KD Auctions

KD Auctions (K.D. Capital Auctions, LLC) is a family-owned industrial auctioneer and machinery liquidation firm founded by Michael and Arlene Treger in Scottsdale, Arizona in 1996. For nearly 30 years, the firm has specialized in the appraisal, auction, and liquidation of industrial equipment: serving banks, secured lenders, bankruptcy trustees, receivers, corporate owners, and private equity firms across the United States.

The family business operates two channels for asset recovery: KD Auctions, which handles managed online industrial auctions, and KD Machinery, a direct-sale marketplace listing individual machines and equipment lots to retail buyers willing to pay above-auction-day pricing. This dual-channel model consistently delivers higher recovery than single-channel auctioneers. KD Machinery is the public brand of KD Capital Equipment, LLC, the parent company that owns KD Auctions. Both have served machinery buyers and sellers since 1996.

KD's appraisals are prepared by our AMEA Certified Equipment Appraisers, Tim Pfister, CEA, and Peter Lenstrohm, CEA. Parent company KD Machinery has been an AMEA (Association of Machinery & Equipment Appraisers) member since 2004 and holds MDNA (Machinery Dealers National Association) membership, and Michael Treger individually belongs to MDNA and NABT (National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees). KD Auctions is listed in the Industrial Auctioneers Association directory. All machinery appraisals are USPAP-compliant and prepared in the form lenders, courts, and trustees expect.

The firm's auction platform reaches over 500,000 industry contacts across North America, delivering competitive bidding and documented commercially reasonable sales that satisfy secured lender and court requirements.