With its fourth auction of the year, Ritchie Bros.’ Edmonton, AB, site sold close to 10,000 equipment items and trucks for more than $69 million over four days.

The auction attracted more than 16,000 bidders from 49 countries, which is up 11 percent from the same auction last year. The auction was conducted exclusively online, with Canadian online bidders purchasing 91 percent of the equipment, including 54 percent purchased by Alberta buyers. International buyers from as far away as Ireland, India and Singapore purchased 9 percent of the equipment.

“We continue to attract record numbers of bidders in 2020, resulting in strong pricing across most equipment categories in last week's Edmonton auction,” said Andrew Lutic, Regional Sales Manager, Ritchie Bros.