EPISODE 600 KEITH AND MARY SEABROOK AUCTION JUNE 18, 2022….NOT AN EASY THING TO DO
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Keith and Mary Seabrook shared a good life on their small retirement farm. Many good years.
I could tell. This was a tough day for them. It is very hard to watch your possessions put on the auction block …. very hard indeed.
No room for the picture of their old dog Willy…and their cat Trixy. Photos of these two pets
said much about Keith and Mary. But this day was no time for afterthoughts so Willy and Trixy
were part of the auction…pictures of them.
Keith is a super mechanic. Every machine lined up in the field was impeccable and I had
the authority given to me by our son Andrew…the authority to be a big bidder.
Here is Ken Seabrook helping Andrew Skeoch load the 1946 Case tractor. the machine
is more than 75 years old but purring like Trixy once did. Ken seems to be pushing
the Case …
photo of Keith’s son in law Joe Lortie who helped with the auction…family settled here from France way back in 1679…., Andrew Skeoch in centre
and Keith Seabrook on right.
Two auctioneers….Jim McCartney on the truck, seated…Bob Severn, checking inventory, standing
Strangest machine in the sale….
Rare machine….Gould Shapley and Muir fanning mill with bagging mechanism…perfect condition
“I bought this mill from a neighbour years ago…bought it because I once turned that crank when I was young.
Marjorie spent most of her time at the housewares….it was Marjorie that bought the pictures of
willy and Trixiy…we told Keith and Mary they could
get the pictures back if they wanted them.
Buggy sold for $1,000 … grindstone sold for $95
Auction featured a young lad displaying items up for bid…he took the business seriously
Ken is seated on this strange little tractor…pulls a one furrow plow..sold for $1800 I seem to remember.
Ken demonstrated each machine
Two Fergson tractors, circa 1948 (circa)….both running smoothly…quite a history to these tractors…Ferguson name will lead you to the story..
the old Case tractor sold to…Guess who?
Buying a tractor i easy if you have the nerve and the money. Bun moimg a tractor to Wellington Couty is difficult
‘DAD, This tractor operates without a clutch…and look at the radiator cap, a work of art.”
What did we buy? Guess.
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