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 Before his death, Astor was a business magnate, real estate developer, investor, writer, and a lieutenant colonel in the Spanish–American War, according to the auction house. Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 26 Apr. 2024 The frets had corroded, and the neck joint had loosened so much that the guitar could not be played safely, according to the auction house. Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 26 Apr. 2024 The auction house’s head honchos Darren Julien and Martin Nolan immediately traveled to the U.K. to verify the guitar with the help of Beatles historians Andy Babiuk and Danny Bennett. Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 23 Apr. 2024 The auction house has previously broken records with Beatles memorabilia sales, including another acoustic guitar of Lennon’s that sold for a record $2.4 million. Rachel Desantis, Peoplemag, 23 Apr. 2024 The auction house’s high estimate was twenty thousand dollars. Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker, 18 Mar. 2024 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

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“Auction house.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/auction%20house. Accessed 2 May. 2024.

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