More than 1440 bidders from more than 30 countries registered on-site or online to participate in the unreserved public auction in Geelong on Tuesday, 19 March. It featured more than 950 heavy equipment and transportation items from more than 115 sellers.
{{image2-a:r-w:200}}Ritchie Bros has been conducting unreserved public auctions in Australia for more than 20 years and in the state of Victoria for more than 15 years.
The 40-acre Geelong auction site features a new 2489m2 auction building with a 670-seat main auction theatre, where items are brought over a ramp in front of the seated crowd while being sold. There is also a 500-seat capacity Virtual Ramp theatre, where items are shown on a screen while being sold.
?We welcomed a large and diverse bidding crowd at our grand opening auction,? said Finlay Massey, regional sales manager for Ritchie Bros Auctioneers. ?People registered from all around Australia as well as from overseas, including registered bidders from the United Kingdom, Singapore and the Netherlands.?
The company sold equipment for more than 115 consignors at the auction including equipment from Hazell Bros, a company that has been buying and selling equipment at Ritchie Bros for more than five years.
{{image3-a:l-w:200}}During the Geelong grand opening auction, Hazell Bros sold more than 25 heavy equipment items, including a selection of concrete trucks, wheel loaders and prime movers.
?The advantage of selling with Ritchie Bros is that you not only sell to Victoria, or the local market, but you sell to all of Australia and beyond,? said Robert Hazell, director of Hazell Bros.
?We recently finished a project and had some surplus equipment that we decided to sell in the grand opening auction. Competition was strong and we had good results in the sale of our gear.”
Ritchie Bros? auction calendar currently features more than 130 unreserved public auctions. The next Ritchie Bros Geelong auction is scheduled for 25 June, 2013.
Source: Ritchie Bros