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In a town near our place in WV a Honda and Stihl dealership went bankrupt about a year ago. The owner had died about 2 years before that and left it to his family who didn’t seem capable of managing it.
The deceased owner, besides being a dealer, was a known “hoarder” of motorcycles and chainsaws. Note I didn’t say he was a “collector” because he displayed few and kept the rest in an old shed/barn for decades untouched.
I waited 3 years for there to be an auction of his chainsaws and just luckily stumbled upon it one weekend when I went to town. Early Saturday morning I was there to register. There were 50, mostly antique, chainsaws, 250 collectors’ motorcycles (some still in crates after 20 to 30 years and lots of bike parts and accessories.
I immediately spotted a couple of chainsaws I was interested in – a nice Pioneer 600,
a hardly used looking Mac 250
and most of all a damn fine looking Contra.
All filthy after sitting unprotected in a barn for 3 to 4 decades.
The pictures show the saws better than they looked in the shop because they were in a back wall that had very little light. My strobe lit them up You can see the years of encrusted gunk on them.
I had to wait through the morning until the chainsaws were auctioned off in between motorcycles. The highest bidder number I spotted was 963. There were bidders from across the country with hundreds of large trailers parked all over the small town.
The bidding on the chainsaws started slow as they brought out the least desirable ones first – most going for $25 or so. I had hope. Then they brought out a couple (all brand new or nearly so) 028s, 024s and 026s that all went for the $300 range. At that point I was getting nervous, as they still hadn’t brought out any of the saws I was interested in.
Finally, they brought out the Pioneer 600 I thought looked nice. The bidding started at something like $15 and ended at $50 with my bidder number on it. Two more, pretty beat up, Pioneer 600s came in short order and both went for around $50 as well – without me bidding on them. Then the Mac 250 came up and again started at somewhere around $20. It ended at $50 with my bidding number on it.
I was sweating bullets by now wondering if I’d get the Contra for nearly the same price and then it was there. The bidding started at $50 and before long another gentleman, behind me, and I were the only bidders. I had set my limit at around $150 but was quickly past that number and hung in there until my final bid of $475. He immediately bid $500 and I was out. I stopped to talk with him on my way out and he said he owns 5 stores and was not going to restore the saw just display it. In other words it was a tax-deductible item for him. I don’t know where he would have stopped.
Anyway, I was happy to finally get a Pioneer 600 and the Mac 250 just seemed too nice to pass up. I was broken hearted that I didn’t get the Contra but, hey, I have four at home already.
Here’s another interesting saw that I thought about bidding on but didn’t because I was saving my money for the Contra. I would have if it had been offered after the Contra.
I’ll be posting pics of the Pioneer and Mac in a short while showing them all spit polished! LOL
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The deceased owner, besides being a dealer, was a known “hoarder” of motorcycles and chainsaws. Note I didn’t say he was a “collector” because he displayed few and kept the rest in an old shed/barn for decades untouched.
I waited 3 years for there to be an auction of his chainsaws and just luckily stumbled upon it one weekend when I went to town. Early Saturday morning I was there to register. There were 50, mostly antique, chainsaws, 250 collectors’ motorcycles (some still in crates after 20 to 30 years and lots of bike parts and accessories.
I immediately spotted a couple of chainsaws I was interested in – a nice Pioneer 600,
a hardly used looking Mac 250
and most of all a damn fine looking Contra.
All filthy after sitting unprotected in a barn for 3 to 4 decades.
The pictures show the saws better than they looked in the shop because they were in a back wall that had very little light. My strobe lit them up You can see the years of encrusted gunk on them.
I had to wait through the morning until the chainsaws were auctioned off in between motorcycles. The highest bidder number I spotted was 963. There were bidders from across the country with hundreds of large trailers parked all over the small town.
The bidding on the chainsaws started slow as they brought out the least desirable ones first – most going for $25 or so. I had hope. Then they brought out a couple (all brand new or nearly so) 028s, 024s and 026s that all went for the $300 range. At that point I was getting nervous, as they still hadn’t brought out any of the saws I was interested in.
Finally, they brought out the Pioneer 600 I thought looked nice. The bidding started at something like $15 and ended at $50 with my bidder number on it. Two more, pretty beat up, Pioneer 600s came in short order and both went for around $50 as well – without me bidding on them. Then the Mac 250 came up and again started at somewhere around $20. It ended at $50 with my bidding number on it.
I was sweating bullets by now wondering if I’d get the Contra for nearly the same price and then it was there. The bidding started at $50 and before long another gentleman, behind me, and I were the only bidders. I had set my limit at around $150 but was quickly past that number and hung in there until my final bid of $475. He immediately bid $500 and I was out. I stopped to talk with him on my way out and he said he owns 5 stores and was not going to restore the saw just display it. In other words it was a tax-deductible item for him. I don’t know where he would have stopped.
Anyway, I was happy to finally get a Pioneer 600 and the Mac 250 just seemed too nice to pass up. I was broken hearted that I didn’t get the Contra but, hey, I have four at home already.
Here’s another interesting saw that I thought about bidding on but didn’t because I was saving my money for the Contra. I would have if it had been offered after the Contra.
I’ll be posting pics of the Pioneer and Mac in a short while showing them all spit polished! LOL
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