I was there. Pity it was in the middle of nowhere, long drive. Many a people came up from Melbourne. Interesting set up, they said there were no reserves but rumours were strong that some aircraft had reserves. A 152 sold for 15k and auctioneer said they had an offer on it for $17.5k prior to auction so maybe it was legit.
I was convinced there were MANY phantom bids pushing things along. Purchasing was only for the experienced bidders otherwise you could spend a fortune very quickly as it went VERY fast indeed, not like a house auction.
152's around 15-25k
Dromaders 50k
78 Duchess was 25k
buchaneer 45k
archer $42
r22 was $186k half life
liberties were 105 70 80 85 & 80
I reckon the guy who bought the first Liberty was kicking himself afterwards. 300 hours less and a set of wheel spats didn't make it worth $35k more!
add 7.5% and a 100 hourly to all prices quoted. Quite a few people were , I there can post a pic or two tomorrow.
they are rough prices, you get the idea.
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