Vintage tractor fetches $62K in a farm auction

• Published date: 24 April 2024
• Publication title: Otago Daily Times: Web Edition Articles (New Zealand)

Buyers at the auction were drawn to the smaller items on Wednesday, instead of the expected hits of a rare and vintage collection of eight tractors

Nevertheless, one of the biggest sales of the day was an orange 1953 Allis Chalmers tractor, which fetched a price of $62,000, Riversdale farmer Tony Rutherford said.

Mr Rutherford said four tractors remained unsold and would be sold at a later time.

Despite that, he said it had a been a successful day.

"[It was] good, tractors weren't as much of a hit as I thought they would be," he said.

"There's a few items left but everything seemed to be picked up pretty quick."

A good turnout to the auction meant that all items had sold, apart from the four tractors, he said.

Much of the collection was owned by his late father, Alister Rutherford.

"[There's items] that he's collected and then some of the other stuff is just from farming over the years and it's just come to end.

"He was an enthusiast in machinery."

Alister particularly enjoyed his ploughing and tractor trekking, he said.

Since his...