Excellent attendance at final collective sale of 2009

05.12.09

Auctioneers Halls were enchanted with the excellent attendance and competitive bidding at their final collective auction of 2009 at the Stanklyn Lane neighbourhood, near Kidderminster on Friday.

The wide selection of items on offer included new hand and power tools, gardening furnishings, a wide assortment of timber, steel, general building equipment and materials, workshop spares, sundries and tools, fencing materials, origin memorabilia, lawnmowers, rotavators, ride-on mowers, farm implements, machinery, tractors, vehicles and trailers.

Top prices in the cultivation section were £6,350 for a Massey Ferguson 265 4wd tractor with power loader, £2,000 for a Massey Ferguson 135, £1,850 for a Fordson Dexter in source condition, £800 for a 1960s BMC Compact tractor and £780 for a Power Fab mini-digger. A K-reg Land Hobo 110 Hi cap pick-up also sold for £2,150.

Farm implements sold well with a Griffiths eight ton twin axle trailer from a municipal farm making £1,250, an old Parmiter post knocker £480, an Amazon twin disc fertilizer spinner £800, a 3T tipping trailer £450, a JCB 3CX Breaker £400, a Titan 420 litre diesel tank with 12v push £350, a McConnell sawbench £350, a vintage Ferguson baler £300 and a 32ft grain auger £210.

Source: Kidderminster Shuttle