Ritchie Bros. holds successful Fort Worth auction

Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers held six unreserved industrial and agricultural auctions the week of May 4, including a $40 million unreserved auction May 6-8 at its auction site in Fort
Worth, Texas.

There were close to 3,000 unique registered bidders taking part in the auction, including more than 1,100 online bidders who purchased $12 million of the total gross auction proceeds.

There are 86 unreserved public auctions currently on the Ritchie Bros. auction calendar, including auctions in Chicago (May 13, 2009); Montreal, (May 14-15, 2009); Sacramento (May 14, 2009) and Pittsburgh (May 14, 2009).