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Ritchie Bros Holds Auctions in Birdsboro, Canton, Pa.;
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itchie Bros. recently held two auctions in Pennsylvania.
More than 1,300 bidders participated online and in person at Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers’ multi-million dollar unreserved public equipment auction in Canton, Pa., on June 28. Bidders came from more than 40 countries, including 48 U.S. states. More than 64 percent of the equipment was sold to buyers outside the state, from as far away as Australia, Bolivia, Malaysia and Norway. Online bidders purchased more than 23 percent of the equipment sold (based on total gross auction proceeds).
In total, more than 500 equipment lots were sold in the auction in Canton, Pa.
The crowd gathers indoors to take a look at the large variety of smaller items offered at the auction in Birdsboro.
This 1993 Chevrolet 7000 Kodiak dump truck is ready to roll out when the right bidder comes along to take it home.
Butch Graham calls out bids in Canton, Pa. Graham has been a Ritchie Bros. auctioneer for more than 25 years and has been a long-time liason to the pipeline, gas and oil field industries.
Old Glory waves in the wind in Birdsboro as this 1978 P&H Omega 18 18-ton rough-terrain crane stands at attention and waits for the right bidder.
A long line of Caterpillar pipelayers went on the block in Canton, Pa.
In Birdsboro, Auctioneer Steve Kreible takes to the back of this truck to call the indoor auction as the crowd is ready to make their bids on the items.