auctioneer
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But auctioneer Jim Railton said the cow - part of a wider collection of sculptures - had failed to find a bidder and the comedian was set to keep it as a memento.
From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2026
“What you’re looking for as an auctioneer is someone who’s truly fearless onstage,” says auctioneer Lydia Fenet.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 24, 2026
Schneider, the retired national guardsman, was interested in the class more to cultivate a hobby and hopes to find a local auctioneer to offer his services to.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 28, 2025
Then as he droned on like a dentist drill hitting bone, he began to sound like a South Carolina auctioneer at a county fair.
From Salon ● Dec. 19, 2025
Standing next to the glass jar is a little girl, the auctioneer, wearing a top hat nearly as tall as herself.
From "Warcross" by Marie Lu
Or - as auctioneers would argue - should fossil hunters be rewarded for their discovery of dinosaurs lost to science and saving them from a second extinction?
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026
Number 2 Lawrence Terrace is the only house left in the village and auctioneers have set its guide price at £35,000.
From BBC ● Jun. 12, 2026
The lots, which also include the so-called Marauder's Map from the "Harry Potter" films, have a combined pre-sale estimate of $9 million, according to Propstore, the auctioneers staging the sale.
From Barron's ● Feb. 25, 2026
One school in Montana churns out America’s auctioneers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 31, 2025
Onlookers chewed fresh oysters and hot corn as the auctioneers shouted into the air.
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
During the heady days of the dot-com bubble, McCormick was CEO of the internet auctioneering house FreeMarkets - amassing wealth as he steered the Pittsburgh-based company to a nearly $500 million acquisition deal in 2004.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 14, 2023
Into this narrative, “The Lost Leonardo” weaves coherent mini-treatises on restoration, art dealerships, free ports, the true nature of the auctioneering business and more.
From New York Times ● Aug. 12, 2021
Though he eschews the "homina-homina-homina" patter known in auctioneering as "the chant," the puckish Girardo entertains bids in all four languages from the auction floor, over the telephone and via the Internet.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2015
Though he was the picture of fast-talking auctioneering bluster during the event, he says that he “had a rough night” after appraising each gun at the coroner’s office a few weeks ago.
From Slate ● Nov. 12, 2014
"Yes, but I didn't see any of them around yesterday who were handy enough to do your auctioneering."
From Twenty Years of Hus'ling by Denslow, W. W. (William Wallace)
