Bridgeport Auction

[redman89]

Has anyone heard of a total for the Phillips auction at Bridgeport? I could only watch part time on the internet. Many of my friends around here are curious as to the auction total. Thanks for the help!!!!

 

[Howard H.]

One of the local business owners there in BP said they estimated it at $10 million.

We were trying to estimate it by average $ per item and # of items, and we came up with a little over that...

I wouldn't sign my name to either estimate in a court of law, though... ha...


Howard

 

[skip33652]

I was told that the green sheet published a report of 21 million.Paul

 

[Steve in MN]

I talked to one of the yard workers when he was loading my tractor. He estimated it at $14.5 million.

 

[dansuper27]

As cheap as the stuff was going for the 2 days I attended I figured they would be lucky to get the 10 million it was rumored Kruse paid to get it.
List of the items I got,
2- single axle stack wagons...$200 ea
4 row McCormick 3 point cultivator...$80
6 row No 60 McCormick Planter...$85
8 row JD 80 Corn Planter....$400
Hesston 1014+2 Center Pivot Windrower..needs 1 hyd motor but is complete....$300
JD Cotton picker for the running 6cyl diesel engine...$700
Gehl high dump wagon...$175
Donahue Heavy Duty Combine trailer....$2000
JD 4630 FWA and it runs....$6500

Maybe the other days things brought more but but I know the scrap iron guys made out like bandits. Had to stand around most of the two days I was there to wait for the items I got and most things I saw brought scrap prices and the tractors didn"t bring what they would at other auctions. I would guess that since Kruse didn"t get any of the newer stuff running that depresses prices....And who ever heard of standing around in a tent and bidding on things by slide projector.
My take on things........