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“Major crowd at Matlock Dispersal with 655 lots sold”

A bright, breezy and sunny day with an excellent venue saw a fast trade when the late John Spencer’s items together with other vendors kit was sold at Grouse Cottage Farm between Ashover and Matlock.

Within the smaller lots:

• Steel Manhole Covers                                                                                    £28 each
• Short Heavy Duty Gates                                                                                 £40 each
• Roller Shutter Doors                                                                                       £560 each (15ft)
• Electric Motors                                                                                                £66 each
• New Alloy 4WD Vehicle Wheels c/w Tyres (17”)                                  £200 per set
• Water Fittings                                                                                                  £40 per box

There was wide interest in the tractor sundries with:

• 3 Pnt Mounted Ball Hitch Frame                                                               £50
• Top Link                                                                                                     £26
• Finger Bar Mower Blades                                                                          £125 per lot
• Ferguson Link Box                                                                                      £40

There had been a lot of pre-sale interest in the Single Axle Single Side Opening Display Trailer which after spirited bidding (including phone attention from Staffordshire) achieved £3,500.

• Ripvator Rear Mounted Fork Lift                                                                                £330
• Pair of Virtually Unused Agri Two Bale Galvanised Cattle Yokes      £300 for the pair.
• A Chiltern Twin Bale Round Bale Rear Mounted lifter                       £420
• Flat Segment Roll                                                                                             £270
• Fleming Single Rota Topper                                                                         £680

Included from a local vendor was a Case 4230 4WD on an M Plate c/w Loader which achieved a massive £10,000 and from the same vendor a Tuff Mac 8 Ton Twin Axle Drop Side Tipping Trailer at £5,000.

Within the final items from the farm, all sold with no vat were:

• Fordson Dexta                                                                                                  £2,200
• Leyland 285 (P Plate-Old Style Gearbox)                                                £3,100
• Tri-Axle 44ft Step Framed Box Trailer                                                      £1,900

The catalogue had detailed a massive number of extra sundry vendor lots from local village vendors and in excess of 220 lots were sold on behalf of the locals.

• Ring Feeders                                                                                                     £250 each
• New Holland 386 Conventional Baler                                                       £520
• Two Churns c/w Lids                                                                                       £190 pair
• Nestle Churn c/w Surge Milker Single Unit                                            £115
• Kuhn Primor 3560 Trailed Straw Chopper                                              £1,850
• 16ft Twin Axle Ifor Williams Trailer c/w Sides and Ramps                £3,600
• 10ft Ifor Williams Cattle Trailer                                                                   £1,650
• Terrex HD1000 Articulated 1 Ton High Tip Dumper                           £4,700
• Mammut PTO Mounted Pan Mixer                                                           £1,620
• Massey Ferguson 135 (non-vat vendor believed 1970)                     £4,500

A Blue Land Rover Defender (55 Plate)- Truck Cab-88,000 Miles achieved a very pleasing £14,500

All ready 5 sales booked for the upcoming two months-please check the website for further details. www.bagshaws.com

“Exceptional Machinery at Edale Dispersal with strong prices and a large crowd”

The dispersal on behalf of Mr & Mrs Robin Metcalfe at Hardenclough Farm, Hope Valley saw a superb range of equipment for genuine dispersal and a large crowd including customers from as far afield as Tow Law in County Durham and North Wales and Cumbria together with all surrounding counties.

The family have farmed the unit since 1971 and their attention to detail and pride in keeping their equipment in good order was definitely shown in the prices achieved for their sale items.

In the smaller items;

• Lister Sheep Shearer                                       £290
• Battery Powered Tag Reader                         £320
• Stihl Chainsaw                                                 £320
• Sheep Trimming Stand                                   £380
• Footbath                                                          £350
• IAE Dial Style Weigh Scales                             £660
• Ritchie Galvanised Combi Clamp                    £2,400

There was an extremely wide range of galvanised hurdles together with cattle equipment which sold as follows;

• Sheep ring feeders                                          £76 each
• Sheep Rectangular Bunker Feeders                £315 each
• Covered Lamb Creeps                                     £280 each
• Sheep Turnover Crate                                    £610
• The Galvanised IAE Cattle Crush                     £1,750

As detailed the equipment was in superb order with;

• 300 Series Haybob                                                                             £1,520
• Kuhn VKN 240 Mounted Flail Topper with Hyd Offset Headstock    £4,100
• Little Used 6 Ton Single Axle Tipping Trailer                                     £2,180

There was wide interest in the livestock trailers, Honda Quad and Equipment with the Nugent 14ft Tri-axle Livestock Trailer achieving an excellent £5,020 and travelling North into Lancashire. The Ifor Williams 10ft Twin Axle Low Level Sheep Trailer achieving £3,560 and the superb Honda TRX520 Automatic 4WD Quad Bike having only 480 hours worked and being 2020 registered at a fantastic price of £5,850.

The excellent Case Farmall 105 4WD tractor achieved a superb £37,400 with the equally well kept Manitou 625-75 H Telehandler being four years old and achieving an excellent £37,000 to a South Staffordshire farmer.

More sales coming in the next few weeks, with five sales scheduled for the end of October.

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