auction house

noun

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

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The sale, which the auction house expects will bring in more than $600,000, includes work by artists Refik Anadol, Harold Cohen, Holly Herndon and Mat Dryhurst, Alexander Reben and Claire Silver. Carlie Porterfield, CNN, 11 Feb. 2025 Pristine Auction, a leading online auction house specializing in sports collectibles, is offering a range of items from the massive event signed by Eagles players. Justin Gest, Newsweek, 10 Feb. 2025 The auction house had expected the instrument to sell for $12 to $18 million. James Doubek, NPR, 9 Feb. 2025 Some of the content in this story originally appeared in Jack Copeland’s report for the Bonhams auction house. IEEE Spectrum, 4 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for auction house

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