Auction: Triplett Collection
Date/Location: May 3, 2008; Scholl Engine Shop,
Sugar Grove, N.C.
Organizer: Action Auctions
Special notes: Prices compiled by Tommy Turner.
As of press time, photos of the engines could still be viewed by
clicking the “Triplett Collection” link at
www.action-auctions.com.
Select winning bids:
• 4 HP Geiser (serial no. 2338 horizontal tank cooled, igniter
fired hit-and-miss sideshaft with vertical gear-driven governor,
Lunkenheimer “Crown” lubricator, on skids, original paint, pulley):
$53,373
• 5 HP Geiser: $43,767
• 12 HP FM Type N: $29,356
• 15 HP IHC Titan: $24,552
• 4-1/2 HP Olds (gearless): $21,350
• 25 HP Superior “Industrial”: $19,748
• 10 HP Otto: $16,012
• 12 HP Olds (tank-cooled): $13,877
• 7 HP Foos: $10,675
• 12 HP Olds (hoppercooled): $9,607
• 8 HP Westinghouse: $7,205
• 5 HP IHC Mogul: $6,618
• 20 HP Simplex: $4,803
• 20 HP Oil City Boiler Works: $4,163
• 20 HP Olin/Titusville: $3,736
• 20 HP Olin/Titusville: $3,202
• 20 HP Superior: $3,202
• 20 HP Evans: $3,202
• 4-1/2 Goold, Shapely & Muir “Ideal”:
$3,202
• 12 HP Reid: $2,562
• 20 HP Reid: $1,547
• Unknown HP Pattin Bros.: $1,227
• 2 HP Domestic: $1,601
