Stricly unreserved auctions Auctions are open to the public Buying made easy! Inspect, test and compare equipment before you buy

Bidding and buying at an unreserved Ritchie Bros. auction is easy – especially if you follow these steps beforehand:

Find the equipment, trucks or property you’d like to buy

Our web site is the best place to start looking. You can search for a specific piece or type of equipment; browse through the entire inventory for a particular auction; or sort by industry or auction location. We post photos and details of the equipment and property we sell on rbauction.com – but feel free to contact the auction site for more information.

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Test, inspect and compare items

Compare and inpect equipment at auctions

You should feel comfortable bidding on auction day – which is why we display equipment in our secure, fenced auction sites in the weeks before an auction. You can test, inspect and compare items from many owners, all in one place, without having to rely on a third-party inspection report. If you’d like a second opinion, bring your mechanic or another professional to inspect the equipment for you. We also give you free access to any available service reports or manuals.

At Ritchie Bros. we make no warranties or guarantees about the items we sell. Everything is sold “as is, where is.”

Look up the selling prices of similar equipment

Our auctions are strictly unreserved, with no minimum bids or reserve prices. We don’t set the prices; the bidders do. Not sure what you’d be willing to bid? Use our free rbauctionRe$ults service to find out what similar items sold for at our auctions around the world over the past two years

Register to bid – in person, over the internet or by proxy

Ways to register at an auction

When you’ve found something you’d like to buy, register to bid in that auction. Remember: every item is sold on auction day. If you don’t register to bid, you will miss the opportunity to buy. Registration is free. You can bid in person, over the internet or by proxy – so you can participate in auctions all around the world.

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