Ritchie’s 6,000-Piece Auction to Include more than 330 Boom and Scissor Lifts | Daily Construction

Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers is preparing for a six-day unreserved public auction at its permanent auction site in Orlando, Fla. from Feb. 18 - 23, 2013. More than 6,000 heavy equipment items and trucks are already featured in this year's February Orlando auction—with new items being added daily. Bids in the auction can be made on site at the 200+-acre Orlando auction site, online in real-time at www.rbauction.com or by placing proxy bids in person or by phone.

Last year's Ritchie Bros. February Orlando auction was the largest heavy equipment auction in the world setting multiple site and Company records. In total, more than 8,600 registered bidders from 88 countries participated in the auction and competed for more than 10,000 items, which the company sold for more than 800 equipment owners. Of $203 million in purchases, bidders from outside Florida purchased $160 million of equipment (79%), including $73 million purchased by out-of-country bidders (36%).

"Our annual Orlando auction has become one of the most anticipated global auction events, attracting thousands of enthusiastic bidders from all around the world," said Steve Kriebel, regional sales manager, Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers. "The auction maintains one of the largest, most diverse and universal audiences of consignors and bidders of any industry. Because of this, the extensive selection of equipment featured in the auction ensures that there is something available for all types of buyers in any location."

Online participation records were also broken during last year's six-day unreserved public Orlando auction: more than 4,070 of the registered bidders participated online using the Ritchie Bros. real-time online bidding service and purchased more than $47 million of equipment. Internet bidders were the winner or runner-up bidder on 44% of the lots available.

Nearly all heavy equipment Industries will be represented in Orlando
A major highlight of the annual six-day Orlando auction is the thousands of used and unused, late-model equipment items including: forklifts, loader backhoes, wheel loaders, articulated dump trucks, motor graders, motor scrapers, crawler tractors, crawler loaders, pavers, skid steer loaders, multi-terrain loaders and more.

Here is a current snapshot of what bidders can expect to view, inspect and purchase over the course of the auction. For the latest equipment listings, please visit www.rbauction.com.

• More than 335 boom & scissor lifts
• More than 270 excavators
• More than 200 wheel loaders
• More than 160 crawler tractors
• More than 130 truck tractors
• More than 1,500 industrial support items, including landscape equipment, air compressors, generator sets, light towers, heaters, pressure washers and other miscellaneous consumer items

Consignments for the Orlando auction are still being accepted; anyone interested in selling equipment and trucks in the auction can contact the Ritchie Bros. Orlando site at +1.863.420.9919.

Orlando Feb. 13-18, 2012: Quickfacts

Gross Auction Proceeds	$203+ million
Unique bidders (total)	8,600+ from 88 countries
Unique online bidders	4,070 (47%)
Amount sold to online bidders	$47+ million
Number of lots	10,000+
Consignors	830

Orlando, FL - February 18 - 23, 2013: Auction details

• Location: Ritchie Bros. permanent auction site in Orlando at the corner of I-4 & US Hwy 27 (700 Ritchie Rd.), Davenport, FL 33897
• Orlando auction site telephone: 1.863.420.9919
• Date(s): Mon., Feb. 18 to Sat., Feb. 23, 2013
• Auction start time: 8:00 a.m. daily
• The auction is open to the public; registration to bid is free; a refundable bid deposit may be required
• On-site registration begins on Thurs.Feb. 14, 2013
• Interested buyers can come to the auction site to inspect, test and compare items Monday - Saturday from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. until the day of the auction (please note that the auction site will also be open on Sun., Feb.10 and Sun., Feb. 17 from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.)