Tractor sold at auction for almost £215,000 to businessman who grew up on farm

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The 1982 County 1474 “Short Nose” tractor would have cost around £20,000 when it was originally bought. “I started collecting quite late in life and now have about a dozen tractors in my collection, a few of which have been restored.” It is impossible to put a price on the value of nostalgia Oliver Godfrey, Cheffins auctioneers The tractor was sold at the Cheffins sale ground at Sutton near Ely in Cambridgeshire this month, where its pre-auction estimate had been £120,000 to £140,000. Oliver Godfrey, head of the machinery department at Cheffins auctioneers, said: “The market is alive and well, in fact it is thriving, as collectors still have cash in the bank which they want to invest in something tangible. “It is impossible to put a price on the value of nostalgia.” The auctioneers said the most expensive tractor ever sold on record was a 1903 Ivel Agricultural Motor, which fetched £328,600 at Cheffins in 2019.