I went to the South Dakota Federal Property Agency auction here in Huron SD last week, and have put a few pictures in the drop box of two lathes, two bandsaws, and some misc. items. Some captions are in
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The real surprise for me at the auction was that an unwired and rusty LeBlond 2516 went for $7000.
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A rusty Monarch (don't know what model except 36" bed) went for $500 which also seemed high, but less of a surprise.
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The big bandsaws sold at $900 and $700 --
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Lots of misc. items went cheap --
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some angle I bought and some shelves. For some reason the hundreds of boxes of fanfold printer paper didn't sell well; I think they went off at about a dollar a ton. But prices of many items were right up there - eg $100 for a lot of 750 used drill bits, $80 for a 120# box of 337 allen wrenches, over $5 each for 100 parts bins, $400 for a small, old, rusty "transmission jack, screw type, portable", $25 for a box of 573 aluminum salt and pepper shakers.-jiw