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 Tatler, Eugenie knew Jopling, an art dealer, through her career in the art world and even worked with his uncle Jay Jopling during her time at online auction house Paddle8. Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 12 Apr. 2024 According to the auction house, this is the first time that a yellow Concetto spaziale, La fine di Dio will be offered at auction since 2015. Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 5 Apr. 2024 The prop is modeled on a real-life structure The 8-foot-long, 41-inch-wide floating hunk of wood is made of balsa and intricately carved with rococo motifs like floral accents and scrolling curves, according to the auction house. Rachel Treisman, NPR, 28 Mar. 2024 The ship famously split in two after hitting the iceberg, and the piece of wood is believed to have come from the area of division, rising to the surface as the ship sank, according to the auction house. Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 28 Mar. 2024 At the same time, the auction house has not released the seller’s identity or any information about the shield’s provenance after 1868. Catherine Duncan, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Mar. 2024 The painting, by the father of a French friend in whose house the band stayed while on tour in France, is valued by the auction house at $40,000-$60,000. Guy Martin, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2024 The stamp came on the market in 1975, selling for $42,500, and again in 1977, this time selling for $90,000, according to the auction house. Harmeet Kaur, CNN, 13 Mar. 2024 In 2001, Canada’s National Post newspaper broke the news that Morrisseau was accusing the auction house outside Toronto of selling fakes. Jordan Michael Smith, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Feb. 2024

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“Auction house.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/auction%20house. Accessed 26 Apr. 2024.

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