YELLOW SPRINGS, Ohio – On September 7, Sheridan & Associates offered a collection of antique farm equipment and vintage implements that spanned three generations of a local Welch family. Many of the barn finds had been stored for over 50 years. The auction was held online with an in-person preview on September 6.

Bidders had a wide variety of items, ranging from intact tractors to building supplies. In full, 123 lots were offered. Among them were four tractors in various conditions. Getting the auction’s highest bid of $8,250 was a solid-shape 1960s or 70s Massey-Ferguson 1130 diesel with 3,084 hours. It featured duals with 18.4x38 rear tires, 11x16 front tires, weights, and four hydraulic hookups.

A non-running Oliver Super 55 diesel tractor with good tires, and a replaced steering wheel, but no battery, picked up $2,600. A Ford 2000 industrial tractor with loader and backhoe, but also lacking a battery, managed $650. A Ford-Ferguson gas tractor with good tires went for $500.

Vehicles included a rough-condition 1965 International 4x4 pickup truck with 53,527 miles, manual transmission, and a Jer-Dan easy dump bed. It grabbed $750. A rough but classic 1974 Ford Pinto station wagon with 93,654 miles and standard transmission only bid to $120. Close behind, a competition aircraft trike-buggy-powered glider with a trailer only managed to land $100.

Farm equipment included a 12-foot-by-79.5-inch single-axle tilt trailer that reached $1,200. Bidding went to $1,000 on a Woods 214 14-foot hydraulic batwing mower. Hitting the mid-three-figures was a Kodiak 5-foot 3-point rotary mower and a Bushnell gravity bed wagon with a 300-bushel capacity, each picking up $600. Another gravity bed wagon, a J&M with a 100-bushel capacity, landed $325.

Plenty of equipment sold well below the $500 mark. Those pieces included a pull-type manure spreader that sold for $250, a John Deere F1350-1450 hydraulic 5-bottom plow that hit $150, and an International McCormick 16-row grain drill with grass seeder that was won for just $85.

The pieces of obviously antique equipment drew a wide range of bids. An International “hit & miss” engine on an iron cart with steel wheels did well at $550. A vintage pull-type hay rack snagged $40 while an antique Oliver horse-drawn single-bottom plow with a split handle pulled only $8.50.

Some unusual lots did surprisingly well. One containing six full rolls of Red brand heavy-duty cattle fence came in high at $1,100. Later, a large lot of scrap farm machinery including a bush hog, spreader and elevator, all buried in brush and weeds, pulled $375. And, a garage with two Studebaker Champion fenders, several hog panels, a cast iron sink, and other scrap went for $170.

Collectors found some unusual lots to bid on. Bidding went to $750 on a very rough 48-inch-by-26-inch early double-sided porcelain Studebaker sign. Getting a third of that at $190 was a 10-foot-by-30-inch Oliver dealer metal sign in a wood frame. Quite a deal was had at $45 for a group lot containing a rough porcelain railroad sign, a machinery bushings display, an Irwin auger bit display, an old wild game rack, and several advertising cans.

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