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auctioneer

[ awk-shuh-neer ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

auctioneer

/ ˌɔːkʃəˈnɪə /

a person who conducts an auction by announcing the lots and controlling the bidding

First recorded in 1700–10; auction + -eer

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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