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

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 Seattle Times • Aug. 13, 2023

Though he eschews the "homina-homina-homina" patter known in auctioneering as "the chant," the puckish Girardo entertains bids in all four languages from the auction floor, over the telephone and via the Internet.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 15, 2015

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

But Mills, with his auctioneering, atlases, and projects, failed, whereby poor Scott lost above half his means. . . .

From The Book-Hunter in London Historical and Other Studies of Collectors and Collecting by Roberts, W. (William)