Auction accuracy

[Not db4600]

 

[1948CaseVAI]

OK I'll bite on this. Why does this mattr one bit? The article is there - either bid on it or not. No one cares.

 

[Not db4600]

OK I'll bite on this. Why does this mattr one bit? The article is there - either bid on it or not. No one cares.

Sorry,
I guess I shoulda posted in “funnies”.

Hope your day gets better,

 

[Ray,IN]

Yup, It's funny alright, although tragic someone cannot recognize the picture is different than the verbiage.
Isn't it funny a computer will do exactly what it's told, instead of what you want it to do? Now where's AI when needed?

 

[TerryfromSWIowa]

Ask them what taper the collets are?

 

[ss55]

There was an online estate auction over in Pennsylvania recently where they were selling 'harvester parts lot 1', 'harvester parts lot 2', and 'pile of iron'. What they really had: New Idea 319 gathering unit, New Idea 322 husking bed, and the mounts to put it all on a tractor. Apparently none of the people running the sale knew what a mounted corn picker was.

What price did those lots bring? The auctioneer was probably very well aware that the market value of mounted corn pickers (that only work on 38 inch to 42 inch rows) is pretty much just scrap iron value. Hence the pickers went on the scrap iron piles. That is a good opportunity if you are looking to buy one, did you buy any of them?

 

[Timmycornpicker]

What price did those lots bring? The auctioneer was probably very well aware that the market value of mounted corn pickers (that only work on 38 inch to 42 inch rows) is pretty much just scrap iron value. Hence the pickers went on the scrap iron piles. That is a good opportunity if you are looking to buy one, did you buy any of them?

This was more of a 'sell what's left' type of auction than a complete line dispersal. I'm certain the auction firm they used didn't normally do farm equipment, as 3/4 of the sale was household, antiques, collectibles, toys, etc. and then whatever was left in the barns and sheds. They never moved the picker components (or any other machinery for that matter) from the spots in the shed where they had sat for the last twenty-whatever years. Since I have a New Idea Uni-Picker with a 4 row 30" head, I couldn't use any of it. I don't know what it all brought since I didn't attend after not seeing anything I needed in the preview.

 

[paul]

Locally the auctions have gone to 80% online only, sell the big items for a commission from both the seller and the buyer, and throw anything under $100 in a dumpster not worth their time. The big stuff isn’t sorted or described all that well as indicated in this thread. Lot of the pictures end up being from a shadowy corner of a shed.

What a difference from the auctioneers of the past.

It’s progress, I understand.

Paul

 

[Not db4600]

Locally the auctions have gone to 80% online only, sell the big items for a commission from both the seller and the buyer, and throw anything under $100 in a dumpster not worth their time. The big stuff isn’t sorted or described all that well as indicated in this thread. Lot of the pictures end up being from a shadowy corner of a shed.

What a difference from the auctioneers of the past.

It’s progress, I understand.

Paul

Agreed.
The online game varies so much. Seems as the big shows do a good job of describing as they are probably playing to a larger audience.
The small town hacks not so much. Hence we end up with examples like I posted.
It seems that these auction sites are a progression of the old antique stores of a couple decades ago. I know of a few that are peddling their wares on FleaBay at the same time.
There is a local auction company that did many onsite auctions and once the online took off they stepped back for a few years. Now one of the sons is breathing life back in with technology and on line sales. They typically don’t post more than 2 pictures of an item, very brief, but accurate description, and do offer a feasible viewing date. It makes the buyer responsible to know what they’re bidding on.

 

[stoughtonfarmboy]

Half the fun of an in person auction is when they get to the flatbed wagon with somewhat organized groups/lots of "stuff". Give me a bid and take what you want, one lot or many. Then offer it to anyone. No more takers, start bidding again. Got this ropemaking machine for $2.50 in a box if "stuff

Ken

 

[stoughtonfarmboy]

Half the fun of an in person auction is when they get to the flatbed wagon with somewhat organized groups/lots of "stuff". Give me a bid and take what you want, one lot or many. Then offer it to anyone. No more takers, start bidding again. Got this ropemaking machine for $2.50 in a box of "stuff".

Ken

 

[Not db4600]

Half the fun of an in person auction is when they get to the flatbed wagon with somewhat organized groups/lots of "stuff". Give me a bid and take what you want, one lot or many. Then offer it to anyone. No more takers, start bidding again. Got this ropemaking machine for $2.50 in a box if "stuff

Ken

And you got the spanner.
Nice grab.

 

[Ericp351]

OK I'll bite on this. Why does this mattr one bit? The article is there - either bid on it or not. No one cares.

Good example how some lack to discipline to say ("post*) nothing when they have little, or less, to say. Somebody told me that jailbait and less then pretty chicks have taken to posting their breakfast and the like. I trust that all but the dullest outgrow same. Trival stuff, especially in time of war.

 

[joeysmith]

OK I'll bite on this. Why does this mattr one bit? The article is there - either bid on it or not. No one cares.

I would be a little concerned if was bidding on the correct lot an probably call an ask
Picture an description might of gotten swapped

 

[stoughtonfarmboy]

And you got the spanner.
Nice grab.

The "spanner" is actually a "twine separator" that the three twines pass through to become the rope. A video is the best way to show how it works. I made a very primitive version about 45 years ago when our son was in Cub Scouts.

Ken

 

[Not db4600]

The "spanner" is actually a "twine separator" that the three twines pass through to become the rope. A video is the best way to show how it works. I made a very primitive version about 45 years ago when our son was in Cub Scouts.

Ken

Junkshow was able to get the large machine from Badger Cordage back in the early 90’s.

Very mesmerizing to watch.

The Vilter engine also came to Albany.

 

[stoughtonfarmboy]

Wow. Bigger scale than mine. We only need one person to crank and, with luck, a 9 year old boy to hold the twine separator and move forward as the rope is created.

Ken

 

[Not db4600]

Wow. Bigger scale than mine. We only need one person to crank and, with luck, a 9 year old boy to hold the twine separator and move forward as the rope is created.

Ken

A Haskell-Dawes search will bring up a history of rope and twine machines.