It was at this Radium Hot Springs auction that Ritchie Bros. adopted the ramp-and-stage approach for selling all mobile equipment. This approach involves a staging area —designed as a ramp— located in front of a viewing theater, where bidders sit waiting for mobile equipment to come to “center stage.” Each piece of equipment is numbered and, once it comes to rest at the center of the ramp, the auctioneer begins asking for bids.
The auction process at Radium Hot Springs, where Ritchie Bros. used a ramp-and-stage approach for selling mobile equipment, involves a staging area (ramp) in front of a viewing theater where bidders wait for the equipment to reach "center stage." Each piece of equipment is numbered and bids begin when it reaches center stage.