Auctions

Thu May 23, 2013

Cat Auction Holds $7M Auction in Columbus, Minn.

More than 550 bidders recently attended the $7 million Cat Auction, Columbus, Minn., sale. More than half of the bidders were registered online. Cat Auctions results surpassed its expectations by 10 percent....

Tue May 21, 2013

Sales Auction Company Holds Sale in Windsor Locks

Sales Auction Company held a public equipment auction May 4 in Windsor Locks, Conn. Approximately 685 lots were sold during the sale. About 650 people were on site and 263 registered bidders participated online....

Wed May 15, 2013

Alex Lyon & Son Holds Crane Reduction Auction in Fort Worth

Alex Lyon & Son held a sale May 7 in Ft. Worth, Texas. The auction featured late model cranes, boom trucks, aerial lifts, forklifts, late model Cat construction equipment, late model truck tractors and vacuum transport trailers....

Wed May 15, 2013

More Than 3,100 Bidders Attend Ritchie Fort Worth Auction

More than 3,100 bidders participated online and in person at Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers’ multi-million dollar unreserved public equipment auction in Fort Worth, Texas on May 8 and 9. Bidders came from 50 countries, including all 50 U.S....

Wed May 15, 2013

Local Contractor’s Machines Featured at Meekins Annual Spring Auction

Lloyd Meekins & Sons Auction Company held its annual spring contractors auction April 30. It was another successful drive-thru ramp sale at its permanent auction facility located at 4070 Hwy 211 East in Lumberton, N.C....

Thu May 09, 2013

More Than 2,000 Attend Nitke Auctions Wisconsin Contractors 48th Annual Sale

More than 2,000 onsite and online bidders registered for the Nitke Auctions two day Wisconsin Contractors 48th Annual Sale in Wausau, Wis., held April 26 and 27. ...

Wed May 08, 2013

Petrowsky Three-Day Spring Sale Draws Bidders From Far, Wide

Petrowsky Auctioneers Inc. hosted its annual Spring Auction on March 21 to 23 in North Franklin, Conn. Thousands of lots from BIRM-I Construction Company LLC, Tilcon, Conn., and many other area contractors and equipment dealers went on the block over the course of the three-day event....

Thu May 02, 2013

More Than 600 Bidders Attend Western Construction Auction

More than 600 live and online bidders from across the world participated in Western Construction Auctions’ (WCA) April 11 auction in Perris, Calif. WCA sold more than 2.5 million dollars worth of equipment and vehicles, and more than 1,000 individual lots....

Thu April 25, 2013

IronPlanet Launches Truck-Exclusive Auction Site

IronPlanet has launched TruckPlanet, an online marketplace dedicated exclusively to buying and selling used commercial trucks. "We are very excited to bring the same marketplace that changed the used equipment business to the truck industry," said Greg Owens, CEO of IronPlanet....

Thu April 25, 2013

Alex Lyon & Son Hosts Auction in Racine, Wis.

Alex Lyon & Son hosted an auction April 20 in Racine (Sturtevant), Wis. The complete liquidation sale held at Hribar Corporation (construction division) featured items on the block such as hydraulic excavators, motor scrapers, skid steers, fork lifts, flatbed trailers and many more....