Examples of auctioneer in a Sentence
The auctioneer started the bidding at $100.
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Trump has tapped Billy Long, a former professional auctioneer who represented Missouri's 7th Congressional District from 2011 to 2023, as the next head of the IRS.
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Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 31 Dec. 2024
Long is a former auctioneer and has worked as a business and tax adviser since leaving Congress in 2022.
—Sara Dorn, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2024
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An auctioneer in London found 10 signed Salvador Dalí lithographs during a routine antiques assessment — after they had been forgotten for 50 years in the owner’s garage.
—Jacqui Palumbo, CNN, 12 Dec. 2024
The items were sold through an online auctioneer due to the federal government's legal requirement to reallocate excess border wall materials.
—Rey Covarrubias Jr., The Arizona Republic, 17 Dec. 2024
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Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 31 Dec. 2024
Long is a former auctioneer and has worked as a business and tax adviser since leaving Congress in 2022.
—Sara Dorn, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2024
Related article Huge crime network forging Banksy, Warhol and Picasso uncovered in Italy
Garage prints take a surreal turn
An auctioneer in London found 10 signed Salvador Dalí lithographs during a routine antiques assessment — after they had been forgotten for 50 years in the owner’s garage.
—Jacqui Palumbo, CNN, 12 Dec. 2024
The items were sold through an online auctioneer due to the federal government's legal requirement to reallocate excess border wall materials.
—Rey Covarrubias Jr., The Arizona Republic, 17 Dec. 2024
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“Auctioneer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/auctioneer. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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