# Restored 1965 Farmall 1206 Narrow Front Sold on Illinois Auction - 5th Highest Price Ever **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [June 14, 2020, 7:45pm UTC](https://discuss.machinerypete.com/t/restored-1965-farmall-1206-narrow-front-sold-on-illinois-auction-5th-highest-price-ever/1660 "2020-06-14T19:45:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Pete](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discuss.machinerypete.com/pete/32/469_2.png) [@Pete](https://discuss.machinerypete.com/u/Pete)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2020, 7:45pm UTC](https://discuss.machinerypete.com/t/restored-1965-farmall-1206-narrow-front-sold-on-illinois-auction-5th-highest-price-ever/1660/1 "2020-06-14T19:45:59Z")
The big rare vintage John Deere 4WD tractors got all the attention (WA-17 sold $148K and 8020 sold $137,500 - here’s video of them selling: [https://www.machinerypete.com/media\_posts/rare-john-deere-wa-17-and-8020-4wd-tractors-sold-today-on-illinois-collector-auction](https://www.machinerypete.com/media_posts/rare-john-deere-wa-17-and-8020-4wd-tractors-sold-today-on-illinois-collector-auction)). **…but those Farmall 1206’s!** On the Darrell and Lorene Ebbersten collector auction this past Tuesday (June 9, 2020) in Elkhart, IL by our good friends at Polk Auction Company ([www.polkauction.com](http://www.polkauction.com)). The beautifully restored 1965 model 1206 on the sale was a narrow front and sale literature indicated over $40K had been spent on it during restoration. Here’s a picture of it. ![IHC1206-IL-$30K](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/uploads/machinerypete/original/2X/6/6dc8d1ed860e2d5a36c5059ccf0b67c005f8ed1d.jpeg) **SOLD: $30,000.** $30K is tied for the 5th Highest ever auction sale price on a Farmall 1206. **HIGHEST AUCTION PRICES ON FARMALL 1206 TRACTORS** ![1206-Highest1](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/uploads/machinerypete/original/2X/f/f0efbb132c63843c55f6953eda29dba8153109b2.jpeg) ![1206-Highest2](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/uploads/machinerypete/original/2X/5/54fd384b7c0481d4b8d5b2e1d0fe2aa1632c62a3.jpeg) - Data by [www.MachineryPete.com](http://www.MachineryPete.com) Leading the list of highest auction prices on 1206’s was the rare Industrial Yellow 1206, 1 of only 10 made, 1 of only 3 with TA, sold for $42,000 on a 3/26/14 consignment auction in Philadelphia, MS. Here’s a picture of it. ![IHC1206Industrial-Deanco-1of10-$42K](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/uploads/machinerypete/original/2X/0/07b15e32bae8e9934d0dc598c03dcbba7e06169a.jpeg) 2nd highest selling 1206 at auction was just earlier this year, on a 1/8/20 online auction from Atlantic, IA. Below is a picture of the completely restored 1966 model 1206 front wheel assist with 7431 hours that sold for $36,500. ![IHC1206-IA-$36500](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/uploads/machinerypete/original/2X/5/551573d71cd1148c5eaed6a9cb97fe89e1c27991.jpeg) The 3rd highest price ever 1206 at auction is an interesting one due to WHEN it sold…9/6/08 auction in Danbury, IA. A restored 1966 model with 3696 hours, it went for $32,500 (pic below). ![IHC1206-$32,500](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/uploads/machinerypete/original/2X/9/97378a33501869e9cbdd4844e70a47717d833a94.jpeg) 2008 is the year when the Machinery Pete auction sale price data I’ve been compiling now for 30+ years first began to show a big uptick in values in vintage muscle tractors from the late 1960’s - early 1970’s. Makes perfect sense as November 2007 is when corn and soybean prices skyrocketed higher ushering in an extended period of good times for ag…and that newfound $$ in pocket began aggressively chasing the cool tractors of farmers’ former youth. There was a 2nd 1206 on the Elkhart, IL collector auction last Tuesday, the 1966 model, repainted, with 5246 hours, wide front, sold for $23,250. Here’s a picture of it. ![IHC1206-IL-$23250](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/uploads/machinerypete/original/2X/4/4eca3edd1e3bb681fb09b7a75411eada35b6de59.jpeg) While we are the topic of Farmall 1206’s…here’s link to a Machinery Pete Youtube video I posted almost 10 years ago, in August of 2010, where I drove down to Klemme, IA to see the 1st SN# 1206, which belonged to Luverne Schmidt: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJ0\_8J-YQiI](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJ0_8J-YQiI) ![IHC1206-IA-1stSN#](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/uploads/machinerypete/original/2X/3/37e730be358f7d77b6a84fe8bf525cefe7ff1725.jpeg) And one final 1206 video for you…from Michigan a few years ago, video of a 1206 pulling a string of 20 homemade hay racks made by Chuck Timm. Wow: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eidpP\_q2pNY](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eidpP_q2pNY) ![IHC1206-haywagonspull-MI-ChuckTimm-YTvideo.PNG](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/uploads/machinerypete/original/2X/a/aa3fc3c81acc816d58fa997d369349c83995301e.jpeg) ![IHC1206-20haywagonsMI3](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/uploads/machinerypete/original/2X/6/6602c5eedbfbc4da4d462d4594cd33dd642ef45d.png) **"Tractor Specs"** on Farmall 1206’s: [https://www.machinerypete.com/specs/farmall/1206](https://www.machinerypete.com/specs/farmall/1206) And finally, here’s link to (2) sweet 1206’s for sale today, one in Indiana (pic below - at H&R Agri Power), the other in NY: [https://www.machinerypete.com/tractors/100-174-hp/international/1206](https://www.machinerypete.com/tractors/100-174-hp/international/1206) ![IHC1206-IN-H&R-MPcom](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/uploads/machinerypete/original/2X/a/a7488e84580c231faad2060759dc27a9cef241d0.jpeg) Pete Machinery Pete [www.MachineryPete.com](http://www.MachineryPete.com) ---
**Author:** ![welkerfarmsfan](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discuss.machinerypete.com/welkerfarmsfan/32/4519_2.png) [@welkerfarmsfan](https://discuss.machinerypete.com/u/welkerfarmsfan)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2021, 6:33pm UTC](https://discuss.machinerypete.com/t/restored-1965-farmall-1206-narrow-front-sold-on-illinois-auction-5th-highest-price-ever/1660/2 "2021-10-24T18:33:36Z")
those are some nice 1206’s expecionly the industrial one