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Next up was a superbly restored 1920 International 10-20 Titan by Derek Mellor and again fierce bidding saw a very impressive £17,250 hammer price. Tractor trade continued well and highlights include a 1950 Field Marshall S.III knocking down at £8,200, a c.1970 County 1125 with oversized tyres and Boughton winch which made £8,700. A very smart 1960 McCormick B450 hit £7,800 and an equally presentable 1940 Fordson E27N P6 made a surprising £8,000. One of very few John Deere’s in the sale sold well, the1959 730 topped £4,750 and was followed by another E27N this time fitted with an L4 which sold at £4,900. Very original examples of tractors with a nice patina are still the order of the day with two very fine examples making impressive results, a very original 1958 International B250 and a 1961 Fordson Super Major knocking down at a strong £4,200 each.
Restored examples were not to be out done and an uncommon 1975 Massey Ferguson 148 fitted with Multi-Power hit good money at £7,700, a very presentable 1969 Ford 4000 sold at £4,600, a bright Massey Ferguson 35X Industrial made £5,000 and a shiny David Brown 990 hit £3,700. At the other end of the scale were tractors in need of restoration and a one owner 1947 Field Marshall S.II sold well at £4,600 whilst a 1929 Hart Parr 18-36 was knocked down for £4,400.
In conclusion a very successful sale with a huge attendance and two of the star lots making astronomical prices with a selling rate of nearly 60% for the tractors. Proof that there is still good demand for the right tractor and individuals are still willing to part with their hard earned.
The late Fred Dibnah’s 1912 Aveling & Porter Ltd steam tractor fetched £240,000 at Cheffins Vintage Auction Sale on Saturday 24th July 2010, twice its pre-sale estimate. It was purchased by Michael Oliver, Chairman of Knutsford based manufacturer Oliver Valves and has assured that Fred’s beloved engine remains in the north-west. The engine which was last used to pull Fred’s coffin at his funeral in 2004 was lovingly restored over 27 years and featured in Fred’s last BBC TV series ‘Made in Britain’.
Bill King director of Cambridge based auctioneers said ‘whilst the price achieved for this engine far exceeded our pre- sale expectations, it is testament to Fred and his skill and knowledge of traditional engineering and of course his big personality that we received so much interest’.
Michael Oliver has also offerred to Fred’s son Jack to have the opportunity to drive the engine and it is intended that the engine appears at Steam Shows across the UK.
A full compliment of spares was on offer in Sale 4 with something to suit most models. Prices of note included a pair of rear wheels and tyres to fit a vineyard tractor selling at £280 and the front were even more popular selling at a jaw dropping £530. Tinwork was still in good demand with a pair of David Brown 990 fenders at £320, Leyland 384 fenders at £350 and a Fordson Major nose cone at £260. A Field Marshall for spares or repair knocked down at £900 and a Fordson raised pto unit took an impressive £520. Implement trade was brisk as usual with a Doe tool carrier at £340, a single furrow pony plough at £210 and a Cooks single furrow horse drawn plough at £480. A very original John Deere ride on sulky plough sold well at £520, a David Brown 2furrow plough took £380, an International B47 pick-up baler hit £880 and a very sharp Ransomes TSR 3furrow reversible made £420. Massey Ferguson and Ferguson implements are still in hot demand with a very nice original Massey Ferguson trailed fertiliser spreader making £590 and a very uncommon Ferguson rotary harrow at an impressive £1,200.
Sale 3 saw some good trade with a nice original 1919 Hercules 1.5hp stationary engine topping £880, a very presentable estate mobile fire pump at £720 and unsurprisingly there was immense interest in two stationary steam engines once forming part of the Fred Dibnah Estate, a D Stewart double diagonal V form 2cylinder stationary steam engine sold at £2,800 and a Tangye single cylinder high speed stationary steam engine fitted with a centrifugal governor which sold well again at £1,400.
The sale of agricultural and steam literature in Sale 1 got off to a fine start when Lot No.1 a collection of Fowler patents made a strong £900, steam based literature continued to take top prices with a Fowler Steam Roller catalogue at £300 whilst a Foden Steam Lorry catalogue made £230 with many other items in the £100 - £200 range. A Roadless Half Track spare parts manual surprised all concerned at £200.
The model section took top money in this section with a 1.5inch scale Aveling & Porter ploughing engine being battled out by telephone bidders eventually selling at a startling £13,000. The following lot from the same source, was a fine early model of an Aveling & Porter 1874 steam engine which took a well deserved £5,500 to the same telephone buyer. The very rare Shackleton tin plate David Brown Trackmaster 30 came under the hammer and, complete with the original box, sailed away to a majestic £2,900.
