[TheForge] auctions - New Orleans

Sat Jul 26 17:58:00 2003

Yes I recall a situation where I went to bid on a 30,000# excavator only to
drive up and see a registered bidder swing it right through the side of the
building it was parked next to........ Or was he just a tinkerer that really
didn't know how to run it....................... Due to the extensive damage
to the cab, and boom after he was done, I left as nothing else interested
me................

Paul Hewitt
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chuck Robinson" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, July 26, 2003 2:43 PM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] auctions - New Orleans

> Jim,
> The operative words are"where is as is". and "Absolute Auction".
> This means that if the item is physically present during the time of the
> auction it will be sold if it has an item # on it.
>  If they withdraw an item just before the sale starts they will announce
the
> withdrawn items and everything else will be sold, if there is at least one
> bidder.
> If you see an item you really want with a high # it sometimes pays to
leave
> the auction and return a few hrs later when most of the crowd has thinned
> out.
>
> I have discovered a whole sub-culture of folks who go to heavy machinery
and
> equipment  auctions just to play with the machines.
> If you're a registered bidder, you are allowed to put the machines thru
> their paces, to see what works or doesn't work.
>
> I started to get a little suspicious when I would see machines out of
normal
> attitude, like a big Cat bulldozer stalled with its blade dug into the
> ground and the tracks partially lifted off the ground.
> I'm now a rabid convert, messing around with the best of them.
> Chuck
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jim English" <[email protected]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Sent: Saturday, July 26, 2003 3:17 PM
> Subject: RE: [TheForge] auctions - New Orleans
>
>
> > That's a shame. I have been to one auction where this also happened.  I
> > don't know if a regular at the auctions gets to know the auctioneer and
> > makes the deal or they know the owner of the equipment and get to him.
I
> > have often wondered how that works if you contract for an auction does
> > everything listed have to be present and sold?  typically there is a
> > statement on the auction literature that the terms/conditions
> > deletions/additions announced at the auctions site on auction day
usually
> > take precedence over the literature.
> >
> > I am glad you at least managed to walk away with something.
> >
> > The last time I was at a auction I was interested in a Ultrasonic
Cleaner
> > and there was a large one at this auction but was #865 on the list and I
> > didn't have time to stay around.
> >
> > Good Luck
> >
> > Jim English
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [email protected]
> > [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Chuck Robinson
> > Sent: Saturday, July 26, 2003 3:20 PM
> > To: [email protected]
> > Subject: Re: [TheForge] auctions - New Orleans
> >
> >
> > Hey Jim,
> > Looks as though I lied about the Dixie auction in New Orleans.
> > There was an auction of newer machine tools conducted by a different
> auction
> > company conducted simultaneously in Gulf Port MS so only about 190
people
> > showed up at Dixie.
> > I and about 8 other Blacksmiths looked for the anvil you saw in the
> picture.
> > Finally saw Jim Stroynoff there, an he informed me that some body named
> Tom
> > made a deal before the well before the auction to purchase the anvil and
> > most everything else that was black smith related. So the stuff was
hauled
> > off before the auction.
> > About 7 platens were still there. The only one in good shape went for
> $450.
> >
> > I bought a few items: a milk box full of very exotic stick welding rods
> and
> > about 10 big rolls of 3/32" mig wire E-70, ss 308 and one partial roll
of
> > monel. If any body can use that big size let me know, or the Gulf Coast
> boys
> > are going to be using it for bailing wire.
> > I also bought a rack of shop made platen dogs: because: they were listed
> as
> > a rack, were auctioned off before the platens, an just about no one knew
> > what they were.
> > A horizontal milling machine 20 ' high with an 8' table went for $2,800.
> > It's a really sad thing to see these old businesses close down.
> > Jim said that since it was located near the "D" Day Museum and the whole
> > area real Estate was going up scale, the property was worth much more
than
> > the business.
> > Chuck
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Chuck Robinson" <[email protected]>
> > To: <[email protected]>
> > Sent: Monday, July 14, 2003 12:17 PM
> > Subject: Re: [TheForge] auctions - New Orleans
> >
> >
> > > Jim you are inadvertently spreading false hopes.
> > > I've been to many of the Henderson auctions, and the real buys are far
> and
> > > few between.
> > > If the item weighs 15 or more tons and is about 35 feet high you can
> > > probably get it pretty cheap.
> > > If the item is more usable for the general population, the 600 plus
> > bidders
> > > at these auctions pretty much insure that it will sell for top dollar.
> > > Chuck
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Jim English" <[email protected]>
> > > To: <[email protected]>
> > > Sent: Monday, July 14, 2003 2:50 AM
> > > Subject: FW: [TheForge] auctions - New Orleans
> > >
> > >
> > > > Some members have emailed me stating that they could not connect
with
> > the
> > > > site.  Apparently the last letter in the site address did not
> > transition.
> > > > Please try this site
> > > >
> > >
> >
>
http://www.hendersonauctions.com/Livingston_Auction/DixieWeb/DixieMachine.ht
> > > > m  Also you can go to http://www.hendersonauctions.com as they have
> > other
> > > > auctions that feature fabrication equipment.
> > > >
> > > > Jim
> > > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: [email protected]
> > > > [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Jim English
> > > > Sent: Sunday, July 13, 2003 10:45 PM
> > > > To: [email protected]
> > > > Subject: [TheForge] auctions - New Orleans
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
>
http://www.hendersonauctions.com/Livingston_Auction/DixieWeb/DixieMachine.ht
> > > > m
> > > >
> > > > If you will go to this site and look at the last photo on the page
you
> > > will
> > > > see an anvil up for auction.  Maybe some of you live in the New
> Orleans
> > > area
> > > > and will be able to bid on this anvil and other items.   Good Luck
> > > >
> > > > Jim
> > > >
> > > >
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