auctioneer:
(plural: ‘auctioneers‘; pronunciation: the letter ‘c’ is said with a ‘k’ sound as in “king”)
‘auction’ = a place or system/activity where things are sold openly to whoever offers the highest amount of money by bidding; a public sale, and a person who participates in an auction is called a ‘bidder‘
a person in charge of an auction,
an auctioneer (L) conducting an auction at Sotheby's
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Most of the tempo of an auction depends on the way the auctioneer presents the items in his sing-song voice.
These days people can join an auction online without having to leave their homes or offices, and there are numerous reliable online auctions and auctioneers offering their genuine services.
Some auctioneers are paid salaries, which may be as small as $51, 000 and as large as $ 120,000 per year, by the auction houses, and some auctioneers pay out all the expenses and take their share from the total of the item bidding.
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