Examples of auctioneer in a Sentence
The auctioneer started the bidding at $100.
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About half that time was spent in near silence as auctioneer Max Fawcett, head of Christie’s Geneva jewelry department, coaxed two phone bidders to increase their bids from $8.1 million to the final hammer price of $9.5 million, as seen through Christie’s livestream of the sale.
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Anthony Demarco, Forbes.com, 18 June 2025
Barker ranks as one of the art industry’s most prominent and well-respected auctioneers.
—Chop Choppish Shop, Air Mail, 10 May 2025
For thirty years, until 2016, Ford had worked for Sotheby’s, the auction house, as an auctioneer and a specialist in British and Irish art, before setting up his own business.
—Sam Knight, New Yorker, 17 June 2025
In preparation for the fair set for Saturday, July 26 to Saturday, Aug. 2, Ramona High School seniors Connor Nelson and Kelsey Weller helped the auctioneer at the May 31 Pie Auction & BBQ.
—Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 June 2025
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Anthony Demarco, Forbes.com, 18 June 2025
Barker ranks as one of the art industry’s most prominent and well-respected auctioneers.
—Chop Choppish Shop, Air Mail, 10 May 2025
For thirty years, until 2016, Ford had worked for Sotheby’s, the auction house, as an auctioneer and a specialist in British and Irish art, before setting up his own business.
—Sam Knight, New Yorker, 17 June 2025
In preparation for the fair set for Saturday, July 26 to Saturday, Aug. 2, Ramona High School seniors Connor Nelson and Kelsey Weller helped the auctioneer at the May 31 Pie Auction & BBQ.
—Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 June 2025
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“Auctioneer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/auctioneer. Accessed 7 Aug. 2025.
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