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Howard Pugh must have been the first person in the UK to have ‘live’ sales in the country after the lockdown when some 50 people attended (keeping two metres apart) on June 13 (Doug Mole/Frank Mear) and June 20 (first collective) says Peter Love.
Both sales did well at Hazle Meadows, Ledbury. There was also much online activity at both with many preferring this method, which is here to stay, but you can’t beat seeing the lot ‘live’. Cheffins have been recording record prices for their mostly modern sales from their second month and a raft of timed online auctions. From their June 15 Huntington sale came a clean 1977 JCB 413 loading shovel with 3575 hours that sold for £6800 showing how popular good classic JCBs are.
Prices were again good from the US Pre-1930 Aumann Auctions on June 13. The stunning and good running British owned IHC Mogul 10-20 said to be the oldest of its type in the world sold for £36,252 grade 3, would it have made more in the UK? Yes, would be my answer based on the