Jubilant July
With an entry of over 130 vintage and classic tractors on offer there was a good mix of restored and very original examples on show. Without doubt the star of the tractor line up was the magnificent 1917 Samson 6-12 Sieve Grip, with good UK provenance, but unseen in public until the turn of the millennium, it was always going to generate massive interest and it didn’t disappoint. The tightly packed crowd of bidders were still discussing the results of the previous two lots but their attention was soon grabbed by the Sieve Grip. Bidding started slowly around £20,000 but with strong telephone interest and many bidders in the field things soon got going, at a blink we were up to £40,000 and things slowed again, but a fresh bidder shot the price up to £60,000 and after some serious finger twitching finally knocked down at a record £67,500!Next up was a superbly restored 1920 International 10-20 Titan by Derek Mellor and again fierce bidding saw a very impressive £17,250 hammer price. Tractor trade continued well and highlights include a 1950 Field Marshall S.III knocking down at £8,200, a c.1970 County 1125 with oversized tyres and Boughton winch which made £8,700. A very smart 1960 McCormick B450 hit £7,800 and an equally presentable 1940 Fordson E27N P6 made a surprising £8,000. One of very few John Deere’s in the sale sold well, the1959 730 topped £4,750 and was followed by another E27N this time fitted with an L4 which sold at £4,900. Very original examples of tractors with a nice patina are still the order of the day with two very fine examples making impressive results, a very original 1958 International B250 and a 1961 Fordson Super Major knocking down at a strong £4,200 each.
Restored examples were not to be out done and an uncommon 1975 Massey Ferguson 148 fitted with Multi-Power hit good money at £7,700, a very presentable 1969 Ford 4000 sold at £4,600, a bright Massey Ferguson 35X Industrial made £5,000 and a shiny David Brown 990 hit £3,700. At the other end of the scale were tractors in need of restoration and a one owner 1947 Field Marshall S.II sold well at £4,600 whilst a 1929 Hart Parr 18-36 was knocked down for £4,400.
In conclusion a very successful sale with a huge attendance and two of the star lots making astronomical prices with a selling rate of nearly 60% for the tractors. Proof that there is still good demand for the right tractor and individuals are still willing to part with their hard earned.
The late Fred Dibnah’s 1912 Aveling & Porter Ltd steam tractor fetched £240,000 at Cheffins Vintage Auction Sale on Saturday 24th July 2010, twice its pre-sale estimate. It was purchased by Michael Oliver, Chairman of Knutsford based manufacturer Oliver Valves and has assured that Fred’s beloved engine remains in the north-west. The engine which was last used to pull Fred’s coffin at his funeral in 2004 was lovingly restored over 27 years and featured in Fred’s last BBC TV series ‘Made in Britain’.
Bill King director of Cambridge based auctioneers said ‘whilst the price achieved for this engine far exceeded our pre- sale expectations, it is testament to Fred and his skill and knowledge of traditional engineering and of course his big personality that we received so much interest’.
Michael Oliver has also offerred to Fred’s son Jack to have the opportunity to drive the engine and it is intended that the engine appears at Steam Shows across the UK.
A full compliment of spares was on offer in Sale 4 with something to suit most models. Prices of note included a pair of rear wheels and tyres to fit a vineyard tractor selling at £280 and the front were even more popular selling at a jaw dropping £530. Tinwork was still in good demand with a pair of David Brown 990 fenders at £320, Leyland 384 fenders at £350 and a Fordson Major nose cone at £260. A Field Marshall for spares or repair knocked down at £900 and a Fordson raised pto unit took an impressive £520. Implement trade was brisk as usual with a Doe tool carrier at £340, a single furrow pony plough at £210 and a Cooks single furrow horse drawn plough at £480. A very original John Deere ride on sulky plough sold well at £520, a David Brown 2furrow plough took £380, an International B47 pick-up baler hit £880 and a very sharp Ransomes TSR 3furrow reversible made £420. Massey Ferguson and Ferguson implements are still in hot demand with a very nice original Massey Ferguson trailed fertiliser spreader making £590 and a very uncommon Ferguson rotary harrow at an impressive £1,200.
Sale 3 saw some good trade with a nice original 1919 Hercules 1.5hp stationary engine topping £880, a very presentable estate mobile fire pump at £720 and unsurprisingly there was immense interest in two stationary steam engines once forming part of the Fred Dibnah Estate, a D Stewart double diagonal V form 2cylinder stationary steam engine sold at £2,800 and a Tangye single cylinder high speed stationary steam engine fitted with a centrifugal governor which sold well again at £1,400.
The sale of agricultural and steam literature in Sale 1 got off to a fine start when Lot No.1 a collection of Fowler patents made a strong £900, steam based literature continued to take top prices with a Fowler Steam Roller catalogue at £300 whilst a Foden Steam Lorry catalogue made £230 with many other items in the £100 - £200 range. A Roadless Half Track spare parts manual surprised all concerned at £200.
The model section took top money in this section with a 1.5inch scale Aveling & Porter ploughing engine being battled out by telephone bidders eventually selling at a startling £13,000. The following lot from the same source, was a fine early model of an Aveling & Porter 1874 steam engine which took a well deserved £5,500 to the same telephone buyer. The very rare Shackleton tin plate David Brown Trackmaster 30 came under the hammer and, complete with the original box, sailed away to a majestic £2,900.
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