Values

We took 621,935 auction results, found every British classic with enough sales to measure fairly, and compared its inflation-adjusted price change since the late 1990s with the stock market, gold and cash. Most classics rose in cash terms; barely half beat inflation; gold beat every one of them.

What is an old tractor actually worth? A plain-English guide to classic and vintage tractor values in Britain, model by model, from £1,500 Ferguson TE20s to five-figure County conversions, what drives the price of the same model up or down, where tractors actually change hands, and why values have been rising.