How to Use auction house in a Sentence

auction house

noun
  • That’s one of many big changes since the auction house changed hands a few years ago.
    Brian T. Allen, National Review, 27 Jan. 2024
  • The Donahues said they were told by the auction house that the buyer had 35 days to pay.
    Matt Stevens, New York Times, 28 Nov. 2023
  • According to the auction house, the item didn’t reach the reserve price set by the consignor.
    Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 July 2024
  • The decision appears to have cleared the way for a sale by Guernsey’s auction house in New York on Feb. 22.
    Matt Stevens, New York Times, 17 Jan. 2024
  • The auction house has not disclosed the identity of the buyer.
    Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 26 Feb. 2024
  • Berlin wants to steal a stash of jewels from France’s biggest auction house.
    Lili Loofbourow, Washington Post, 29 Dec. 2023
  • Sotheby’s said the auction would be the largest from a single owner that the auction house had held in Asia.
    Keith Bradsher, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2023
  • Neither the auction house nor the Swatch Group revealed the identity of the seller.
    Byeleanor Pringle, Fortune, 7 June 2023
  • The auction house expects the car to sell for between $18 million and $20 million.
    Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 21 July 2023
  • According to the auction house, the primary school paid just £1 (or about $1.27) for the copy during a book sale.
    Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 23 June 2024
  • The price includes the RM auction house commission, and the buyer is undisclosed.
    Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN, 18 Aug. 2023
  • Harrison and Lennon had been writing songs for the pair, according to the auction house.
    Kerry Breen, CBS News, 30 May 2024
  • The auction house was then invited to sell three more works in Banksy’s Wrong War series a year later.
    Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 6 Mar. 2024
  • While the auction house said that Barry will be its eighth dinosaur sale, these kinds of transactions are rare.
    David Chiu, Peoplemag, 19 Sep. 2023
  • The work has had many homes since it was painted, presumably in the first decade of the 16th century, according to the auction house Christie’s.
    Josh Feldman, NBC News, 17 June 2024
  • The winning bidder will pay a 10 percent deposit on the day of the auction and a 10 percent premium to the auction house.
    Curbed, 3 Jan. 2024
  • According to the auction house’s website, this initial run of ref.
    Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 22 Nov. 2023
  • Ursula in her four-poster bed, sourced from a local auction house.
    Plum Sykes, Vogue, 2 May 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 claims the watch is well-preserved, in the same condition and with the same rubber strap as when Fischer received it.
    Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 20 Oct. 2023
  • The auction house had dated it to the 16th century—an estimate that was hundreds of years off.
    Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Nov. 2023
  • McQueen owned the crimson beauty for four years, according to the auction house.
    Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 17 Apr. 2023
  • The singer, 64, unsuccessfully tried to stop the Gotta Have Rock and Roll auction house from auctioning off the letter.
    Angel Saunders, Peoplemag, 26 July 2023
  • There are 16 boxes of cards in the carton, each filled with 48 packs of O-Pee-Chee hockey cards, according to a news release from the auction house.
    Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 26 Feb. 2024
  • Bernard worked endless hours at the auction house because that’s what his evil imp of a boss (Alan Cumming) demanded.
    Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 22 Nov. 2023
  • The auction house estimates the rarity could hammer down for $30 million or more, setting a new world record in the process.
    Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 22 May 2024
  • And just last month, Sotheby’s promoted Geoff Hess to global head of watches for the auction house.
    Tori Latham, Robb Report, 2 July 2024
  • Parts of the Shropshire Hills were once under a prehistoric ocean, and pieces of coral are often unearthed there, according to the auction house.
    Emily Blumenthal, CNN, 21 Mar. 2024
  • The auction house will have the jersey on display at its Beverley Hills gallery, starting Wednesday through Aug. 31.
    Chuck Schilken, Los Angeles Times, 2 Aug. 2023
  • This particular bill had a very low serial number for the 2003 series and was sold through Heritage Auctions, the largest numismatic auction house in the world.
    Doc Louallen, The Arizona Republic, 26 July 2024

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