Exposing its consignors to a global audience, thereby bypassing depressed markets, is one of Ritchie's strengths.
It may not get the fleet, but, unlike the local dealer, Ritchie rarely overpays.
The burglars chanced upon the keys to Ritchie's Range Rover, which they drove away.
Since October 2011 he has been in training with dog handler PC Steve Ritchie.
Ms Ritchie's leadership had been under considerable pressure since the party's poor election results.
Party leader Margaret Ritchie announced on Thursday evening that she would be stepping down.
If it had been a boxing match, I would have judged Margaret Ritchie up on points.
Ms Ritchie said large-scale welfare cuts had little to do with getting people back to work.
The scaled-down search had resumed on Tuesday, helped by some of Mr Ritchie's family and friends.
Morag Ritchie spotted the lights from her home on the outskirts of Fraserburgh early on Saturday.
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"He lives by the Code, " says longtime friend Daniel Ritchie, former chief of Westinghouse Broadcasting.
"We invented the Boston cream pie, so we are the American iconic culinary institution, " Ritchie says.
"They certainly aren't passing the ball as they were at the start of the season, " says Ritchie.
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"It's a magnificent story with so many interesting elements: the Ottoman empire, Islam versus Christianity, " Ritchie said.
Ms Ritchie became leader in 2010, beating the only other candidate, MP Alasdair McDonnell, by 35 votes.
Ritchie then tried his own luck from 25 yards out but the winger failed to test Federici.
Still, Ritchie said he can't do too much more to cater to a specific group of visitors.
In the following days the Ritchie caravan will move on to sales in Atlanta, Denver, Brisbane and Dubai.
Britain is also the place where Ritchie has his production company - and therefore most of his work.
Ritchie lived in a very different time and worked in a very different environment than someone like Jobs.
Mr McGlone's argument was simple - Margaret Ritchie had failed to make sufficient headway in the Assembly elections.
Thomas Chen, Hideyuki Liu, Ryan Comisky and Zhengwei Liang from the McIntire Investment Institute pitched Ritchie Bros.
"Industry as we developed it wouldn't be considered blighted under today's standards, " admits Graham Ritchie, a former city attorney.
He told his defence QC Norman Ritchie that Mr Anwar hated him because he had got his sister pregnant.
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Both Dr McDonnell and Mr McGlone paid tribute to Ms Ritchie, describing her as a dedicated and hard-working politician.
Alex Attwood is so far the only high ranking SDLP MLA to unequivocally back the leadership of Ms Ritchie.
Mr Ritchie hopes the event will create the same buzz among the British public as the London 2012 Games.
In the early days, Ritchie described his marriage as "magnificent", and told the Mirror that he "couldn't be happier".
But Ritchie added that expectations would make things difficult for any new manager.
In South Down, the SDLP's Margaret Ritchie was re-elected on the first count.
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