Examples of auctioneer in a Sentence
The auctioneer started the bidding at $100.
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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.
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Sam Knight, New Yorker, 17 June 2025
In preparation for the fair set for Saturday, July 26 to Saturday, Aug. 2, Ramona High School seniors Connor Nelson and Kelsey Weller helped the auctioneer at the May 31 Pie Auction & BBQ.
—Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 June 2025
Nearly a million of that was raised during the first 10 minutes of the show when an auctioneer asked if anyone in the audience wanted to donate $100,000.
—Marcus K. Dowling, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
Here the auctioneer begins with a sky-high price that nobody would pay and gradually lowers it until one person jumps in to buy on the spot.
—Jack Murtagh, Scientific American, 9 June 2025
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Sam Knight, New Yorker, 17 June 2025
In preparation for the fair set for Saturday, July 26 to Saturday, Aug. 2, Ramona High School seniors Connor Nelson and Kelsey Weller helped the auctioneer at the May 31 Pie Auction & BBQ.
—Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 June 2025
Nearly a million of that was raised during the first 10 minutes of the show when an auctioneer asked if anyone in the audience wanted to donate $100,000.
—Marcus K. Dowling, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
Here the auctioneer begins with a sky-high price that nobody would pay and gradually lowers it until one person jumps in to buy on the spot.
—Jack Murtagh, Scientific American, 9 June 2025
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“Auctioneer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/auctioneer. Accessed 23 Jul. 2025.
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