Auctioneer
noun
A person who conducts auctions by accepting bids and announcing the winning bidder.
The auctioneer sold the painting for ten million dollars.
Often appears as...
- professional auctioneer
- auctioneer's gavel
verb
To act as an auctioneer, conducting the sale of goods or property at an auction.
He auctioneered the rare collection of vintage cars.
Often appears as...
- auctioneer off
- auctioneer the sale
noun
A person who conducts auctions by accepting bids and announcing the winning bidder.
The auctioneer sold the painting for ten million dollars.
Often appears as...
- professional auctioneer
- auctioneer's gavel
verb
To act as an auctioneer, conducting the sale of goods or property at an auction.
He auctioneered the rare collection of vintage cars.
Often appears as...
- auctioneer off
- auctioneer the sale
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Auction Chants
Auctioneers often speak rapidly to create excitement and encourage higher bids.
The auctioneer's chant mesmerized the bidders into a competitive frenzy.
Pro Tip 2/3Live Events
Auctioneers are commonly seen at live events like art sales, charity fundraisers, or estate auctions.
At the charity event, the auctioneer encouraged the audience to bid generously.
Pro Tip 3/3Gavel Use
An auctioneer often uses a gavel to finalize a sale, signaling no more bids are taken.
With a final strike of the gavel, the auctioneer sold the antique desk.
Pro Tip 1/3Auction Chants
Auctioneers often speak rapidly to create excitement and encourage higher bids.
The auctioneer's chant mesmerized the bidders into a competitive frenzy.
Pro Tip 2/3Live Events
Auctioneers are commonly seen at live events like art sales, charity fundraisers, or estate auctions.
At the charity event, the auctioneer encouraged the audience to bid generously.
Pro Tip 3/3Gavel Use
An auctioneer often uses a gavel to finalize a sale, signaling no more bids are taken.
With a final strike of the gavel, the auctioneer sold the antique desk.
Pro Tip 1/3Auction Chants
Auctioneers often speak rapidly to create excitement and encourage higher bids.
The auctioneer's chant mesmerized the bidders into a competitive frenzy.
Pro Tip 2/3Live Events
Auctioneers are commonly seen at live events like art sales, charity fundraisers, or estate auctions.
At the charity event, the auctioneer encouraged the audience to bid generously.
Pro Tip 3/3Gavel Use
An auctioneer often uses a gavel to finalize a sale, signaling no more bids are taken.
With a final strike of the gavel, the auctioneer sold the antique desk.
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Video examples
Benjamin Wallace: The...
it's considered to be the most faked wine in the world. Not that many people are looking to pop open their one remaining bottle for a journalist. So, I'd about given up trying to get my hands on one of these. I'd put out feelers to retailers, to auctioneers, and it was coming up empty.
Video examples
Benjamin Wallace: The...
it's considered to be the most faked wine in the world. Not that many people are looking to pop open their one remaining bottle for a journalist. So, I'd about given up trying to get my hands on one of these. I'd put out feelers to retailers, to auctioneers, and it was coming up empty.
Example 1 of 1
Quote examples
Jack White
American Musician
The auctioneer is talking for both people, and that's the big revelation about, 'Oh, that's what they're doing.' They're just doing it very fast, so you could kind of miss on that. He's speaking for you, because people in the crowd don't have a voice, so that's what really makes it compelling.
Quote examples
Alexander Gilkes
British Businessman
Auctions typically are an opportunity for you to be able to acquire what you're looking for at a lower price; typically, the auctioneer sets the opening price at much lower than the retail price and certain interest develops and as more people come in it drives the price up.
Quote examples
Jack White
American Musician
An auctioneer is such a uniquely American thing. I keep thinking in my head, perhaps it's not as American as I think, but it feels so Southern. It feels so American. Like, hundreds of years of American tradition is involved in it.
Quote examples
Alexander Gilkes
British Businessman
I started my career at LVMH and then I joined Phillips de Pury under the tutelage of Simon de Pury as second auctioneer and head of marketing.
Quote examples
Alexander Gilkes
British Businessman
A great friend and mentor, Simon de Pury, invited me to be auctioneer at Phillips de Pury, which was a great honor.
Quote examples
Oscar Wilde
Irish Poet
It is only an auctioneer who can equally and impartially admire all schools of art.
Quote examples
Jack White
American Musician
The auctioneer is talking for both people, and that's the big revelation about, 'Oh, that's what they're doing.' They're just doing it very fast, so you could kind of miss on that. He's speaking for you, because people in the crowd don't have a voice, so that's what really makes it compelling.
Quote examples
Alexander Gilkes
British Businessman
Auctions typically are an opportunity for you to be able to acquire what you're looking for at a lower price; typically, the auctioneer sets the opening price at much lower than the retail price and certain interest develops and as more people come in it drives the price up.
Quote examples
Jack White
American Musician
An auctioneer is such a uniquely American thing. I keep thinking in my head, perhaps it's not as American as I think, but it feels so Southern. It feels so American. Like, hundreds of years of American tradition is involved in it.
Quote examples
Alexander Gilkes
British Businessman
I started my career at LVMH and then I joined Phillips de Pury under the tutelage of Simon de Pury as second auctioneer and head of marketing.
Quote examples
Alexander Gilkes
British Businessman
A great friend and mentor, Simon de Pury, invited me to be auctioneer at Phillips de Pury, which was a great honor.
Quote examples
Oscar Wilde
Irish Poet
It is only an auctioneer who can equally and impartially admire all schools of art.
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