auction house

noun

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

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The total price includes a buyer’s premium of 27 percent that no one except the auction house gets. The Editors, Robb Report, 14 Mar. 2026 The painting, previously attributed to an anonymous artist, was sold by an auction house in Genoa for around $35,000 in 2024. News Desk, Artforum, 12 Mar. 2026 For Art Recognition, however, a landmark moment arrived in late 2024 when a Swiss auction house used the company’s research to back the sale of three artworks. Oscar Holland, CNN Money, 9 Mar. 2026 The series makes extensive use of an art auction house setting, and Kim Cheol-gyu says the visual possibilities that environment presented were central to the production’s identity. Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 25 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for auction house

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“Auction house.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/auction%20house. Accessed 21 Mar. 2026.

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