International bidders keep equipment pricing strong at Ritchie Bros. Houston auction finance.yahoo.com Monday August 31, 2009 HOUSTON, TX, Aug. 31 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - More than 2,700 on-site and online bidders from 44 countries registered to bid at the unreserved equipment auction conducted by Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers (NYSE and TSX: RBA) in Houston, Texas last week (August 26 27, 2009). Ritchie Bros., the world's largest industrial auctioneer, sold almost 3,000 items from the construction, transportation, pipeline and other industries over two days, generating gross auction proceeds in excess of US$36 million. |