14 • June 19, 2017
AROUND THE BLOCK AUCTION CELEBRATES 70 YEARS
BIRD’S EYE VIEW: The Nichols family, from left, R. Charles Nichols, Raymond C. Nichols and Michelle Nichols-Neff, pose with Baltimore Orioles mascot.
Bel Air Auto Auction celebrated its 70 years in the auction business with a sale that featured more than 2,000 vehicles and more than 1,000 dealers in attendance. The Oriole Bird mascot was on hand to welcome sellers, buyers, and many special guests as a multitude of items, gifts and food
were given away. “The company has grown from a single general auction business to a group of highly specialized businesses that include automotive dealer wholesale auctions, power sport, truck, equipment, real estate asset and financial services, and management companies,”
said R. Charles Nichols, president of BSC America. “In 1947, the late Paige Richardson of Bel Air, Md., started the first Bel Air Auto Auction in a former livestock auction facility. After many years in business, it was sold and later acquired to become a part of BSC America’s business group.” Nichols recalls that BSC America was originally opened as Nichols Auction Company by his parents, Raymond C. and Elaine G. Nichols. As the anniversary sale was gearing up, other gears were turning in nearby Riverside, where construction is nearly complete on Bel Air Auto Auction’s new 175-acre facility. Bel Air’s future home will boast a 75,000-square-foot, 10-lane auction house accompanied by a 45,000-square-foot Vehicle Enhancement Center.
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Compiled by Jeffrey Bellant
Facility Displays Green Upgrades Manheim Orlando will save 951 tons of carbon per year as a result of installing indoor and outdoor LED lighting at its facility – the equivalent of more than two million miles driven by the average passenger vehicle. The installation replaces 7,452 bulbs and 1,311 fixtures, will require less maintenance and will save $133,000 in annual energy costs. Manheim Orlando and its 350 team members also recycle an average of 262 tons of waste each year. “Upgrading to LED has greatly improved the quality of our lighting in and around each of our 19 buildings, not only saving energy but increasing safety for our team members and clients,” said Butch Herdegen, general manager of Manheim Orlando. Funded by Cox Conserves, this LED project supports Cox Automotive’s sustainability goal to be carbon neutral by 2044.
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