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...at the biggest auction of its kind
anymore of the old carriages being
uncovered under a pile of hay in
the bam,” Martin said.
“Ten years ago, there was more
of the farm-to-farm searching, but
now there are so many dealers and
collectors involved, that they do
much of the leg-work.”
But Martin recalls how only a
few years ago he came across a
stagecoach in the basement of a
home in Massachusetts. The top
had been cut off to get it in and the
same was done to remove it.
And the prices of top horse
drawn vehicles are rivaling those
of their antique counterparts
which feature the horses under the
hood.
Paul Z. Martin Sr. and wife, Rachel, explain they come out
of retirement a few times a year to help out with carriage
auctions. Here, the couple is tagging smaller antique items.
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Last fall in Albany, N.Y., a fully
restored English Tally-Ho Coach
brought |52,000. Another similar
coach sold for $32,000.
The Martins hold three auctions
a year on the large site east of
Intercourse in May, August and
October and are involved in a
number of museum liquidation
sales throughout the country.
Martin Auctioneers is now in its
third generation of operation,
beginning with horses and mules
with grandfather William Z.
' Martin early in the century in New
Holland.'
Paul Z. Martin Sr. and his wife,
Rachel, still joke about coming out
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Sleighs and cutters in all stages ol condition
stretch as far as the eye can see at the annual
Martin Auction held the past three days near
Intercourse. Sleighs and runabouts are still
fairly easy to find, but good quality carriages
of retirement three times a year to
help with the local auctions.
This past weekend, Paul Jr. was
in New England, which he
describes as the heartland of good
horse-drawn vehicles, along with
other parts of the Northeast.
“I was in Connecticut and picked
up three vehicles,” Martin said.
“Someone stopped me as I was
driving along and said he had a
neighbor with some vehicles.
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“So, I spent another day looking
at carriages and wagons I didn’t
even know were there.
“But it’s getting harder and
harder to find the good quality
vehicles.”
The current sale has con
signments from about 20 states and
abroad, while prospective buyers
are here from about 35 states.
Often, they overlap. Someone will
bring one type of vehicle to sell and
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for .collecting and restoring horse-drawn
vehicles literally stretches from coast to coast
and beyond.
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their collection.
But what about the “stories” the
vehicles themselves might tell.
Well, that takes a little
imagination and the opportunity to
wander among them without the
crowds.
-The milk delivery wagon that
clop, clopped through the early
morning stillness of a city street a
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