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Ritchie Bros. Shows Continued Positive Price Performance in April Market Trends Summary Report

Over the last year, online shopping has hit new heights, positively impacting the transportation industry, while working from home has resulted in an increase in home renovations and an exodus to the suburbs, directly impacting the construction sector....

Ritchie Bros. Passes $52M in Midwest Regional Auction

Ritchie Bros.' regional auction success continued with a more than $52 million Midwest event on March 30 to 31, 2021. More than 5,000 equipment items were stored, inspected and sold from six Ritchie Bros....

Iron Bound Auctions Hosts Two-Day Sale in Seminole, Texas

Iron Bound Auctions held a two-day sale on March 23 to 24 at its main site in Seminole, Texas. Sales Manager Tony Peters reported almost 1,100 lots were sold over two days. The auction was a live event, with bidding available online as well....

Ritchie Bros. Breaks Bidder Record at Fort Worth Auction

Ritchie Bros. conducted its largest Texas auction ever in March 2021, attracting 76 percent more bidders year over year and achieving more than $95 million in gross transaction value — surpassing its previous Texas sales record, set in June 2020, by 17 percent....

Ritchie Bros. Inspection Services Completes 600,000+ Inspections in 2020

Ritchie Bros. inspects tens of thousands of equipment items each month in preparation for sale in one of its numerous sales solutions, including live/online auctions with Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers, weekly online marketplaces at IronPlanet, and a daily reserved solution in Marketplace-E....

JM Wood Holds Five-Day Auction in Montgomery, Alabama Where It Sees Record Number of Registered Bidders

JM Wood Auction held a five-day auction from March 16 through 20 at the company's Montgomery, Ala., headquarters facility. The auction, with the largest amount of onsite registered bidders in company history, resulted in more than $88,000,000 in gross sales, with nearly half coming from online sales....

Jeff Martin Auctioneers Sells Iron at Pelzer, S.C., Auction

On March 25, 2021, Jeff Martin Auctioneers held its Annual East Coast Spring Construction & Transportation Auction in Pelzer, S.C. There was a wide variety of equipment from many different manufactures, including Komatsu, Cat, John Deere, Volvo Case, Bobcat, Takeuchi and more....

Rosen, Buddy Barton Return for 15th Annual March Auction in Cleveland

Rosen & Company, in conjunction with Buddy Barton Auctions, was back in Cleveland, Ohio, on March 19 to hold its 15th annual construction and landscape equipment auction. Equipment up for bid included construction equipment; commercial trucks and trailers; landscaping equipment; shop equipment; and a variety of power tools....

Jeff Martin Auctioneers Holds Two-Day Brooklyn, Miss., Sale; Embraces Its Strong Online Purchasing Presence

Less than a month after its successful 4-day auction in Kissimmee, Fla., Jeff Martin Auctioneers was back at its Brooklyn, Miss., auction sale site on March 5 and 6. A tremendous crowd turned out for back-to-back picture-perfect southern Mississippi days with some fast-paced bidding action, including a strong online presence....

Iron Auction Group Holds Sale for Concord Builders

Iron Auction Group held a successful unreserved Retirement Auction for Concord Builders, in Concord, N.C., on March 11, 2021. After more than 30 years in the business, the Thomas family has decided to retire from their contracting company and commissioned Iron Auction Group to sell their assets at unreserved public auction....

Ritchie Bros. Highlights Top Equipment, Truck Categories in 2020

In a year of uncertainty, with a health and economic crisis impacting most of the world, Ritchie Bros. made the shift to 100 percent online bidding in 2020, showcasing its investment in technology by driving record-breaking demand and strong pricing for equipment and trucks....