Hassalls Auctions general manager Steve Wall said 10 of the trucks would end up offshore after they were bought by a Dubai buyer.
They went for between $22,000 and $100,000.
“That’s a bit of a bargain,” he said. “In the (mining) heyday the same truck would be about $800,000, but that was an artificial world.”
The trucks were among more than 400 lots that went under the hammer, including steel cages and sheds, light commercial vehicles, bench grinders, ladders, hose reels and toolboxes.
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READ NOW“We had a 96 per cent clearance rate so, yeah, it was a good day,” he said.
Hassalls major accounts manager Matt Weaver said the opportunity to bring a large on-site auction to Perth was a great chance to offer high-quality, value products to the local community.