A Good Day at the Auction

Where? Just so I don't get ill I would love to have gotton the Van Norman.

Bayport, Long Island. Most of the Van Normans were purchased by a local scrap dealer so they are probably still available cheap.

That is a bit cheaper than stuff goes for around here in my experience. (Puget Sound, Seattle, The Wet Side of Washington State.)

Lane

I don't know if it was typical, this was the first strictly machinery auction I've been to, I used to go to construction equipment auctions. Turnout was light. Koster Industries runs a pretty straight up auction. They were auctioning off items one at a time by request. The dealers kept pushing for aggregate bids but the hobbyists were accommodated.

I agree, Lane. For some reason there seems to be an epidemic of "auction fever" around this area. Over and over I see chinese measuring instruments sell at auction for more than you can purchase them new. Equipment appears to go for around what one would find in a standard private sale. Rare to find something that goes "cheap" unless it weighs

So, Is the problem that the rain makes people used to looking for "indoor" stuff to do like hanging around auctions and paying too much for bad coffee? :)

Koz (who th>

Any Idea on the name of the dealer? I live up near Danbury CT not to far from you.

Is your email address good?

Which auction house put this on?

I'd be surprised if there are many (any?) shops left in western WA with that much old HSM-class iron. I haven't seen an auction like that since 1995. Not so much a question of price, as a total lack of machinery in that class (Nichols, Van Norman, Clausing). Plenty of worn out newer, and larger tools.

Bob

Koster Industries. I like the way they ran the auction. They were willing to sell the machines individually if you asked.

the problem is you are too close to California . wrt to Starbucks, i _agree_! they really do prove that you cannot underestimate the sophistication of the American consumer.