Ritchie Bros.' global customer base delivers strong returns on late model equipment in Sacramento auction
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Thursday August 7, 7:00 am ET
SACRAMENTO, CA, Aug. 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - A large selection of late model heavy equipment attracted almost 1,400 online and on-site bidders from 26 countries, including 37 U.S. states, to an unreserved public auction in California yesterday, helping deliver strong returns for sellers. The US$22 million auction was conducted by Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers (NYSE and TSX: RBA), the world's largest industrial auctioneer, at its permanent auction site in Sacramento on August 6, 2008. Almost 900 people registered to bid at the auction in person, including bidders from as far away as Australia and Japan. Another 500 people registered to bid online, live and in real time, using the Ritchie Bros. internet bidding service rbauctionBid-Live. Internet bidders purchased US$4.8 million of trucks and equipment. |
