UNDER THE HAMMER
UNDER THE HAMMER
The first alpaca dispersal sale South East
Marts has ever conducted drew a small,
but enthusiastic crowd to Teddards, on
the South Downs above Eastbourne,
East Sussex. FW observed
Above: The Downland Alpaca herd of 10 female Huacayas with cria at foot sold to a top price of £2800, and averaged £2475 for those with female cria – similar to other recent sales, but down on pre-foot-and-mouth levels. A guest consignment of seven females with male cria from nearby Atlantic Alpacas averaged £1146.
Right: Calling it a day after almost 40 years of farming, Arnold Morgan was pleased with the way things went – not least the sale of his picturesque house and 45 acres on top of the Downs, which went within a week and included five alpacas.
It works…but retired fireman, John Barnes, from Mountfield near Battle, East Sussex, was more interested in strimmers than hedge-cutters. Just as well, as this one went walkabout later in the day!
Below: Nothing ropey about this Roper garden tractor, given the "once over"
by six-year-old Jeremy Clarke.
Someone got a bargain at £90.
Above: Roger Waters conducts the sale, pulling in bids to £4700 for this immaculate 1996 John Deere 6×4 Gator with tow bar and
tipping body.
Lip-smacking, thirst-quenching…oh no, thats Pepsi! Here, young Joseph Paine from Epsom, Surrey, downs a Coke. Shouldnt he be drinking milk?
Above: Philip OConnor of Atlantic Alpacas (left) shares a joke with South East Marts auctioneer, Roger Waters, before selling off nine wethered males as pets for an average £500/each.
Right: Chilling out… Geoffrey Minnis from Wartling and four-legged friend, Wellie, take in the view before joining the throng on the machinery lines.