saleroom
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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When auctioneer Oliver Barker slammed down the gavel, collectors and dealers in the saleroom erupted in applause.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 19, 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
It affords a pleasanter impression of the pursuit when one perceives individuals of all ranks and callings buying themselves personally, either at the book-shop or the saleroom, in the selection of their periodical acquisitions.
From The Book-Collector A General Survey of the Pursuit and of those who have engaged in it at Home and Abroad from the Earliest Period to the Present Time by Hazlitt, William Carew
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