The World War I-era Trailmobile ambulance wagon on auction at Bring a Trailer went for $9,600 on Tuesday. Niemand00 won after one-upping snake98 by $100 with four minutes remaining.

Needless to say, the wagon is by far the winning bidder’s oldest addition. It was built in 1917 by the Trailmobile Company as an ambulance with a supply trailer to be used by U.S. Army troops during the Great War. Over ten thousand such units were produced from 1914 to 1918, including the years before formal American entry into the conflict.

The wagon that went on sale was then bought by Ponderosa Ranch owner Bill Anderson, then sold to his friend in 2017 and put in a private museum containing memorabilia from the ranch and Bonanza. Besides the wagon and the trailer, the auctioned set also comes with medical supplies, a stretcher, and medic identification such as a flag and markings.

Niemand00 had asked the day before the auction closed if the wagon could stay in Nevada until spring, which the auctioneer permitted. Thus, it’ll remain stored and “protected from the winter and safe.”

15 bids were placed.

“My grandfather was a doughboy and my grandmother was a nurse in WWI,” commented user Eladoppel. “This brings tears to my eyes thinking of the sacrifices they made.”

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