auction house

noun

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

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Which is why Ethan Gibson, director of North American communications for RM Sotheby’s, the world’s largest automotive luxury auction house by sales, said Cadillac’s historical longevity is part of what makes its vehicles so valuable today. Jackie Charniga, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025 The Planet Hollywood display was presented by Prop Store which, since 1998, has been an auction house specifically for film and television memorabilia; the company runs live auctions of over 1,000 lots three times a year. Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 2 Sep. 2025 Fortunately, the good folks at Heritage Auctions were kind enough to provide us with a list of the most expensive sports cards that have come through their auction house. Mat Issa, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025 The diamond is jointly owned by the Lucara Diamond mining corporation and Botswana, and could be sold in its entirety or more likely in pieces, possibly to an auction house, a jewelry brand, to the diamond market in Antwerp, Belgium, or to a museum for display. David Moin, Footwear News, 27 Aug. 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 11 Sep. 2025.

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