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Industcy
trends
surface
ace
ds surf
stry tren
Indu
at Hanson
Hanson auctions
B Y BONNIE
B ONNIE THEARD
THEARD
BY
Auctioneer Gary Berry starts the bidding
at 11 a.m. He and Neumann review
equipment in advance.
H
anson Distributing
Distributing
anson
of
Warren,
Mich.
of Warren, Mich.
(formerly
Mt.
(formerly Mt.
Clemens) completed
completed its
its 50th
50th
Clemens)
consecutive
monthly
auction
consecutive monthly auction
on Saturday,
Saturday, February
February 7,
7,
on
marking
the
longest
running,
marking the longest running,
regularly scheduled
scheduled auction
auction
regularly
by
any
full-line
major
by any full-line major
distributor.
distributor.
Jeff Neumann,
eumann, regional
regional
Jeff
vice
president
of
Hanson,
vice president of Hanson,
has
directed
the
auctions
for
has directed the auctions for
over
a
year
and
finds
that
over a year and finds that
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ask me,
me, 'If
'If pins
pins are
are so
so hot,
hot,
pins are
are the
the best
best sellers
sellers
pins
ask
how
come
there
are
so
right
now.
"The
strength
of
right now. "The strength of how come there are so
many used
used ones?'
ones?' There
There was
was
the pin
pin market
market is is seen
seen at
at
the
many
a
shortage
of
good
used
our
auctions,"
said
our auctions," said
a shortage of good used
pins in in the
the past,
past, but
but now
now
Neumann. "For
"For a a year
year to
to a a pins
Neumann.
year-and-a-half,
used
pins
operators
are
really
year-and-a-half, used pins
operators are really
convinced pins
pins are
are back.
back.
moved up
up in in value.
value. People
People convinced
moved