WORTHINGTON — Ken Nieland celebrated his 85th birthday last week and decided it was time to sell his collection of restored John Deere Model B tractors and other antique farm implements. He ...

Back in the early 2000s, Pete says, this still relatively fresh mid-horsepower model (Deere manufactured 8000 Series from 1995-1999) was going for $60,000 to $70,000 at auction.