Wed December 16, 2009
Ritchie Bros.’s $45M Sale Features 1,200 Frac Tanks in Texas
Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers sold a record 4,000 items during the unreserved public auction at its Fort Worth auction site Dec. 2 and 3, including almost 1,200 frac tanks for the oil and gas industry. The auction generated $45 million in gross auction proceeds and attracted more than 2,700 unique onsite and online bidders from 42 countries, including 49 U.S....
Wed December 16, 2009
RSC, Neff Rental Unload Fleets at Lyon’s Sale in Dallas
Alex Lyon & Son hosted a rental return auction Dec. 1 at the company’s Dallas facility. The sale included late model construction and support equipment as well as aerials, trucks and trailers. RSC sold late model rental fleet equipment to make room for next year’s purchases....
Wed December 16, 2009
Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers to Acquire Martella Auction Company
Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers Incorporated announced an agreement to acquire the auction business and certain assets of Martella Auction Company Inc., a Tipton, Calif.-based auctioneer of agricultural and industrial equipment....
Fri December 04, 2009
Petrowsky Holds November Sale in North Franklin, Conn.
Petrowsky Auctioneers Inc. held a sale Nov. 13 and 14 at its headquarters in North Franklin, Conn. The two-day major public auction featured thousands of lots of equipment from area contractors and equipment dealers, including construction, earthmoving and paving equipment, trucks and trailers, landscaping and more....
Fri December 04, 2009
Cat D6C Dozer Fetches $23K at Hunyady Sale in Souderton
Hunyady Auction Company held an auction Nov. 18 in Souderton, Pa. The sale, a complete liquidation of Scholl Brothers Excavating, which recently decided to close after 50 years in business, featured a host of dozers, rubber-tired loaders, vibratory compactors and more....
Wed December 09, 2009
Ritchie Bros. to Conduct 2010 World of Concrete Charity Auction
Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers will be conducting the World of Concrete benefit auction in Las Vegas, Nev., on Feb. 4, 2010, starting at 1:00 p.m. All proceeds support the Concrete Industry Management (CIM) post-secondary education program, developed by its National Steering Committee (NSC)....
Wed December 02, 2009
Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers to Establish Presence in Salt Lake City
Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers has signed a seven-year lease in Salt Lake City, Utah, and will be starting site work on a new auction site right away. Ritchie Bros. has conducted unreserved equipment auctions at temporary locations in Utah since 1985....
Wed November 25, 2009
Deere Dozer Fetches $37K in Minnesota
Cat Auction Services held a liquidation auction Nov. 18 in Harris, Minn. The sale featured equipment from Arcon Construction, a contractor who is retiring after 59 years in the business. ...
Fri November 27, 2009
Hillcrest Construction Iron Goes on Block in Charlotte
Alex Lyon & Son held an auction Oct. 23 in Charlotte, N.C. The sale was a job completion auction for Hillcrest Construction, Neff Rentals & United Rentals. ...
Mon November 30, 2009
IronPlanet Reports Record Sales for Third Quarter
IronPlanet posted record sales for the third quarter of 2009. Gross auction sales were $123 million, an increase of 61 percent over third quarter of 2008. IronPlanet’s year-to-date performance of $334 million is a 36 percent increase over the same period in 2008....
