auctioneering

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During the heady days of the dot-com bubble, McCormick was CEO of the internet auctioneering house FreeMarkets - amassing wealth as he steered the Pittsburgh-based company to a nearly $500 million acquisition deal in 2004.

From Washington Times • Aug. 14, 2023

Peter also had a knack for presentation, knocking the stuffiness out of traditional auctioneering with pop-up sales at the Pacific Design Center and Santa Monica Airport.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 23, 2020

For one thing, she later said, she felt a spiritual void, and auctioneering “no longer felt correct.”

From New York Times • Jun. 21, 2016

Though he was the picture of fast-talking auctioneering bluster during the event, he says that he “had a rough night” after appraising each gun at the coroner’s office a few weeks ago.

From Slate • Nov. 12, 2014

They all get a job on the railway, or take to auctioneering, or something with money in it.

From Some Everyday Folk and Dawn by Franklin, Miles