Installed value vs auction value
The same machine is worth one number wired, plumbed and proven in place, and another number sold to whoever hauls it away. What creates the gap between installed value and auction value.
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Same machine, two very different numbers. Installed value and auction value, explained.
Value in place. Wired, plumbed, proven, and producing. Installation and make ready are part of what a running operation is worth.
Value on the block. At auction the machine sells as it stands. Rigging, freight, and reinstallation fall on the buyer, and the price shows it.
Neither number is wrong. They answer different questions, and the report must say which question it answered.
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