Re: $40,000. Farmall H?

Posted by JimIA on November 10, 2015 at 07:31:41 from (208.74.246.171):

In Reply to: $40,000. Farmall H? posted by Trkr on November 09, 2015 at 16:16:07:

This tractor has caused a lot of excitement and criticism since it sold and has been discussed on every tractor forum I visit. The seller did have the complete history on it.

"Purchased by John Schier in 1953. John was an elderly bachelor who lived with his sister on the 80 acre family farm south of Stillman Valley. John used it to cultivate his corn that year, and the following year rented his ground to the neighbor, but continued to live there until his death.
- The previous owner had John's first International H. He told John when you get ready to sell this one please give me the first chance. In 1976 John gave the previous owner the chance to buy it and he did. It had been used for light jobs around the farm until 1990 when it was purchased by the current owner."

I really like my original tractors and every time I see one I look them over very closely and study any unique features. I have seen a real surge in the value of these tractors the past few years. I saw a NICE original unstyled WC Allis bring nearly $4000 a few years ago, again the seller had the history of the tractor and could prove its condition easily. If it had been repainted 20 years ago it would be worth $800-$1000. I believe we are going to continue to see more auctions like these. Who knows, this tractor might keep that value and increase value with time. I know of two cases where owners had very complete restorations done to AC WD45s and stuck over $40000 each in them. Now if I had to choose between the two where I would be most likely to get my money back I would choose the low hour original tractor all day long.

As I said I would have to look this one over and see if it looked like a 200 hour tractor to me. As far as the hood, were the hoods painted with the tractor or separately? Or could the metal have been prepared differently on the hood. Just because the hood doesn't exactly match the rest of the tractor doesn't mean the hood isn't original to the tractor.

If anything it gives us all something to talk about!

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• Re: $40,000. Farmall H? JimIA 07:33:53 11/10/15 (0)

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