auction house

noun

: a business that runs auctions
She works as an auctioneer at an auction house.

Examples of auction house in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web According to the suit, Eugene Roddenberry, the company’s CEO, had shown great interest in the model and could potentially provide a pipeline of memorabilia to the auction house in the future. Stacy Perman, Los Angeles Times, 10 May 2024 After hanging in the living room of an ordinary Spanish home for decades, the painting was attributed to the circle of the 17th-century Spanish artist José de Ribeira when it was offered for sale at a Madrid auction house in April 2021. Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 7 May 2024 The auction house expects the one-of-a-kind coupe to sell for between $2.25 million and $2.75 million. Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 3 May 2024 Ursula in her four-poster bed, sourced from a local auction house. Plum Sykes, Vogue, 2 May 2024 Before his death, Astor was a business magnate, real estate developer, investor, writer, and a lieutenant colonel in the Spanish–American War, according to the auction house. Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 26 Apr. 2024 The frets had corroded, and the neck joint had loosened so much that the guitar could not be played safely, according to the auction house. Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 26 Apr. 2024 The auction house’s head honchos Darren Julien and Martin Nolan immediately traveled to the U.K. to verify the guitar with the help of Beatles historians Andy Babiuk and Danny Bennett. Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 23 Apr. 2024 The auction house has previously broken records with Beatles memorabilia sales, including another acoustic guitar of Lennon’s that sold for a record $2.4 million. Rachel Desantis, Peoplemag, 23 Apr. 2024

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“Auction house.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/auction%20house. Accessed 16 May. 2024.

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