auctioneer
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The former Christie’s auctioneer, author, podcaster and motivational speaker is normally unflappable on the podium.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 24, 2026
He regularly supported other local causes hosting major island events, often acting as an auctioneer.
From BBC • Jan. 26, 2026
Then as he droned on like a dentist drill hitting bone, he began to sound like a South Carolina auctioneer at a county fair.
From Salon • Dec. 19, 2025
The work, of Jesus Christ on the cross and painted in 1613, was unearthed by auctioneer Jean-Pierre Osenat in a Paris mansion last year.
From Barron's • Nov. 30, 2025
Then Lettie Taylor chanced to shoo a fly off, and quicker than an auctioneer, that woman pegged her.
From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool
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