Alberta couple sells off ‘very impressive’ collection of John Deere memorabilia

The collection includes many John Deere tractors, along with a wide variety of other items, such as dishes, decorations and small metal trucks that serve as piggy banks.

This is a bittersweet week of parting with a lot of family treasures for a couple from Strathmore, Alta.

Dan and Donna Specht are saying goodbye to more than 500 cool collectibles — connections with their Prairie past.

The Spechts have spent the past half-century snapping up John Deere memorabilia.

The collection includes many tractors, along with a wide variety of other items, such as dishes, decorations and small metal trucks that serve as piggy banks.

“Each doll has a tractor to go with it,” Donna Specht said. “We have John Deere teddy bears.”

The Spechts are now selling off the collection in an online auction run by Frank McInenly Auctions.

“It’s very impressive,” Frank McInenly Auctions’ Holly Kugler said.

The Spechts are hoping selling all the items will bring in more than $50,000.