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PAGE ?A-. GODERICH SIGNAL -STAR, THURSDAY., NOVE.IVIBER 20. 1975
Before bidding on an item a buyer will take time out from the sale to check it over: This
little girl was either interested in buying this manure spreader available at a recent farm
auction or she was put in there by a parent tired of chasing her around. (staff -photo )
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Many conditions affect sales
Farm auctions can be risky
BY JEFF SEDDON most 'lucrative method of
co vereing a line of
machinery into cash but it is
the most accepted and widely
used when the machinery is
not sold with the farm. The
seller can only hope that his
sale is well attended by
serious buyers with cash in
their`"pockets willing to spend
a realistic figure for a piece of
equipment. If that hope fails
to materialize the farmer can.
lose a bundle.
A sale is by no means a
guaranteed method of getting
the best dollar for farm
equipment. Conditions af-
fecting the sale are many.
Prospective buyers may not
attend the sale if the weather
"Pretty good lookin' plough
here boys. New points,
everything in good shape.
Any of you boys with
ploughing to do before winter
should get some good use out
of it."
-Who's got $1,000 for this
plough. • Okay let's do it the
hard way, who's got $700 to
start it -off."
The voice of an auctioneer.
Constantly boasting of the
quality and convenience of
the merchandise he sells.,
constantly coaxing higher
bids from his audience. The
voice heard nearly every
f h
A •large crowd of lookers
with few actual buyers may
cause a man to think that the
reason the people are not
bidding is because the
equipment is in poor con-
dition or has been used
harshly and he will not bid the
money the equipment is
worth in reality.
While the seller groans his
displeasure at -seeing a piece
of machinery sell at far below
its value, he may wonder at
another buyer's thinking on
the next piece �f equipment
when the sale price far ex-
ceeds the value of the item.
The auctioneer can sit on a
plough and merely point his
cane from one buyer to
weekend o, the summer
months in Huron County. The is nice because they may another while the bids jump
voice that marks the end of have field work to do and stay by ten, 50 or -,100 dollars with
one man's operation of a farm home tatake advantage of the , the nod of a head until the
w weather. Poor growing-' final�.price is in excess ,of the
and possibly signals the
beginning of another man's
management of the same
farm.
The final stage in ceasing
the .operation of the farm is
normally the auction of the
machinery. The operator
wishing to liquidate his assets
catalogues all the farm
equi",,pment with an auc-
tioneer, advertises the items
in his sale and hopes for the
best.
The- sale is not always the
seasons can affect the cash actual
He may then goee toua baler
flow of a farm and if the
prospective buyers have little and beg the; buyers to in -
cash on hared they will not be crease their bid because the
bidding on the equipment. offer to buy is far below the
price of the baler.
Two identical pieces of
equipment, purchased by the
seller at the same time may
bring two prices several
hundred dollars apart in a
sale. Two wagons parked side
by side and auctioned off one
after the other can bring the
same money or they can
cause the seller to worry.
The auctioneer asks a
buyer several times if he
wants to increase his bid by
ten dollars and failing to get
the bid he sells one wagon'and
moves to the next. Assuming
the bidder that failed to buy
the first wagon will be in-
terested in the second he
looks to the man for a similar
bid on the second wagon.
He may be surprised to see
that the man will not make an
offer at all on the wagon or
will bid $200 less on it than he
(continued.on page 3A)
Before the auction begins the farmer selling out will take
care of any maintenance his equipment needs and will line
it up in an open area of his' farm for easy access by
prospective. buyers. (staff -photo)
Pre,Christmas Specials
KRAEHLER ROCKERS Regular =109.00
s89.00
2—KROEHLER CHESTERFIELD
Regular 5769."
SUITES
Sale Price
Sale Price $550.00
DAVENPORT fire SPACE SAVERS
Regular s 1 S6.°°
on Sale $ 105.00
Special
Posture Foam MATTRESS Regular =189.00
& BOX SPRINGS
on .Salt
$.159.00
A limited supply of cedar chests now available
ARTHUR FURNITURE
AUBURN
OPEN FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE. EACH NIGHT TILL 9' p.m.
FREE DELIVERY
4144
The auctioneer stands atop a wagon constantly boasting of
the quality of the item up for sale never ceasing to coax
higher bids from his audience. Here Richard Lobb of
:o.erich Airport
TEE HANGAR RENTAL
The Goderich Airport Committee is cgnsidering the
construction of Tee Hangars at the Goderich Airport.
All interested airplane owners are requested to advise
the undersigned on or before December Sth, 197, if
interested in leasing Tee Hangar space at an ap-
proximate cost of 550.00 per month ppr hangar.
Please reply in writing on space 'below, or telephone
524-8344. 40,
Name
Address
Phone'
J. Harold Walls,
Secretary,
Airport Committee
Clinton works at selling the large variety of miscellaneous
items loaded on a hay wagon as prospective buyers gather
around. (staff -photo)
BUSINESS
� DIRECTORY
i
Ronald L.
McDonald
CHARTERED'ACCOUNTANT
39 -St. David St.. 524-6253
Goderich, 'Ontario
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The Square 524-7661
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• Equipment
Bayfield Rd. 482-7971
Cards For
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" Gifts
• Books
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Goderich
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Matching Pekin White or Colour $ 6 50• °°
:Top of the line machines at bottom of 1ine,prifcaw, . , '
our
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