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

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

Nearly half of the registrants (42 percent) were new to wine auctions at Christie’s, according to the auction house. —Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 17 June 2025

Over 100 people attended the Tuesday auction, but almost 1,000 collectors participated in the bidding in-person and online, according to the auction house. —Greta Bjornson, People.com, 11 June 2025

So says Ken Goldin, founder and CEO of the Goldin auction house that is now conducting an online auction featuring one of few surviving T206 Wagner cards from a 1909 American Tobacco Company set. —Dan Schlossberg, Forbes.com, 1 June 2025

Rhymes for auction house

• boardinghouse
• charterhouse
• clearinghouse
• coffeehouse
• customhouse
• firehouse
• meetinghouse
• motherhouse
• packinghouse
• pilothouse
• powerhouse
• slaughterhouse