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Cream of the crop

With the winter weather starting to settle in, a large crowd of over 100 buyers turned out to both bid up and listen to the prices made. The prices achieved showed a good trade on the whole with the stationary engines making good money. With over 700 lots laid out as one ring there was something for everyone and the H J Pugh & Co team worked hard to ensure a smooth and enjoyable day.

All lots were live on the internet which proved good advertising and it gave online bidders the chance to purchase some rare collectables which also pushed up the hammer prices.

The top price of the day was £580 for the Fair banks Morse engine for restoration the Ruston Hornsby open crank twin fly wheel engine sold for £500. A Teles open crank engine on trolley made £400, A Petter M type 3hp engine, s/n 58221 sold for £300, An international LA 11/2 - 2½hp engine s/n LAA56379 £200, the early magneto and ignitor – Engeco made £200, A Lister D 2hp engine s/n 118140 reached £60. 

Other items of interest from the collectable side of the sale were the De Laval Cream Separators sign fetching a hammer price of £200 as well as the Pierce Farm machinery tin sign for the same price. 2 harness hame plates fetched £95. Border fine art – Boxing day meet reached its collectable value of £400. The country artists – Job done Fordson Super Major made £65 and the NZG model tractor David Brown 1412 reached a hammer price of £50 and 2 Corgi tractors making over £30 each. The section of brass blow lamps made good prices from £10 to £70 for the rarer and better conditioned ones as did the carriage lamps and guards lamps which all made good money of between £40 and £100.