Vintage News

A look back at the manufacturing history of the Fordson Major, made from 1917-1951.

Here is a compiled list of the top ten lots sold at the Cheffins Vintage collective and on site sales from 2020.

Roadless Traction, founded by Lt. Col. Philip Johnson in 1919, was involved in the development of army tanks during World War One. This experience was used to design track conversions for steam wagons and later for farm tractors.

A Land Rover that spent the past 30 years in a farmers’ barn, having been owned by the same family since it was new, received bids from as far away as New Zealand in a recent auction sale.

VPlough is a fully virtual event that will allow visitors to see all the competitors work and interact with them and each other. Judging will take place on 31st October 2020 and Cash Prizes awarded to the winners.

Cheffins’ Cambridge Vintage Sale at Sutton, near Ely from the 17th – 22nd July saw a number of the world’s most unusual classic and vintage tractors, alongside vintage motorbikes, classic commercial vehicles, petroliana and collector’s items go under the hammer, grossing over £850,000 in total.

The UK auction record for a vintage or classic tractor was smashed at Cheffins October Vintage Sale when the iconic 1903 Ivel Agricultural Motor sold for £328,600.

An opportunity to purchase the holy grail for collectors of the popular County tractor presents itself at Cheffins’ Vintage Sale on Saturday 19th October.

Over 250 rare vintage and classic tractors grossed over £940,000 at the Cheffin’s Vintage Sale.

Europe’s leading agricultural and machinery auctioneer Cheffins has been confirmed as headline sponsor of the UK’s largest outdoor vintage tractor festival.

£5000 cash reward for information regarding coordinated tractor heist in Burton-on-Trent.

Cheffins, the leading auctioneer for second-hand agricultural machinery and plant, has hosted 41 auctions in 2018, across the firm’s Cambridge Machinery Sales at Sutton, on-farm auctions and vintage sales, with over 35,000 lots offered throughout the year.