Pate Museum Auction

[watkinssr]

Made one last trip out to the Pate Museum south of Fort Worth, Texas today. They are auctioning off all their cars, and the one last piece of armor is sitting there waiting for the marines to show up and take it. All the hatches, but one, were welded shut.

The place used to have so much cool military stuff, but after pate died they just ran out of money. Local vandals tore up all the planes and the military took everything back.

 

[papercu]

That a shame! Wayne
You Only Have a Handful of Days Left to Visit The Pate Museum Before it Closes For Good | The Squawker - a Best of Texas blog

 

[watkinssr]

Yeah it is a shame. I spoke to Sharon Pate just today, and she's trying not to let it all sink in until after the auction is finished. It's been pretty hard on the family.
Here's the article I wrote on it, if anyone is interested in it.
Finish Line for the Pate | Fort Worth Weekly - News, Entertainment, Restaurants, Music

 

[Stan Leschert]

I really hope that some of our good packrats, here, will be able to max their overdrafts, and save just some of that incredible collection from becoming a recalled Toyota!

 

[watkinssr]

well, the military is taking all the military stuff...the cars, well, they are expected to auction for a couple of million. They've got people registering to bid from all over the country, so I think they will find good homes for everything. The cool, affordable stuff is the models, books, and photos from the library. They have a whole building full of stuff. I can see some of that stuff going cheap.

 

[wgtactical]

Sure is sad to see stuff like this go away

 

[watkinssr]

Yeah, it is in fact. I had a friend with me when I went yesterday, and when he was a kid they took had his little brothers birthday party there. They took two cars to carry all the kids, and when they got back home the foundout they were missing his brother -- the kid had been hiding in the above armored vehicle because he wanted to stay.

When they drove all the way back out to the museum, the kid was hanging out with Mr Pate eating ice cream. Pate built the place so that the kids could come out there and see all the cool cars and planes and tanks. It's a shame to see it go for sure.

 

[jeeper50]

Sad day for many of us who visited. I recall all the great vehicles there, as a kid my Dad was stationed at Carswell AFB there in Foat Wurth, and we visited the museum several times.

 

[dittle]

So just out of curosity what is that in the picture exactly? I don't recall seeing that before.

 

[watkinssr]

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