Mecum Auction

super99 · Nov 14, 2022

in East Moline is this Thursday, Friday and Saturday. I'm selling 2 tractors, a Oliver 880 and a Oliver 1850 diesel. The 880 sells Thursday and the 1850 is the first tractor sold Saturday. I belong to the Antique Engine and Tractor Association in Geneseo, Ill and the club drives tractors thru the ring for the auction, so I'll be there all 3 days. Sounds like it will be COLD!!!! I'll be the old guy with a beard and so many clothes on that I can hardly move and using a cane.

casecollectorsc · Nov 14, 2022

How many tractors do they sell in the three day period??

super99 · Nov 15, 2022

Not sure, you can look on the website. Seems like they sell 80 to 100 each day.

Bruce from Can. · Nov 15, 2022

Hope you do well. I have a hard time parting with stuff myself

super99 · Nov 15, 2022

Me too!!!! I think the economy is gonna get a whole lot worse so I might as well sell a couple now while they are worth something.

DR. EVIL · Nov 15, 2022

SUPER 99 - Say HI to my Cousin, He'll probably be there with his Nephew.
I'd like to get in and snoop around there! MAX ARMSTRONG interviewed one of the TENNANT boys about their plans for the old IH East Moline Plant, motels, hotels, shops, restaurants, casino's, Even machine shops and warehouses. Sid Tennant, original owner of Tennant Trucking and his two sons, and think it's Sid's brother are behind that whole Bend X-Po.
I actually worked way out in the back of that plant, On the Riverbank as they called it, in the large shear department, helper on an 8 ft Cincinnati shear, 8 hours a day, 6 days a week, couple of those nights it was brutally cold, even INSIDE the plant it was below 10 degrees, they made no attempt to heat our work area.

I went to one of their auctions over at the Fairgrounds in Davenport about 10-12 years ago. That was before they charged admission whether you got a bidding number or not.

super99 · Nov 15, 2022

If I knew who they were, I'd say Hi but since I don't, they'll have to find me. I plan to drive my tractors thru the ring. Yes, that can be a very cold place!!!!

Yukon3639 · Nov 17, 2022

(quoted from post at 19:55:41 11/14/22) in East Moline is this Thursday, Friday and Saturday. I'm selling 2 tractors, a Oliver 880 and a Oliver 1850 diesel. The 880 sells Thursday and the 1850 is the first tractor sold Saturday. I belong to the Antique Engine and Tractor Association in Geneseo, Ill and the club drives tractors thru the ring for the auction, so I'll be there all 3 days. Sounds like it will be COLD!!!! I'll be the old guy with a beard and so many clothes on that I can hardly move and using a cane.

Mecum website reports they will not take the tractors through the building. They will be sold by photo and try to keep the heat in the arena

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