EDMONTON The biggest auction in the 60-year history of a local company sold over $197 million worth of equipment and items. Ritchie Brothers in Nisku’s six-day sale transitioned to online for the first time, attracting over 28,700 bidders and selling in excess of 13,600 items. The top five big sellers from the auction included: 2013 Caterpillar 627H motor scraper for $475,000 2008 Sandvik CH440 Hydrocone crusher for $450,000 2014 Caterpillar D8T dozer for $440,000 2019 Vaderstad Seed Hawk 45-series 60 foot air drill for $420,000 2014 Kenworth C5000 T/A tri-drive with a National NDT45TM boom truck for $367,500 Other items at the auction included a 1940s antique car, jet skis, oil drills, 50 foot long motorhomes, cranes, truck tractors, and even a 1966 four seat aircraft.
EDMONTON The biggest auction in the 60 year history of a local company starts Monday. From a 1940s antique car, to 50 foot long motorhomes, and rows upon rows of truck tractors, to massive earth moving machines and cranes of every shape and size, it is an auction for the ages south of Edmonton at Ritchie Brothers in Nisku. “Potentially a record breaking auction,” says Trent Vandenberghe, Ritchie Brothers Regional Sales Manager. After months of planning the auction begins online, on Monday. It adds to the complexity, but also people are more comfortable and feel safe bidding from home,” Vandenberghe told CTV News Edmonton in an interview.
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350+ truck tractors, 230+ excavators, 140+ dozers, 370+ pick trucks and more sell May 3 – 8, 2021
EDMONTON, AB, April 26, 2021 /PRNewswire/ - Next week Ritchie Bros. will conduct its largest auction ever, selling approximately 14,000 items for 1,700+ consignors in Edmonton, AB. In 60+ years, the company has never seen this much equipment in one place and in six days it will all be gone. Sold to tens of thousands of online bidders from around the world.
Equipment highlights in the May 3 – 8, 2021 unreserved auction includes 350+ truck tractors, 230+ excavators, 140+ dozers, 120+ aerial work platforms, 370+ pickup trucks, and a lot more. PriorityBid is now open, with items available to be inspected onsite in Edmonton, following strict social distancing rules, and virtually at rbauction.com.