DoveBid® to Conduct Auction of Former Assets of Rodenstock North America, Inc

Business Wire, Sept 6, 2005

FOSTER CITY, Calif. -- DoveBid, Inc., a global provider of capital asset auction and valuation services, announced today that it will conduct an online auction for the Complete Facility Closure of State-of-the-Art Automated Prescription Technology Lines and Support Equipment, former assets of Rodenstock North America, Inc.

The two-day Featured Online Auction is the third in a series of sales featuring automated prescription technology lines that cast individual finished or semi-finished lenses from monomer on just-in-time basis and produces single vision or progressive lenses at 1.56 index, upgradeable to higher indexes.

The online auction will be conducted over the Internet at DoveBid's Website at www.dovebid.com. Bidding begins on September 21, 2005, at 9:00 a.m. and ends on September 22, 2005, at 5:00 p.m. ET. Featured items for the auction include APT Lens Casting and Inspecting and Packaging Lines; Edge Polishers; Fusion Units; and Lens Cleaning, Coating and Curing Equipment. Detailed preview information, asset catalog, and bidding instructions are available at www.dovebid.com.

For a complete list of our upcoming auctions, equipment asset catalogs, and brochures, please visit DoveBid's Website at www.dovebid.com.

About DoveBid(R)

DoveBid, Inc. is a global provider of capital asset auction and valuation services. We deliver a turnkey, outsourced set of services to corporations and financial institutions for the valuation, redeployment and disposition of their surplus capital assets. Through DoveBid Auction Services we offer several types of auction formats, including live webcast auctions, featured online auctions, on-site-only auctions and privately negotiated sales. As part of our auction services, we also offer our customers AssetZone, a hosted, Internet-based application that monitors surplus assets inside the corporation. DoveBid Valuation Services is our professional services organization that provides capital asset valuations to financial institutions and corporations. Our valuation professionals utilize our large database of transactions and other valuation resources to conduct appraisals of machinery, manufacturing equipment, business inventory and other capital assets.

Headquartered in Foster City, California, USA, DoveBid has over 67 years of auction experience in the capital asset industry with more than 37 locations in 15 countries. More information on DoveBid can be found at www.dovebid.com or by contacting company headquarters at 800-665-1042 or 650-571-7400.

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