Close to 2,900 bidders participated online and in person at Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers’ multi-million dollar unreserved public equipment auction in North East, Md., on March 26 and 27.

Bidders came from more than 45 countries, including 49 U.S. states. More than 87 percent of the equipment was sold to buyers outside the state, from as far away as Australia, Thailand, Nigeria and the United Kingdom. Online bidders purchased more than 30 percent of the equipment lots sold.

In total, more than 2,600 equipment lots were sold in the auction, including hydraulic excavators, crawler tractors, loader backhoes, motorgraders, motorscrapers, dump trucks, truck tractors and more.