Classic Tractor Life

Days Gone By Museum Closing Doors After 30 Years

The Days Gone By Museum in Portland, Tennessee has been a part of the local community for over 30 years. This September every piece in the collection will sell to the highest bidder on an online auction spanning 4 days. The collection was accumulated by Joey and Kathleen Collins, who also hosted an annual Tractor

What Are The Top 5 Most Expensive Tractors?

For the past three decades the price of some of the most rare and unique antique tractors has steadily risen. Now many of these massive 100 year old pieces of history consistently sell for six figures. We’ve put together our list of the top five highest priced antique tractors to sell at auction. Number

How Two Brothers Built An Impressive International Harvester Collection

Hidden away in some Wisconsin dairy barns is an impressive collection of International Harvester tractors. They are part of a collection owned by brothers Ken and Dick Huber, two retired dairy farmers who accumulated it over decades. So how does someone accumulate a collection like Ken and Dick’s? For Ken it started with a

What Is The World’s Most Expensive Tractor?

On April 21, 2022 something happened that has never happened before. A tractor brought over one million US dollars at auction. This isn’t just any tractor, it’s over 109 years old and built by the J. I. Case Company, now known as CASE IH. So what’s so special about this tractor and why did it

Dennis Powers Collection – A Unique Mix Of Antique Tractors

A name synonymous with the antique tractor hobby that resonates across the entire collector community. There’s nothing ordinary about the Dennis Powers Collection. Dennis was a highly respected, decades long collector in the antique tractor hobby. As you tour the collection you see he had an eye for what was unique. It’s a tread that

A Forgotten Tractor Built For The United States Military

It’s doubtful any of these military tractors still exist. This tractor was built around 1919 by the Republic Motor Truck Company and is fitted with wheels by the P-T Wheel Company of America, Dayton, Ohio. In 1919 Republic had already built thousands of trucks for the United States military. These “liberty trucks” were built for

A John Deere Collection That Brought A Family Together

I traveled with Roger Johnson on a warm August day to the small town of Chebanse, Illinois. Roger was meeting with David Jepson, a long time John Deere collector and friend. David had decided to sell some pieces from his father’s collection. David and his father Dennis have collected everything John Deere for decades. Dennis

John Deere’s Failed Attempt To Break Into The Golf Industry

Check out the Earl Scott Antique Tractor Collection Auction that is selling an original John Deere 110 Sweepster. The auction ends on November 18, 2021. FOLLOW THIS LINK https://bid.aumannauctions.com/auctions/catalog/id/29538/ to learn more! The John Deere 110 is a popular classic with garden tractor collectors because its Deere’s first lawn and garden model. It was

Why I Hate Fordson Tractors

There is one tractor many early tractor collectors hate. Or maybe it’s just me? The Fordson. Why do I hate these tractors? Why does anyone hate anything? Because it has done you wrong or you believe it has done you wrong. So even though I don’t want to, here’s some brief history on the Fordson.

El Diablo, A Classic Tractor With A Dark Secret

I thought since it’s Halloween, I’d share a story I heard a few years ago from someone who claimed it happened. There was nothing sinister about International Harvester’s 666 tractor when it was released in 1972. It was simply the next logical number sequence in the 60 series line. It’s doubtful the engineers gave it

An Auction Trip Unlike Any Other

The temperature was 88 degrees Fahrenheit when we arrived in Ripon, California, but by the time we left 5 days later it reached a blistering 108 degrees. We were in Ripon to meet with the Baker family who are selling their family collection with Aumann Auctions. The goal of the trip was to move, sort

Not Your Average Avery Steam Engine

I recently had the pleasure to tour the Virgil and Phylis Litke Collection near Marion, Kansas. Virgil and Phyllis were married 71 years and it was as much her hobby as it was his. As their children said, it was something that brought them closer together. Virgil and Phyllis passed away in 2019 leaving behind

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