I'm 51 and loved going to farm auctions to look the tractors over and watch the selling price. best way to spend a Saturday afternoon. My biggest problem with online auctions is the lack of local advertising. Two farmers here that live roughly nine miles north of me had online auctions. I didn't know anything about them till they were done and over. This is a village of 120 population. There was no sale bill posted at the bank, gas station, newspaper or advertised on local radio station. The only way you would know they were having a sale is if you were searching the online auctions for a piece of equipment one of them happened to have listed.
I like and have a small collection of antique tractors. Bought all on local auctions. I'd like to have a Ford 600/800 and a Farmall super H or M but I'm not actively hunting for one and not going to drive 100 miles to get one. I wait for them to be on local auctions. That's how I ended up with a 9n Ford. Was not planning on buying one. Went to a local farm retirement sale with seven tractors from the 40's through 60's. I raised my hand once and got it for $1000. This was back in 1999 when Ford N series tractors were more sought after. If this would have been an online auction. I would not have been sitting at the computer all afternoon waiting. More than likely would not have even known the tractor was for sale.
When a farmer has an online retirement auction. What happens to all the small stuff that would be on the racks? Does it get tossed? That use to be a very good place to find parts. Often NOS. My grandpa had 16 brand new plow shares for his Case plow on his auction. As I recall they sold for $15 each. He also had all kinds of new parts for his Gleaner F. belts, bearings, water pumps, fuel pumps and more. I once bought a very nice exhaust manifold for my SC Case on a retirement sale. The manifold was in a pile of scrap metal. The auctioneer let bidders pick out anything they wanted. I paid $5. That won't happen on an online auction. Pick parts out of a scrap pile.
I think the online auctions have completely ruined toy auctions.
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