The big ticket item
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The big ticket item
Image: © Michael Trolove Taken: 2 Nov 2011
With an attentive audience, arms firmly crossed or hands jingling the spare change in their pockets, the farming crowd listen carefully as the auctioneer ratchets up the bidding for the John Deere 9880i rotary combine. It sold for £94,000.
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Image Location
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53.055542
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-0.516016