auction house

noun

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

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Portrait of Alan Turing, will be the first artwork by a humanoid robot ever sold by the auction house. Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Oct. 2024 Photo : Trust-in-the-Machine, courtesy of Bring a Trailer Available online through auction house Bring a Trailer, this 1934 Mercedes-Benz 500 K currently has a high bid of more than $1.1 million. Howard Walker, Robb Report, 28 Oct. 2024 Buying the Ohtani ball would cost a bidder $2.07 million, as of Oct. 16 – that’s a $1.7 million last bid, plus a 22% markup to the auction house, Goldin’s website says. Jonathan Lansner, Orange County Register, 16 Oct. 2024 With a 30 percent jump in square footage, the new space is one of several real estate shifts the auction house has made recently. The Editors Of Artnews, ARTnews.com, 15 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for auction house 

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“Auction house.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/auction%20house. Accessed 8 Nov. 2024.

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