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State Surplus Property Auction this Weekend in Arden Hills

Items up for bid includes cars, trucks, heavy equipment, boats, trailers, and much more

5/16/2019 12:00:00 AM

Saint Paul — Members of the public are invited to bid on a variety of surplus goods at a State of Minnesota auction on Saturday, May 18th, 2019 in Arden Hills, MN. 

The auction will include about 75 cars and trucks, Shoreland’r boat/motor/trailer package, GMC 6500 Dump Truck, Mitsubishi forklift, Toyota Powerlift pallet stacker, Ingersoll roller, Towmaster/Felling/Bear Track & Scotty trailers, Aluma tandem car hauler, Kubota/Polaris UTV’s, Mercury/Johnson outboard motors, 21’ Carolina skiff w 90HP Evinrude motor, 30’ rolling dock, MEC aerial lift, Bobcat pickup sweeper, Ingersoll-Rand air compressors, Husky pull grader, auto shop equipment, industrial woodworking equipment, and much more. A complete list of items can be found on the Live Auction page

The auction opens for inspection and registration at 8 am. Bidding begins about 9:30 am at the Department of Administration Fleet and Surplus Services Building, 5420 Old Highway 8 – on the southeast corner of Interstate 35W and County Road I in Arden Hills. 

All items are sold as-is, where-is; all sales are final and must be settled in full with cash or personal check the day of the auction. A government issued picture ID is required. 

Convenient, quick and easy registration and bidding numbers are available online. The only requirements are a computer with an internet connection and a printer. Simple instructions are on the ‘Auctions’ link of the Surplus Services website, at www.mnsurplus.org. Current customers of the state’s MinnBid internet auction service can get a bidding card online in just seconds. 

The state conducts about 12 surplus goods auctions each year and also sells surplus items continuously online at www.minnbid.org. An auction calendar for 2019 is available online at www.mnsurplus.org

For additional information, contact:
Brian Daun at (651) 201-2519 or brian.daun@state.mn.us

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