More than 1,750 bidders participated online and in person at Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers’ multi-million dollar unreserved public equipment auction in Atlanta on March 29.

Bidders came from 45 countries, including 48 U.S. states. More than 72 percent of the equipment was sold to buyers outside the state, from as far away as Australia, Germany, Egypt, Malaysia and Panama. Online bidders purchased close to 28 percent of the equipment lots sold.

In total, more than 1,400 equipment lots were sold in the auction, including more than 65 backhoe loaders, 40 mini-excavators, 25 hydraulic excavators, 25 telescopic forklifts, 25 multi-terrain loaders, 20 crawler tractors, 15 crawler loaders, 10 wheel loaders, as well as articulated dump trucks, truck tractors and more.