The genuine dispersal sale following the passing of the late Jim Wain at Ashleyhay saw the largest crowd all season and support from Wales, Lincolnshire, Yorkshire, the Midlands and the North of England.
With such a wide array of non-vat items which has been collected for perhaps four decades and no vat or buyer’s premium the crowds flocked to Little Broadgates Farm and every lot saw spirited bidding with various items unique which resulted in some exceptional prices throughout the day.
There were close on 700 lots for sale and even a small windmill or two included in the sale items.
In the Early Lots
PTO Driven Winch and Frame £560
David Brown 2 Furrow Plough £300
Bamford Roller Mill £120
Lister Series D Engine £130
Ferguson T Bar Pick Up Hitch (In Complete) £100
Ferguson Stay Bars and Top Links £100
Petter A1 Engine £110
Amico Engine £600
Box of Magnetos £200
Within the Collectables
Large Windmill £390
Large Sack Truck £55
Ornate Stone Ball £220
Three Staddle Stones c/w Tops £650
Stone Sink £150
Pair of Dolly Tubs £80
Galvanised Buckets and Cans Up to £45 per lot
Oil Cans and Drums Up to £55 per lot
Stone Troughs £420
The Ogle Memorabilia including Seats and Wheels attracted wide interest with a complete Ogle seat at £400 and four small Ogle Wheels at £300 for the set of four.
In The Larger Items
The late Jim Wain had a range of tractors from the Ferguson, David Brown and Fordson Stable together with his Field Marshall Series II.
In the Machinery
Kuhn Disc Mower £440
PZ 200 Series Haybob £460
Ferguson Finger Mower £280
The tractors sold extremely well with
David Brown 30C £1,550
International B414 £2,400
Ferguson TVO/Petrol £2,000
Fordson Standard Forestry Model c/w Push Bar and Winch £4,100
Fordson 4 Cylinder Crawler £2,600
Fordson Power Major £4,300
Three of the more interesting items in the sale included
A belt driven Marshall of Gainsborough Sawbench at a massive £1,800
Porsche Allgaier AP22 £3,400
The top price of the day was a Field Marshall Series II at £8,100.
A superbly attended sale which included everything from the kitchen sink to a Field Marshall even a few taxidermy birds and some world war I shell casing. Thanks to the vendor and the outside sales team as everyone was loaded and the job complete by 6.30pm on sale evening.
Vintage and classic sales for next month together with other farm sales in the locality please see the website for details. www.bagshaws.com
Slurry Equipment was in demand in this highly intense dairy area with the Hi Spec 2600 Gallon Single Axle SAR Tanker c/w Dribble Bar £18,400. Doda PTO Slurry Pump £4,400 and 100 metres of 5 inch Umbilical Lay Flat Pipes at £760.
The prime mover on the farm was the Case Puma 220 with sold with 50 KPH Gearbox Air and Oil Brakes showing 3,631 hours to a local farmer to £55,500.
In the Included:
There was a genuine range of kit from a farm near Rugeley to include:
Henton Twin Axle Bale Trailer £3,500
Kuhn GA3201GM Mounted Rake £2,850
AJP Bale Squeezer c/w Manitou Brackets £550
Single Axle Small Marshall Tipping Trailer £2,400
The sale culminated with a range of non-vat items with pairs of Stone Gate Posts up to £100 per pair.
Husqvarna Power Driven Rotary Mower £400 and Small Rectangular Troughs up to £480 each.
More sales coming up this summer and autumn 2025, see our website for more details www.bagshaws.com
“Large Crowd and Very Pleasing Trade at Field Farm Dispersal” Mark Elliott
The sale for the Fowkes Family undertaken by the Bagshaws team at Field Farm, Ashby Road, Measham attracted a very large crowd and with a large run of extra items from outside vendors there was definitely something for everyone at this late May sale.
Undoubtedly the stars of the show were the Deutz tractors, JCB Telehandler together with tractors from extra vendors with some eye watering prices achieved during the day.
In the Smaller Lots:
Old Galvanised Wash Up Trough £55
Clarke Petrol Driven Pressure Washer £280
JE-MA Rekord Small Single Phase Grain Cleaner £1,020
PTO Shafts £48
The farm had just a small range of equipment together with the two Deutz tractors with prices as follows:
Dowdeswell 4 Furrow Reversible Plough £1,600
Set of Quivogne Trailed Discs £3,100
Set of Old Vaderstad Folding Ring Rolls £2,000
Spalding 3 Leg Flat Lift £2,400
Potential purchasers had travelled long distances for the tractors, dryer etc with the Master Super 120 Mobile Dryer achieving £8,200 and the Rolland Twin Axle Grain Trailer achieving a very good £7,600.
Within the Tractors:
Deutz Agristar-08’ sold on an M Plate believed to have run for around 8,000 hours selling at £18,900.
Deutz Agrotron 135 MKIII on 4,300 hours (51 Plate) at £18,700.
The farms JCB 531-370 T4i Series III Construction Spec Handler sold into Cheshire on 2,950 hours on a 13’ Plate at £17,600.
Perhaps the surprise of the day was a superb TAFE 45 DI 2WD Mini Tractor c/w Cab which was driven by the non-vat registered vendor to the sale showing 855 hours and owned from new. Sold with no vat it achieved a massive £14,300 and the Kilworth Dragone Flail Mower just removed from it made £1,030
Other compact tractors included an Iseki 1215 2WD achieved £3,820 and an older John Deere 3050 4WD c/w SG2 Cab sold on an E Plate at £8,000.
As detailed trailers were very well bid for with a Richard Western 20 Ton SWT 20 Grain Trailer with Hydraulic Rear Door at £17,200 to travel to Warwickshire.
Smaller Non-Vat items included Stihl Strimmer at £125, Case Bird at £150, Golf Buggy at £300.
A well attended sale with spirited bidding and more sales booked for the next month.
“Wide Interest in Classic Tractors at Nottingham Dispersal” Mark Elliott
The small Non-Vat dispersal on behalf of the Executors of the Late Robert Marshall at Burrows Farm, Clifton attracted very wide national interest with purchasers travelling from Northern Ireland and throughout the North of England, particularly for the Case Tractors.
In the Smaller Lots: •Ring Feeders To £60 each •Steel Towbar £45 •Qnty of Tedder Ties £30 •Bags of Tools Up to £52 per lot •Galvanised Corn Barrows To £50 each •Bench Vice £55 •Battery Charge £70 •Husqvarna A3120 Wide Bar Chain Saw £440
In the field there were various gates together with machinery with Short Boarded Gates up to £42 each, Galvanized Gates up to £100.
In the Machinery: •Small Mounted Discs £120 •Claas Corto 185N 2 Drum Mounted Mower £1,020 •Hydraulic Folding Chain Arrows £880 •Bomford 1800 Mounted Flail Mower £1,200 •Artic Trailer Dolly Units Up to £920 each As detailed, the Classic Tractors saw wide interest: •1987 Case 1594 2WD requiring full cab refurbishment With only part glass £4,000 •Case 956 XL 2WD (1987 – had paint) £8,000 •Massey Ferguson 3095 4WD “M” reg with 12,100 hours £9,000 Within the Included Section: •Electric Fencer Units To £40 each •Vicon 300 Series Tedder £560 •Vicon RV156L Round Baler £3,000 •Small Petrol Chainsaw £78
Further local sales booked with Vintage and Classic auctions for mid-June and late July.
