auction house

noun

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

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The auction house expects the car to sell for between $460,000 and $600,000. Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 27 June 2025 The auction house amended the origin of the spinel from Sri Lanka to Tajikistan, based on an American Gemological Laboratories report. Anthony Demarco, Forbes.com, 13 June 2025 On Tuesday, June 10, auction house Rouillac confirmed to CNN that the artifact, which has not been on public display for nearly 120 years, had been put up for auction and sold to a banker on the U.S. West Coast for $984,000. Gabrielle Rockson, People.com, 11 June 2025 For thirty years, until 2016, Ford had worked for Sotheby’s, the auction house, as an auctioneer and a specialist in British and Irish art, before setting up his own business. Sam Knight, New Yorker, 17 June 2025 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 8 Jul. 2025.

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