Vintage tractors reached record prices as a farmer's collection of machinery was auctioned off.

Eastern Daily Press: A farming auction takes place which includes some of Malcolm Stammers's extensive tractor collection Byline: Sonya DuncanCopyright: Archant 2018A farming auction takes place which includes some of Malcolm Stammers's extensive tractor collection Byline: Sonya DuncanCopyright: Archant 2018 (Image: Archant 2017)

Enthusiasts gathered despite the chill at Roudham, near Thetford, where Malcolm Stammers's 1948 single-cylinder Field Marshall 2 and its stable-mates came under the hammer.

Sale organiser Peter Love said: 'Mr Stammers has sold his collection very well. We had a world record price for a Field Marshall, it went for £14,500.'

Eastern Daily Press: A farming auction takes place which includes some of Malcolm Stammers's extensive tractor collection Byline: Sonya DuncanCopyright: Archant 2018A farming auction takes place which includes some of Malcolm Stammers's extensive tractor collection Byline: Sonya DuncanCopyright: Archant 2018 (Image: Archant 2017)

He added a 1965 International also fetched a world record winning bid of £7,500.

'Usually they're very difficult to sell,' he added. 'People didn't like them, they weren't a popular tractor.'

Eastern Daily Press: A farming auction takes place which includes some of Malcolm Stammers's extensive tractor collection Byline: Sonya DuncanCopyright: Archant 2018A farming auction takes place which includes some of Malcolm Stammers's extensive tractor collection Byline: Sonya DuncanCopyright: Archant 2018 (Image: Archant 2017)

Mr Stammers, 82, said he did not yet know what the sale had raised or what he would do with the proceeds.

'I never thought about it,' he said. 'I just got too old to carry on and that was that. I very impressed by the turn-out. There was a lot of people there considering the weather.'

Eastern Daily Press: A farming auction takes place which includes some of Malcolm Stammers's extensive tractor collection Byline: Sonya DuncanCopyright: Archant 2018A farming auction takes place which includes some of Malcolm Stammers's extensive tractor collection Byline: Sonya DuncanCopyright: Archant 2018 (Image: Archant 2017)

Eastern Daily Press: A farming auction takes place which includes some of Malcolm Stammers's extensive tractor collection Byline: Sonya DuncanCopyright: Archant 2018A farming auction takes place which includes some of Malcolm Stammers's extensive tractor collection Byline: Sonya DuncanCopyright: Archant 2018 (Image: Archant 2017)

Eastern Daily Press: A farming auction takes place which includes some of Malcolm Stammers's extensive tractor collection Byline: Sonya DuncanCopyright: Archant 2018A farming auction takes place which includes some of Malcolm Stammers's extensive tractor collection Byline: Sonya DuncanCopyright: Archant 2018 (Image: Archant 2017)

Eastern Daily Press: A farming auction takes place which includes some of Malcolm Stammers's extensive tractor collection Byline: Sonya DuncanCopyright: Archant 2018A farming auction takes place which includes some of Malcolm Stammers's extensive tractor collection Byline: Sonya DuncanCopyright: Archant 2018 (Image: Archant 2017)

Eastern Daily Press: A farming auction takes place which includes some of Malcolm Stammers's extensive tractor collection Byline: Sonya DuncanCopyright: Archant 2018A farming auction takes place which includes some of Malcolm Stammers's extensive tractor collection Byline: Sonya DuncanCopyright: Archant 2018 (Image: Archant 2017)

Eastern Daily Press: A farming auction takes place which includes some of Malcolm Stammers's extensive tractor collection Byline: Sonya DuncanCopyright: Archant 2018A farming auction takes place which includes some of Malcolm Stammers's extensive tractor collection Byline: Sonya DuncanCopyright: Archant 2018 (Image: Archant 2017)