Norfolk vintage tractor collection to be auctioned by Keys

Auctioneers at Keys said the huge variety of sale lots, amassed by a single, anonymous Norfolk collector, "could well make up a museum of Norfolk rural life".

Highlights include a fully-restored Fordson Super Major tractor. Fordson was set up in 1917 by motoring pioneer Henry Ford, with tractor production later moving to the UK and continuing through to the 1960s. The Super Major model dates from the latter part of this period.

A Fordson Super Major tractor is part of the collection being sold by Keys in Aylsham (Image: Newman Associates PR)

Other fully-restored farm vehicles include David Brown 25D tractor, built in Yorkshire between 1953 and 1958, and a vintage Allis-Chalmers B tractor with a bowed front axle, which marks it out as an early example of the popular model which was launched in 1938.

There is also a Northbourne Dairy handcart, complete with milk pails, measuring jugs and assorted utensils.

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Nick Harding of Keys said: "This is an amazing collection which the vendor has amassed over many years, and which is now coming to auction in its entirety.

An Allis-Chalmers B tractor is part of the collection being sold by Keys in Aylsham (Image: Newman Associates PR)

"The sheer variety of tractors, farm machinery, wagons and carts, hand tools, and other rural bygones could well make up a museum of Norfolk rural life.

"It is a fascinating insight into our agricultural past, and we are expecting strong interest from Norfolk’s rural community at the sale next week."

The sale takes place on Saturday, December 2, at Keys Auctioneers in Aylsham, and live online. For full details see www.keysauctions.co.uk.

A Northbourne Dairy handcart is part of the collection being sold by Keys in Aylsham (Image: Newman Associates PR)