auction house

noun

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

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At the entrance to the gallery is a two-digital panel work modeled after Christie’s screens that appear at auction; on the screens play live valuations of various commodities with the design language and text mimicking that of the auction house. Harrison Jacobs, ARTnews.com, 10 Feb. 2025 Submitting a refundable deposit if required by the auction house. Kristan Hawkins, Newsweek, 6 Feb. 2025 The bride gave herself a timeline to search through vintage collections and auction house sales for this couture creation before coming up with a plan B. Shelby Wax, Vogue, 30 Jan. 2025 The last of those owners, who bought it in 1983, recently decided to sell it through auction house Christie’s. Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Jan. 2025 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 13 Feb. 2025.

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