An award winning 1948 Field Marshall Series II tractor secured the lead price of £18,780 at the annual Harrogate Vintage sale at the Great Yorkshire show ground.

The event which featured more than 900 lots was topped by the tractor which had previously won Best in Show at the Carrington Rally and Best Series II at the Marshall Golden Jubilee. It sold for £18,760, against an estimate of £10,000-£12,000, to a Leicestershire-based collector.

A 1956 Porsche A133 tractor sold for £10,184.

The more modern classics saw a 1964 Massey Ferguson 35X tractor make £12,328; a 1969 Massey Ferguson 165, which sold for £10,505 against an estimate of £7,500-£8,500 and a well restored Massey Ferguson 135 achieved £17,188.

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Oliver Godfrey, head of the machinery department at Cheffins said: “The Harrogate Sale provides a fantastic day out and is a key date in the vintage and classic calendar. We saw large crowds on the day, with buyers from across the northern counties and further afield all heading to join in the fun, as well as hundreds of bidders online.

"The market is clearly still going strong for both vintage and classic tractors, and the sale offered collectors a great selection of machines from as early as 1919 to classics from the 1990s. There was also a strong trade for vehicles, bygones, collectors’ items and stationary engines.”

Auctioneers: Cheffins

On 20th August, East Anglian-based auctioneer, Cheffins, hosted a sale of over 900 lots of classic and vintage tractors, agricultural machinery, vehicles and collector’s items at the firm’s annual Harrogate Vintage Sale. Hosted at the Great Yorkshire Showground, the sale grossed over £500,000 and saw crowds in the hundreds from across the UK and Europe.