auctioneering

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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

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 Seattle Times • Aug. 13, 2023

For one thing, she later said, she felt a spiritual void, and auctioneering “no longer felt correct.”

From New York Times • Jun. 21, 2016

His auctioneering, he insists, is just his weekend job.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 15, 2015

Mr Middlecoat, too, turned about, not recognising the voice of his new "bonnet,"—to use a term not unfamiliar in auctioneering.

From Hocken and Hunken by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir