auction house

noun

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

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Online bidding kicked off earlier this month and will conclude with a live, two-day event at the auction house’s Gardena location on Thursday and Friday. Kailyn Brown, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2026 Christie’s said the sale marked the first time a major auction house offered a digital-only artwork with a non-fungible token as a guarantee of its authenticity, as well as the first time cryptocurrency has been used to pay for an artwork at auction. ABC News, 28 Apr. 2026 Brown’s gallery will be the first in Los Angeles for the architect, who has numerous others to his credit, including, in New York alone, Marian Goodman Gallery, Karma Gallery, Harpers Gallery, and PPOW Gallery, as well as the HQ of Phillips auction house, among many others. Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 20 Apr. 2026 At its last Design Week in December 2025, the auction house sold nearly everything that went to the auction block. David Lê, Curbed, 20 Apr. 2026 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 2 May. 2026.

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