Auctions

Fri December 30, 2011

Cat Auction Services Holds Extensive Mining Equipment Sale

Cat Auction Services held an unreserved public auction at the at the Sigmon No. 23 mine in Appalachia, Va., on Dec. 20. It was one of the largest mining auctions in the past decade. The sale featured a wide range of open pit mining equipment, in an auction inventory more than 150 lots....

Mon December 26, 2011

Ritchie Bros. Conducts Final Auction of 2011

Vancouver-based Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers sold approximately $3.7 billion of equipment at 339 unreserved auctions around the world in 2011. This represents a 12 percent increase in gross auction proceeds over 2010 and the highest gross auction proceeds in company history....

Fri December 23, 2011

Inaugural Cat Auction Services’ eQuipment Yard Auction Results Exceed Expectations

Cat Auction Services’ inaugural eQuipment Yard auction on Dec. 14 sold nearly $4 million in Caterpillar equipment to online bidders via Proxibid’s online bidding platform during eQuipment Yard’s first event....

Fri December 23, 2011

More Than 1,600 Bidders Participate in Auction in Newman

More than 1,600 bidders participated online or in person at Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers’ multi-million dollar unreserved public equipment auction in Atlanta on Dec. 7. Bidders came from 45-plus countries, including 47 U.S....

Fri December 23, 2011

Alex Lyon Holds Auction in Kissimmee

Warm weather, blue skies and buyers from around the world were on hand for the December Alex Lyon & Son auction in Kissimmee, Fla. The rental fleet construction auction featured support equipment, trucks and trailers as well as a variety of excavators, rollers and loaders....

Wed December 21, 2011

Cat Auction Services Hosts Sale in Frigid Twin Cities

Cat Auction Services held a sale Dec. 6 in Columbus, Minn. Highlights of the event included a pair of 2006 Cat D6RLGP tractors that sold for an auction high $137,500 and $132,000, and a 2005 Komatsu PC400LC-7L hydraulic excavator that went for a winning bid of $86,000....

Wed December 21, 2011

Morris Sales Soar for Ritchie Bros.

Ritchie Bros. held an auction Dec. 14 in Morris, Ill., just outside of Chicago. Highlights from the sale included a 2006 Caterpillar 815F soil compactor that sold for an auction high $230,000 and a 2002 Volvo A25D articulated dump truck that went for a winning bid of $145,000....

Wed December 21, 2011

Alex Lyon & Son Holds Sale in Racine

Alex Lyon & Son held an auction Dec. 10 in Racine, Wis. The sale featured late model earthmoving equipment, truck tractors, dump trailers and equipment trailers from manufacturers such as Case, Caterpillar, Terex and Kobelco....

Wed December 21, 2011

Annual Fall Auction a Success for Bunch Brothers

Bunch Brothers held its Annual Fall Auction Dec. 6 at the Kentucky Fair & Exposition Center in Louisville, Ky. The auction, conducted for area contractors, dealers and rental houses has become a popular event for equipment buyers, primarily from Kentucky and Indiana, who come to bid on equipment and visit with friends....

Wed December 21, 2011

Alban CAT Announces Partnership With Cat Auction Services

Alban CAT has joined Cat Auction Services’ growing list of dealer partners. Cat Auction Services conducts unreserved public auctions of equipment (including trucks) from all manufacturers. The auctions typically draw bidders from across the United States and around the world....