A LARGE collection of historical machinery will be auctioned off at Wauchope Showground next month.
After 30 years of collecting, Lance Wilson from Port Macquarie and Howard Pryor from the Central Coast will auction off their large collections of vintage farm machinery, oil engines, tractors and collectables, totalling more than 500 lots.
The disposing of such a large collection of historic machinery will be a first for the Mid North Coast.
Most of the collection was previously on display at Timbertown Heritage Park, in the sheds that they both built there.
After closing these sheds early last year, they have now both decided to sell off their collection.
Some of the vintage oil engines date back to 1906, and at least 12 oil engines are more than 100 years old.
Since being advertised throughout the machinery collecting fraternity, there has been a lot of interest from all over Australia and overseas.
A lot of interest has been shown in an engine that was built by a blacksmith around 1910 in Bundaberg, Queensland, which is known as a Jigger Young – only 12 examples were ever made, and only four still exist in collectors’ hands today.
Rare Australian built engines are very sought after by collectors of premium machinery.
The auction will be held on Saturday 7 September, at Wauchope Showground.
