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auctioneer

[awk-shuh-neer] / ˌɔk ʃəˈnɪər /








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Speaking to Reuters before the auction, Mike Provenzale, a specialist auctioneer at Heritage, said: "It's a true one-of-one item. Arguably the most significant soccer item that exists."

From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026

Mari’s portfolio already includes the Miami Open tennis tournament, the Frieze art fair and collector-car auctioneer Barrett-Jackson.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026

“Try a bigger bite,” said auctioneer Phyllis Kao, trying to coax the next bid after $37 million.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026

Ann Thorpe, an auctioneer at Dartmoor Auctions, said "I think you do sometimes get ironic buys. Things like people's secret Santa presents and that kind of thing."

From BBC ● Mar. 20, 2026

“Do I hear a million?” the auctioneer shouts.

From "Warcross" by Marie Lu

"It also gives us a bit of comfort as auctioneers that there are still things out there, waiting to be discovered."

From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026

The ceramics and glass expert, with Lyon & Turnbull auctioneers in Edinburgh, joined the BBC programme in 2018 as one of the specialists who appraises objects brought in by members of the public.

From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026

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

"Set within a wild, windswept moorland, King and Queen took on a new life," said Alice Murray of auctioneers Christie's.

From BBC ● Mar. 15, 2026

Onlookers chewed fresh oysters and hot corn as the auctioneers shouted into the air.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead

There, he would partake in a hobby perfectly suited to his sense of urgency and penchant for squeezing as much as he can into the time he has: auctioneering.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 5, 2024

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

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

Springsteen briefly took over auctioneering duties before being honored as MusiCares person of the year Friday night, exhorting the crowd to bid on a signed Fender electric guitar by amping up the deal.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 9, 2013

They all get a job on the railway, or take to auctioneering, or something with money in it.

From Some Everyday Folk and Dawn by Miles Franklin


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