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Media Advisory - Ritchie Bros. to hold large unreserved auction on site of former Vancouver, WA airport

Posted on: Tuesday, 28 July 2009, 12:56 CDT

Size of upcoming auction increases as more owners add equipment

VANCOUVER, WA, July 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers (NYSE and TSX: RBA), the world's largest industrial auctioneer, is conducting a large, public, multi-million dollar unreserved equipment auction on Friday, July 31, 2009 starting at 8:00 a.m. at the former Vancouver, Washington airport located at 13910 SE Mill Plain.

Over the past week the number of equipment items being sold in the unreserved auction has increased from 700 items to close to 1,000. About half of the total number of equipment items for sale in the auction is part of a complete dispersal for long-time Ritchie Bros. customer George Schmid Sons, a family-owned excavation business founded in 1958 in Washougal, Washington.

The diverse range of well-maintained construction and transportation equipment items being sold includes: loader backhoes, wheel loaders, crawler tractors, hydraulic excavators, motor graders, articulated dump trucks, and pickup, flatbed, lube and water trucks. There is a large amount of aggregate equipment in the auction, including cone, jaw, and impact crushers, screen plants and more than 30 conveyors. Each item will be sold to the highest bidder on auction day with no minimum bids or reserve prices.

WHO: Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers, the world's largest industrial auctioneer WHAT: Ritchie Bros. unreserved public auction WHEN: Friday, July 31, 2009 8:00 a.m. auction start time WHERE: 13910 SE Mill Plain, Vancouver, WA, USA Auction Site Tel: +1.360.944.5756 DIRECTIONS TO AUCTION SITE: From Portland International Airport: I205 North, take I205 to Mill Plain exit 28. Head East to 136th. Go left then right on 4th.

About Ritchie Bros.

Established in 1958, Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers (NYSE and TSX: RBA) is the world's largest industrial auctioneer, selling more equipment to on-site and online bidders than any other company in the world. The Company has over 110 locations in more than 25 countries, including 39 auction sites worldwide. Ritchie Bros. sells, through unreserved public auctions, a broad range of used and unused industrial assets, including equipment, trucks and other assets utilized in the construction, transportation, agricultural, material handling, mining, forestry, petroleum and marine industries. The Company maintains a web site at www.rbauction.com and sponsors an equipment wiki at www.RitchieWiki.com.

SOURCE Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers

Source: PR Newswire

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