Kerry Lynn Kirby - Wed January 02, 2008
Demolition Clears Way for Tuscaloosa Makeover
They’re tearing it up in Tuscaloosa these days. The city — famous as home to the University of Alabama’s main campus — is undergoing a major transformation, through a combination of public and private projects designed to make the city a vibrant place where people live, work and play....
Sun December 30, 2007
Ritchie Bros. Offers Multiple Bidding Options at Auction in Olympia, Wash.
Ritchie Bros. conducted its second-largest Olympia auction in company history on Nov. 28 and 29, selling more than 2,200 trucks and industrial equipment items for total gross auction proceeds of $25 million....
Tue November 20, 2007
World’s Best Junior Auctioneers Attend Ritchie Bros. Sale
The world’s three top junior auctioneers got a close-up look at how their professional counterparts get the job done Nov. 14 in Newnan, Ga. Ritchie Bros. hosted Trev Moravec, 19, of David City, Neb.; Jonathan Kraft, 20, of Hobart, Ind.; and Dustin Rogers, 21, of Mount Airy, N.C....
Tue November 13, 2007
Ritchie Bros. Hosts Two-Day Unreserved Auction in Calif.
The two-day Ritchie Bros. unreserved auction in Sacramento Sept 6 to 7 generated more than $27 million in gross auction proceeds and set a new site record for internet sales. More than $9 million worth of equipment was sold to online bidders (representing 34 percent of total sales), beating the previous Sacramento site record of $5 million....
Mon October 29, 2007
Ritchie Bros. Sells 1,800 Lots at Two-Day Colorado Auction
The former Ritchie Bros. auction site in Brighton, Colo., was among more than 1,800 lots sold at the unreserved auction at the company’s new permanent facility in Denver (Longmont). The two-day public auction on Sept....
Thu November 01, 2007
IronPlanet Closes Strong Third Quarter
IronPlanet announced third quarter gross auction sales of $47 million. In total, IronPlanet auction participants have bought and sold nearly $153 million of equipment since Jan. 1, a growth of 30 percent over the same period last year....
Tue August 28, 2007
Family Runs Davis Auctions With Old-School Work Ethic
Davis Auctions Inc., a subsidiary of JHD Corporation, is owned by Jim and Lillian Davis. It sells utility and construction equipment and related supplies. Davis Bros. Inc. was originally a business that cleared land for power lines and roads....
Mon September 03, 2007
Ritchie Bros. to Feature CARB Regulated Equipment in Calif.
New regulations passed by the California Air Resources Board (CARB) on July 26, 2007, are expected to impact most California-based equipment owners, including those participating in two Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers unreserved industrial auctions in California in the coming month....
Tue August 21, 2007
Ritchie Bros. Breaks Record
Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers online bidding service, rbauctionBid-Live, broke its own record at a $38 million dollar unreserved auction in Fort Worth, Texas, July 11 to 13. Close to $11 million worth of trucks and other industrial equipment in the auction was purchased online — a new record for the company’s permanent Fort Worth auction site....
Sat July 28, 2007
IronPlanet Auction Sales Up 37 Percent in Second Quarter
Online auction participants bought and sold $105.9 million of equipment through IronPlanet in the first half of 2007, a growth of 37 percent over the same period last year. Bidders bought more than $64 million in equipment in the second quarter, with the largest auction garnering $13.76 million....
