Clearing sale success

DESPITE heavy rain, a fantastic crowd turned out for Elders’ clearing sale in Mirboo North on Saturday.
“We had 29ml of rain but that didn’t force anyone to go home early,” Elders auctioneer Alex Dixon said.
All items sold on the day and 300 people registered, including interstate bidders.
“We had a few bidders contact us over the phone as well and we had many enquiries,” Mr Dixon said
With the property on Porter Lane for sale, Elders auctioned a broad range of sundry farm machinery, collectibles, old bowsers, memorabilia and general household goods.
The most valuable item up for grabs was a tractor, which sold at $17,600.
“We were able to sell a lot more of the sundry farm machinery when the rain died down. We were battling the weather and had to do some auctioning in the shed,” Elders’ Rohan McRae said.
“There was a lot of interest in the big ticket items like the collectible oil cans.”
A 1926 model ute sold for $3000, petrol bowsers sold between $3000 and $4500, oil bottles sold at up to $400 and old signs sold through to $1000.
“It was a good day and the vendors Bob and Trudy Goodwin were really pleased,” Mr Dixon said.

By Tayla Kershaw

Auction day: from left, children of Elders auctioneer Alex Dixon, Keira, Logan and Zahli Dixon, braved the wet weather at the clearing sale in Mirboo North on Saturday with Wonthaggi’s Lilly Dellamina (front).

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