Conversation with Legendary 91-Year-Old Auctioneer, Farm Equipment Dealer

Machinery Pete Podcast

Machinery Pete offers his annual Thanksgiving advice to use your smart phones to record video of conversations with your elderly loved ones at holiday family gatherings. Pete demonstrates the value of this by sharing one of his all time favorite interviews he's done, from two years ago with then 91-year-old legendary auctioneer and farm equipment dealer Abner Jacobson of Benson, Minn.

Abner passed away May 7, 2019 at the age of 93. Abner's recalled stories of the auction and farm equipment businesses in the 1950's and 1960's will make you smile.

• [00:50] – Machinery Pete’s Tractor of the Week
• [3:55] - Annual Thanksgiving advice from Machinery Pete
• [7:44] - Interview with Abner Jacobson begins
• [9:15] - How Abner got involved with the auction business
• [13:55] - A story about the sale of a shotgun
• [18:11] - A large crowd attends Abner’s 90th birthday
• [27:20] - What Abner loves most about auctions
• [34:52] - A funny story about an old dump truck for sale
• [35:43] - Secrets to a successful and happy life
• [37:50] - The power of addressing someone by name
• [40:00] - Machinery Pete’s final words

Machinery Pete was founded in 1989 and has grown from its humble beginnings to a full-fledged marketplace for farming equipment. Greg Peterson, founder and host, has also released Machinery Pete content across platforms including YouTube with his long-running Machinery Pete TV show.

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