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"He has to stay busy," she said. "He has things in the back of his mind that he hasn't told me yet. I'm sure it won't take too long for him to fill up those sheds."
But one person's loss is another's gain. The sale includes tractors rare enough to have attracted a lot of attention. A John Deere Model P - one of only 20 in existence - was up for sale, as was a 1920 Waterloo Boy, which was the tractor expected to bring the most money.
Gilbert Chestney, a collector from Ann Arbor, Mich., said he was interested in both of those tractors, among others.
Others who happened to be in the area couldn't stay away. Gary Christenson, Bismarck, N.D., was in Sioux Falls on business. He heard about the sale and came to shop. Two hours into the sale, he owned a gas tank and was shopping for wheels. Reluctantly, he said he would pass on the larger purchases.
"I'm not going to take a tractor," he said. "I didn't bring a trailer on purpose."
Chris Grenz is a reporter/photographer for the Des Moines Register, where this article originally appeared.