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auctioneer

noun as in seller

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As the auctioneer noted at the opening of the bid, Alice Neel is having a moment.

Sprenkle graduated from high school in May and has been working at his family’s tire shop while studying to be an auctioneer and taking care of his grandparents.

For that reason, an original Banksy print called Morons, a lampooning of the auctioneer market, was able to sell as a digital token for $380,000 in March even after it was completely burned in a livestreamed video.

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In 2008, Gilkes joined Phillips, eventually becoming its chief auctioneer.

The auctioneer talks about knowing and employing royalty, and celebrity big spenders.

Working there gave him his first experience of attention (he was much younger than your typical auctioneer).

So when Chicago auctioneer Gabe Fajuri first got a cold call from Collins describing the box, he was skeptical.

"$450,000," called the auctioneer, pointing to a bidder in the crowd at Christie's.

If the auctioneer could afterward do this he might change the name, substitute another, and so perpetrate a fraud.

The seller or owner therefore is not bound by any terms stated by the auctioneer differing from those given to him.

I don't talk loud, and anyhow, they're listening to the auctioneer.

From the landing already he could hear the voice of the auctioneer.

The highest offer has me, your ladyship; he's but a poor auctioneer that knocks down his ware when only one bidder is present.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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