We report on Cheffins’ impressive mid-summer sale
Posted by Chris Graham on 3rd October 2023
We report on Cheffins’ mid-summer sale, which saw an impressive 170+ vintage, classic and modern tractors under the hammer.
Cheffins’ mid-summer sale: This MF 399 got to £15,000, but that wasn’t enough to see it sold.
Auction specialist Cheffins’ recent mid-summer sale (July 21st-22nd) saw an impressive 170+ vintage, classic and modern tractors under the hammer. There was a great deal of pre-sale interest generated by the fascinating variety of lots, and the prices achieved for the later classics proved that the market remains very active in this sector. It was also clear that the more nuanced market for vintage tractors and machinery is still very much alive and kicking, with discerning buyers looking for something a bit special.
Some £3,200 was paid for this clean 35.
While a freshly-painted and good-looking, 1965 Massey Ferguson 135 sold for £17,000, I would like to have seen some of the pits in the door panels filled more effectively; if the objective is to create a ‘good-as-new’ tractor, then blemishes like this will always let it down in a concours competition.
This MF 690 Turbo got to £9,000 on the day.
A 1970 MF 135 Multi-Power, that had been sold at Harrogate in the past, certainly looked the part and made £13,000, while a 1996 MF 8160 4WD (with 5,060 recorded hours) looked good and found a new home for £17,500 + VAT, despite having heat-crazed decals. However, it was an imported MF 3690 4WD that proved to be the sale’s ‘hot lot’, with the hammer finally falling at £25,000.
While the bidding for this French-made MF 148 got to £8,500, it wasn’t enough for it to sell. However, the MF 35 next to it found a new home for £9,500.
As for the £15,000 that was paid for a very well restored, 1963 MF 65 Mk.2, well, that was a new record! All-in-all it was a good mid-term sale for Cheffins at its home base, and the event certainly built on the success seen at the John Simpson dispersal sale held back in June.
The 1996 Massey Ferguson 8160 changed hands at £17,500 with the £17,000 MF 135 next door.
Previously sold by Cheffins at Harrogate for record money, this MF 135 Multi-Power was moved on again at £13,000.
A record price of £15,000 was paid for this newly-restored MF 65 Mk.2.
Some £4,600 was paid for this Massey Harris 744PD, despite the two flat tyres!
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