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“Large crowd at first sale of the season in Nottinghamshire”

Mark Elliott

The Bagshaws team headed out to Meden Farm at Warsop for a 400 lot sale on behalf of the Bowring Family who had ceased active farming.

In the Smaller Lots:

• Steel Bins                                                                            £30 each
• Single Phase Dry Plucker Unit                                     £135
• Small Axle Stands                                                            £24 each
• Large Axle Stands                                                            £55 each
• Massey Ferguson Top Link                                           £100
• Tow Chains                                                                         £66 each
• East Sab Caddy Mini Mig Welder                               £410
• TrueCraft Large Workshop Wheel Trolley               £400
• Clarke 3 Phase 200 Litre Compressor                       £500
• Pair of Alloy Loading Ramps                                         £400
• Pair of Front Fenders                                                     £150

In the Field Items:

The Livestock Equipment attracted keen interest with;

• Small Plastic Water Troughs                                        Up to £45 each
• Sets of 4 Galvanised Sheep Hurdles                          Up to £100 per set
• Short Sheep Race c/w End Shedder Gate               £750
• Galvanised Ring Feeders                                               £150
• Galvanised Tombstone Ring Feeders to                  £190 each
• 8ft Galvanised Leg Troughs                                          £160
• 7 Place Galvanised Bunker Troughs                          £230 each

The IAE Warrior Galvanised Cattle Crush achieved £520 with the IAE Galvanised Covered Calf Creep at £850.

The principal machine in the irrigation equipment was an Irrifrance Optima 1035 Reel which achieved £7,500.

In the Main Machinery;

• A superbly kept Browns Mounted Hydraulic Folding Tine Harrow made £3,700
• Lely 240 Classic Mounted Mower                                                                             £2,050
• International 440 Conventional Baler                                                                      £1,700
• Kuhn BKE 280 Mounted Topper                                                                                 £3,050

A recently removed Massey Ferguson 975 Loader sold at £4,800. With the farms CTM Trailed Beet Cleaner with Hydraulic Drive at £1,900.

The Spearhead S60 Mounted Hedgecutter had undertaken very little work and was purchased by a Bedfordshire purchaser at £15,600. With the Kuhn EL300 Mounted Rotorvator at £4,100.

The farms Sumo Trio 6 Leg Mounted Subsoiler sold locally at £10,900 with a set of Cousins Contour HZ Ring Rolls £6,300 and the Kverneland E Series Combi Power Harrow Drill at £14,200.

Trailers were a large feature of the sale with;

• the Ken Wootton Twin Axle Bale Trailer at                           £2,120
• Marshall 12 Ton Tandem Axle Grain Trailer                          £9,500
• Fraser 12 Ton Tandem Axle Grain Trailer                               £4,550

And the star of the show a Bailey 14 Ton Grain Trailer c/w Roll over Sheet at £15,900.

In the Tractor Section;

A Case International 956 XL (showing 9,100 Hours on a G Plate) achieved £12,400 with the John Deere 7830 4WD (11’ plate) at £38,600.

Guidance Equipment saw a large throng of potential purchasers with a Starfire 3000 System c/w Screen at £2,080 and a Universal Autotrac System c/w Starfire 3000 Dome, Wheel and Screen at £2,080.

The Manitou Telehandler had been owned from new and was a 741-120 LSU Model c/w Pallet Tines and achieved £23,800 with the 9 Tine Twin Ram FYM Grab at £820 and Strimech Bucket to £920.

The 2007 John Deere 9780 CTS Combine showing 1,662 Engine Hours achieved £45,200 and was sold to a Leicestershire farmer.

The catalogue included various sundry vendor items including a John Deere Gator 855D showing 1,348 hours Registered on a 63’ Plate which achieved a superb £11,750.

Within the Included Paddock;

• Bailey 28ft Twin Axle Bale Trailer-Immaculate                      £9,450
• Swaledale Small Quad Trailer (no back door)                        £300
• Krone Easy Cut 280 Mounted Mower (no conditioner)     £4,100
• Kuhn Axis 40-1 Twin Disc Fertiliser Spreader                        £5,950
• Cousins Twin Unit Twin Ring Press                                            £2,050

In the Non-Vat and Collectables

• Small Pheasant Feeders                                £15 per lot
• Sack Truck                                                           £35
• Wooden Magazine Rack                                £50
• Twin Seat Wooden Bench                             £58
• Small Mini Compressor                                 £48

Bagshaws Auctioneers report a tremendous turn out of buyers in the room as well as online bidding
for the catalogued sale of over 600 lots of Rural and Agricultural bygones from a local collector. The
sale attracted bidders from all corners of the UK, including buyers from Ireland, Scotland, County
Durham, Bedale, Lincoln and London, as well as numerous buyers from the surrounding area. There
were items for all pockets with some very unusual lots on offer with a collection of 120 implement
seats amongst it.
Sale Highlights;
• Farm Implement Books £65
• Army and Navy Catalogue £42
• Fordson Booklet £44
• Butchers Cardboard Boxes £54
• Pot Eggs £62
• Pole Axe £140
• Horse Measuring Stick £140
• Wood Planes £146
• Spanners £55
• Collection of Small Oil Cans £300
• Hedge Laying Tools £115
• Albion Seat £155
• Plain Seat £220
• Transplanter Double Seat £270
• Ransome Tool Box £115
• Bamford Tool Box £110

In the enamel sign section bidding certainly warmed up with all the signs starting to show their age.
• Palethorpes £540
• Players £560
• Hudsons £300
• Calabar £300
• Alexanders £500
• Pluxex £240
• Royal Daylight £300
The sale concluded with some larger items and buyers stopped to the very end.
• Coopers Wooden Sheep Dip £580
• Coffin Bearers Cart £400
• Cast Cheese Press £300
• Round Pig Troughs £170 and £140
• Galvanised Bath £100