auction house

noun

: a business that runs auctions
She works as an auctioneer at an auction house.

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The auction house said MeiGrey, a company specializing in authenticating and selling sports memorabilia, examined 130 jerseys purporting to have belonged to Jordan — but only found four to be authentic. Rosa Rahimi, CNN, 6 Mar. 2025 The mystery remains as the drawing heads to London, where the auction house Roseberys will sell it on March 12. Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Feb. 2025 Eugenie lived in New York from 2013 to 2015 while working at online auction house Paddle8. Janine Henni, People.com, 27 Feb. 2025 Packages bound to that address would pass through Dozier’s post office for scanning before being shipped to the auction house’s PO box at another Clifton post office. Rhiannon Saegert, Miami Herald, 29 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for auction house

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“Auction house.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/auction%20house. Accessed 10 Mar. 2025.

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