys wouldn't be at a sale that I tried to sell something.

 

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caterpillar guy

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• Mar 1, 2022

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And this is the reason I quit going to auction sales. Can buy new cheaper most of the time compared to sale prices. I quit when a Deere cylinder with tips and hoses went for more than you could buy one new for. Finally went to a sale last fall and bought some augers with motor and some was just straight auger.