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saleroom

American  
[seyl-room, -room] / ˈseɪlˌrum, -ˌrʊm /

noun

  1. Chiefly British. salesroom.


saleroom British  
/ -ˌrʊm, ˈseɪlˌruːm /

noun

  1. a room where objects are displayed for sale, esp by auction

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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He knew which clients were interested in the painting, where their advisers were sitting and who was fielding bids from the phones lining the saleroom.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 22, 2025

They will be on show at Heritage Auctions' London saleroom and offices in Hanover Street from 28 November for several days as part of an international exhibition.

From BBC • Nov. 19, 2024

Rahul Kadakia, Christie's international director of jewelry who conducted the auction, told the Geneva saleroom that the bracelets had stayed in the family for almost 200 years.

From Reuters • Nov. 9, 2021

“When ‘Girl With Balloon’ ‘self-destructed’ in our saleroom, Banksy sparked a global sensation that has since become a cultural phenomenon.”

From Seattle Times • Sep. 3, 2021

Some years later, when the elderly collector died, this volume came to the saleroom with the rest of his books.

From The Book-Hunter at Home by Allan, P. B. M.

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