Akron, Ohio-based Apex Western Machinery Movers won the bidding. Apex's Tom Woosnam bid for the coaster for a buyer he did not name.

He said the company moves machines, and he said the buyer will erect Big Dipper "as a nostalgia piece," not a ride.

The auction for rides and ride equipment started today, and tomorrow's auction is for campground items.

Skyscraper, the Intamin observation tower, was sold for $12,500, and it will be sold for scrap metal.

Anything not sold will go to other Cedar Fair parks, said Norton Auctioneers president.

For more, visit wkyc.com.

See also, Last of Geauga Lake being auctioned off.