How to Use auction house in a Sentence

auction house

noun
  • Photos of the car in that news article and on social media appeared to be from the auction house.
    Peter Suciu, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2024
  • Portrait of Alan Turing, will be the first artwork by a humanoid robot ever sold by the auction house.
    Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Oct. 2024
  • That’s one of many big changes since the auction house changed hands a few years ago.
    Brian T. Allen, National Review, 27 Jan. 2024
  • The Donahues said they were told by the auction house that the buyer had 35 days to pay.
    Matt Stevens, New York Times, 28 Nov. 2023
  • According to the auction house, the item didn’t reach the reserve price set by the consignor.
    Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 July 2024
  • The decision appears to have cleared the way for a sale by Guernsey’s auction house in New York on Feb. 22.
    Matt Stevens, New York Times, 17 Jan. 2024
  • The auction house has not disclosed the identity of the buyer.
    Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 26 Feb. 2024
  • Berlin wants to steal a stash of jewels from France’s biggest auction house.
    Lili Loofbourow, Washington Post, 29 Dec. 2023
  • Sotheby’s said the auction would be the largest from a single owner that the auction house had held in Asia.
    Keith Bradsher, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2023
  • Neither the auction house nor the Swatch Group revealed the identity of the seller.
    Byeleanor Pringle, Fortune, 7 June 2023
  • The auction house expects the car to sell for between $18 million and $20 million.
    Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 21 July 2023
  • The 310-pound Iron Throne was the top lot of the event and was snapped up after what the auction house described as a prolonged, six-minute bidding war.
    Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 14 Oct. 2024
  • According to the auction house, the primary school paid just £1 (or about $1.27) for the copy during a book sale.
    Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 23 June 2024
  • The price includes the RM auction house commission, and the buyer is undisclosed.
    Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN, 18 Aug. 2023
  • The three works are the first consignment announcement from the auction house for its fall marquee evening sales in New York.
    Karen K. Ho, ARTnews.com, 3 Oct. 2024
  • Harrison and Lennon had been writing songs for the pair, according to the auction house.
    Kerry Breen, CBS News, 30 May 2024
  • The auction house believes this to be the highest sum ever paid for an artwork at a Maine auction.
    Oscar Holland, CNN, 8 Sep. 2024
  • The auction house was then invited to sell three more works in Banksy’s Wrong War series a year later.
    Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 6 Mar. 2024
  • While the auction house said that Barry will be its eighth dinosaur sale, these kinds of transactions are rare.
    David Chiu, Peoplemag, 19 Sep. 2023
  • The work has had many homes since it was painted, presumably in the first decade of the 16th century, according to the auction house Christie’s.
    Josh Feldman, NBC News, 17 June 2024
  • The winning bidder will pay a 10 percent deposit on the day of the auction and a 10 percent premium to the auction house.
    Curbed, 3 Jan. 2024
  • The vehicles would be split into three groups, the F-, N-, and V-series, of which the last was the closest to the finished version of the car, according to the auction house.
    Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 12 Aug. 2024
  • The auction house hopes to also woo Alexander McQueen fans in other ways.
    Rosemary Feitelberg, WWD, 9 Sep. 2024
  • According to the auction house’s website, this initial run of ref.
    Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 22 Nov. 2023
  • Ursula in her four-poster bed, sourced from a local auction house.
    Plum Sykes, Vogue, 2 May 2024
  • The frets had corroded, and the neck joint had loosened so much that the guitar could not be played safely, according to the auction house.
    Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 26 Apr. 2024
  • The auction house claims the watch is well-preserved, in the same condition and with the same rubber strap as when Fischer received it.
    Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 20 Oct. 2023
  • The auction house had dated it to the 16th century—an estimate that was hundreds of years off.
    Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Nov. 2023
  • McQueen owned the crimson beauty for four years, according to the auction house.
    Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 17 Apr. 2023
  • The singer, 64, unsuccessfully tried to stop the Gotta Have Rock and Roll auction house from auctioning off the letter.
    Angel Saunders, Peoplemag, 26 July 2023

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