Never been to an auction like that - wish I could though.
Closest was a local guy who had about 25 Allis Chalmers ranging from Gs to 7060s. I'm still kicking myself for not buying or at least running up higher an Allis 6080 that was in good shape. I only started bidding because it was going so cheap - I had looked it over because we had time and a 7000 that I thought I might bid on had a hole in the block that wasn't mentioned on the sale bill. The 6080 had about 7500 hours, a fairly fresh Koyker loader and a cab with an AC that had been overhauled the summer before - tires, tin and paint were all good and shed kept. I stopped at $6500 - had I been more prepared and looked it over closer I would have gone $8000 at least. After the fact I spoke to a neighbor who said it was the diseased owner's more favorite tractor because the AC worked and as far as he knew it was a good tractor. Later I watched a similar 6080 sell on Purple Wave for $12,000. It was a in person only auction in an area dominated by John Deere, IH, and Case IH. Allis was a 4th string player in that part of the country.
Most of the junk auctions where tractors go cheap its because they just are not worth more. When you have a locked up engine and rotted tires on an 806 or a 4010 that have set for years (decades?) what is it really worth? Much less on an older H or M with the same issues. Unless you need a set of specific parts (Tractor is crap but the wide front axel will work on your project) all you are doing is buying scrap metal in the shape of a tractor to sit on your property. Just moving something like that is a huge PIA.
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