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| Author: | Rob Davis [ Sun Jun 02, 2002 1:43 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Van Horn Collection Auction |
From Yahoo Early Rail group: One of the most important collections of old internal combustion powered commercial road and farm vehicles; as well as portable powerplants used to power threshing machinery and a variety of other rural industrial activities, will be dispersed at auction. Nixon Auctioneers will sell the remainder of this extraordinary assemblage of vehicles and petroliana June 29 and June 30 at the museum site in Mason City, Iowa. For those of you who have never had the pleasure of Mr. and Mrs. Van Horn's company , or have never visited this collection ... you missed a grand experience. The auction will draw hundreds, principally for the petroliana items and automotive accessories, that are collectibles affordable (generally, because things like the sculpted White Eagle Oil glass pump light are not going to go for petty cash) by the mass of us. The Nixon site does not do justice to the Abeling hand made large scale big top, which is valuable as American folk art,as well as for its grand scope as a scale model. Those of you familiar with the museum know some of the most unique vehicles are gone , as part of the process of spreading the proceeds across time a/c tax structure, but if you have a camera and want to get up close to major artifacts from before WW2 through 1890 , and have an interest in petroliana and old advertizing materials ... you are in for a treat. Who knows? You might find a new and rewarding hobby , like decorating with old distinctive jack handles. Good-Luck, Peter For those of us who never had a reason beside Van Horn's to go to Mason City, or measured progress on our way to other places (1/4 way to NW) it will be a great loss. It also makes you wonder why Iowa wouldn't have stepped in and spent the money to preserve the irreplaceable. That will have to remain between Iowans and their pols. trains@robertjohndavis.com |
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| Author: | Earl Pitts [ Mon Jun 03, 2002 11:12 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Van Horn Collection Auction |
> It also > makes you wonder why Iowa > wouldn't have stepped in and spent the money > to preserve the > irreplaceable. That will have to remain > between Iowans and their pols. Like most states, Iowa is in a severe budget crunch. They've had a special session or two already to cut spending, lay off employees and force pay cuts on other employees. They don't have the money to spend on this collection; even if they did have the money lying around, it's unlikley they'd spend it on this. |
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