The dispersal sale held at Higher Eastbrook Farm, Burlescombe, Devon comprised of over 1500 lots.

The sale attracted national attention with over 1000 different purchasers present on the day.

Purchasers from Glasgow, Sussex, Chester, Ireland and North Wales made the journey to see the collection go under the hammer with the addition of numerous phone bidders supporting the trade in the machinery lines. The lots included over 20 modern and vintage tractors, of which 15 were Massey Fergusons.

Top price on the day was for the 1990 Massey Ferguson 390 4wd Tractor c/w Loader which soared to £14,300. The 1993 Massey Ferguson 362 4wd Tractor also exceeded expectations by reaching £13,000. Other notable prices from the line-up of tractors included a Massey Ferguson 240 2wd Tractor achieving £7000 and a 1966 Massey Ferguson 265 2wd Tractor achieving £6800.

The Massey Ferguson 135s (3) were led price wise by the 1997 Massey Ferguson 135 c/w Loader which soared to an impressive £6,400. Possibly the biggest surprise of the day was seen among the numerous outside entries when an International BTD 5 Crawler which had been brought to the sale by a local enthusiast achieved over ten times more than its reserve price and finally sold for £11,000.

Other notable and unexpected prices on the day included £380 for some pictures which narrowly avoided the bonfire while friends and family tidied up the site in the weeks leading up to the sale! Other vintage and collectable furniture from within the property sold to a competitive trade with over 15 items achieving £200 or more on the day. Tractors in need of repair also sold well with a Massey Ferguson 135 2wd Tractor which remained split in half achieving £3100 with other part tractors realising £500 & £550 for other Massey Ferguson 35s.

Over 320 different purchasers took a little bit of Higher Eastbrook Farm home with them each carrying part of a collection which had been a lifetime's work for the deceased vendor. Stags were delighted to conduct the sale with long serving auctioneer Stafford Sampson who has been with Stags for over 40 years commenting: "It has been one of the highlights of my career dispersing such a varied collection of tractors, machinery and collectables".