Every year, Liquidity Services’ online auction marketplaces run some 600,000 auctions and sales. We’d like to show off some of the most successful – and most interesting – auctions of used manufacturing equipment and other business surplus that took place in November 2019.
Ford and Freightliner Passenger Buses: Featuring Ford E450, F550, Freightliner XBR – 2015 to 2018 Models!

A month-long auction event featuring 44 buses and vans, which ultimately won $2.2 million – almost twice what had been offered by a single buyer to the client.
- Number of Assets: 44
- Total Auction Views: 16,075
- Number of Bids: 2,604
- Unique Bidders: 60
- Sell Through Rate: 100%
- Final GMV Auction Value: $2.2 million
Biotech, Biopharmaceutical Processing & Laboratory Assets: Featuring Flash Chromatography System and Branson X2000 Ultrasonic Plastic Welder
An auction event exclusively for biopharmaceutical and biotech companies looking for quality, brand-name processing and laboratory equipment, which generated almost twice the original client estimates in revenue.
- Number of Lots: 281
- Total Auction Views: 20,199
- Number of Bids: 4,206
- Unique Bidders: 60
- Sell Through Rate: 89%
- Final GMV Auction Value: Over $367,000
See other currently live auctions for biopharma and biotech equipment.
Construction Equipment/Supplies, Agricultural Machinery, Material Handling, Marine & Watercraft Equipment
A two month-long auction event featuring 122 individual assets – all of which sold.
- Number of Assets: 122
- Total Auction Views: 41,490
- Number of Bids: 2,320
- Unique Bidders: 351
- Sell Through Rate: 100%
- Final GMV Auction Value: Over $364,000
See other currently live auctions for agricultural, construction, and mining heavy equipment.
DAQRI Labs, Late Model MyData / Mycronic SMT Equipment
Another biopharma and biotech auction achieved nearly double the expected recovery.
- Number of Assets: 14
- Total Auction Views: 4,554
- Number of Bids: 252
- Unique Bidders: 57
- Sell Through Rate: 93%
- Final GMV Auction Value: Over $43,700
See other currently live auctions for biopharma and biotech equipment.
Collins Aerospace Systems (Formerly UTC Aerospace) – Complete Closure of an Aerospace Parts Manufacturing Facility
An auction within the aerospace industry had over 500 lots to sell – and saw a nearly 100% sell-through rate.
- Number of Lots: 526
- Total Auction Views: 26,352
- Number of Bids: 5,586
- Unique Bidders: 124
- Sell Through Rate: 98%
- Final GMV Auction Value: Over £340,000 (Over $439,000 USD)
See other currently live auctions for aviation equipment and planes.
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