A TRACTOR dating back to 1990 was sold at a farm dispersal sale near Ellesmere in August for around £13,000, it has been confirmed.

A large crowd attended the dispersal sale, which marked the end of an era for a family who have owned property for 55 years, earlier this month

The sale at Pentremadoc Farm, Dudleston, near Ellesmere, organised by Halls auctioneers on behalf of Enid Pritchard, included a range of tractors, vehicles, farm machinery, livestock feeding equipment and household furniture and effects.

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Henry Hyde, from Halls, said he was delighted with the turnout and that the majority of the interest shown on the day was for the more vintage end of the sale.

“It was a very well attended sale with a lot of interest in the vintage and classical machinery as well as the garden effects,” he said

“We had buyers from Staffordshire and Ireland on MartEyes which made for competitive bidding.”

Included in the sale by special permission were a number of lots from Andrew and Marge Phillips, of Penylan, Ruabon, Wrexham.

The top-priced sale of the day was the £13,000 for a 1990 Ford 6410 tractor.

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Other top sellers at the dispersal sale included £8,200 for a 1990 Massey Ferguson 3125 Autotronic 4WD, £6,800 for a 1995 Ford 655D Turbo Digger with attachments, £6,600 for a 1980 Massey Ferguson 565 2WD tractor, £5,500 for a West Mac Welger AP 630 conventional baler and £4,400 for a Tafe 35D 2WD scraper tractor.

A Halls spokesman added: “The farm was bought in 1969 by George Pritchard who milked a herd of dairy cows until 1988 when he handed it over to his son, Brian, who carried on milking for five years.

“The family will continue to let the farmland but the farmhouse and barns will now be sold.”