Auctioneer Quotes

In a party tent poised somewhere between romance and avarice, an auctioneer hammered out the sale of the first of the costly baubles that were scattered as love tokens across the lives of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor. - Francis X. Clines

Every auctioneer wants the novice to have a very good experience. They are the future of the auction business. - Billy Long

AUCTIONEER, n. The man who proclaims with a hammer that he has picked a pocket with his tongue. - Ambrose Bierce

At the conclusion of this course the agent will not be trained to conduct auctions as an auctioneer. Instead, the agent will have broadened their horizons and branded their business to include every viable method of selling real estate. - Gloria Lynn Gardner

An auctioneer is such a uniquely American thing. I keep thinking in my head, perhaps it's not as American as I think, but it feels so Southern. It feels so American. Like, hundreds of years of American tradition is involved in it. - Jack White

Absolute catholicity of taste is not without its dangers. It is only an auctioneer who should admire all schools of art. - Oscar Wilde

[While eBay's TV strategy attempts to persuade more people to buy on the site, it also hopes to shift the perception the public has of the online auctioneer. As it moves well beyond collectibles, eBay wants to remind potential customers that they can also purchase mass-market items like cars and computers on the site.] We get defined by the weird stuff, ... You're shifting a perception that people already have, [which is] better than having no perception at all. - Jim Davis