Episode 678: Auction Fever

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A Cat 345C L Excavator, aka a big digging machine

Keith Romer/NPR

We go behind the scenes at an auction. It's hard to think straight when the numbers keep going up - especially if you're deciding in seconds whether to spend tens of thousands of dollars on a Cat 345C L Excavator.

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