Melissa;
The value of the tractor first depends on whether it is the older three
wheeled seive-grip model or the later standard four wheeler. A Samson sold
at the Oscar Cooke sale in Billings, Montana, back in 1998 for $26,000.
Auction results are available at the Kruse auction site, www.kruse.com.
Another Samson sold at the George Schaff truck and tractor auction in
Illinois last September for $8,500. I believe this was a four wheel tractor.
You could check with the auctioneer, Kurt Aumann, for details, or contact
the Schaffs, who continue to collect and restore rarer trucks and tractors.
A number of restored trucks similar in vintage to Samsons sold at that sale
and results are on the Aumann site, www.aumannauction.com, in case that
would be helpful.
Several Samson tractors and trucks have appeared in the "for sale"
classifieds of Gas Engine Magazine over the past few years and price
estimates might be formed based on those ads, too.
If you need further help, contact me at [log in to unmask]
Todd Stockwell
Curator of Agriculture, Industry & Technology
Indiana State Museum and Historic Sites
Indianapolis, Indiana
(317) 232-8270
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From: Melissa de Bie [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2003 4:34 PM
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Subject: Samson truck & tractor values
Anyone have good sources for estimating values on Samson trucks and
tractors?? (no money for appraisals!) I'm coming up empty when I hit the
usual auction and websites.
Melissa de Bie
Collections Manager
Rock County Historical Society
P.O. Box 8096
Janesville, WI 53547-8096
(608) 756-4509
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