Suffolk vintage machinery sale A Howard Platypus 30, 4-cylinder crawler tractor will be one of the main attractions at the sale.
East Anglian-based auctioneer, Cheffins is due to sell a collection of vintage machinery and rural
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and domestic bygones on behalf of the Barker family in Westhorpe, near Stowmarket in Suffolk on 17th June. The Barker Collection comprises of over 500 lots of collector’s items and is expected to draw a number of visitors. The collection was started by the late Eric Barker who moved to Westhorpe in 1957. The collection began in earnest in the 1950s when Mr
Barker began attending a series of farm sales and auctions. It was started with a Bentall horse-drawn plough and a 1939 John Deere BR6 which was used by Eric’s father on the farm where he grew up in nearby Great Ashfield. The collection grew throughout the 1970s and 1980s and, at one point, it included 60 vintage tractors; over 40 lawnmowers; binders; horse equipment; wagons; carts and other implements. Key lots of interest in the June sale include a Howard Platypus 30, 4-cylinder crawler tractor fitted with Perkins P4 engine, and a Massey Ferguson 735 combine harvester.
A Massey Ferguson 735 combine harvester.
The sale will take place at Lodge Farm, Westhope near Stowmarket IP14 4TA. For more information visit www.cheffins.co.uk, or call Cheffins auctioneers on 01353 777767. ■
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