Sentences with phrase «like auctioneers»

You know, those guys that talk like auctioneers when they preach... or taking up of serpents.
For every neglected classic I come across like The Auctioneer there are a dozen empty - calorie mind - melters like William W. Johnstone's Toy Cemetery that manage to make my hair stand on end through the sheer quantity of pulp nonsense it shoots into my eyeballs like a high pressure fire hose.
The collectors split, the economy turned turtle, and the value of new paintings dropped like an auctioneer's hammer.

Not exact matches

And they do it FAST, like the guy reading the names could be an auctioneer.
Around the time Butch is ordering his fourth or fifth cold one, we wonder whether he is a fan of Ferrall on the Bench host Scott Ferrall, the guttural - sounding Generation X, Mothers Against Drunk Driving whipping boy who dispenses information and opinions at auctioneer speed and who, like Butch, enjoys an occasional ale.
Like the prime minister's spin doctor, who is in the habit of hiring thugs to beat people up, secretly quite fancies a ladyboy he once saw in a Bangkok nightclub and while he was a local journalist once nearly had sex with an auctioneer who subsequently became famous on a Bargain Hunt - style TV programme.
Some people like to place the first bid, showing the auctioneer they are interested in the item.
PAHRUMP, Nevada — Pinned to the leather - wrapped racing seats, Jeffrey Cheng, the owner of this particularly beautiful Chalk and Orange Agera RS, shouts out 20 mph increments like he's an auctioneer — 100 mph, 120, 140, 160, 180.
After several minutes of ping - pong style action, the auctioneer loudly hammers his gavel, and just like that, the Porsche is sold to its new owner for a cool $ 5,170,000.
But then on the other hand, there's a thing where if you go to the auction house in game there's an actual auctioneer whose actually saying things like, doing the actual auctioneer talk `... sold to the man in the back» like there's actually someone saying that in - game.
Oliver Barker, Sotheby's debonair London auctioneer, explained: «Nonsensational markets, like Calder, are stable.
We would like to extend our gratitude to our co-chairs Ann L. Gund, Rachel Feinstein (A» 93), Stephanie Hunt, Victoria Love Salnikoff, Ursula von Rydingsvard (F» 88), Nari Ward (A» 91, F» 03); award presenters Shaun Leonardo (A» 04), Whitfield Lovell (A» 85, F» 01,» 02,» 05), Chris Ofili (F» 11), Judy Pfaff (F» 83,» 86,» 94,» 11), and Alison Saar (F» 93); and auction item donors Hotel Santa Fe and SITE Santa Fe, Byron Kim, (A» 86, F» 99,» 13), Helen & Brice Marden, (F» 70, ’71» 76,» 91), Golden Rock Inn Nevis, Glenstone Foundation, Anne Wrinkle, and auctioneer Gabriela Palmieri.
Detroiters like College of Creative Studies gallery director Michelle Perron, artist John Corbin, and CCS president Richard Rogers added some local color, but the majority present were New Yorkers: Dia director Philippe Vergne; Sotheby's auctioneer Tobias Meyer; art consultants Allan Schwartzman, Mark Fletcher, and Gabriel Catone; Warhol Foundation president Joel Wachs; Artists Space director Stefan Kalmar; MoMA associate director Kathy Halbreich; and that ubiquitous multitasker James Franco, without whom no art event can really begin.
Chronicling the role, dealers, auctioneers, and artists hold in weaving together the art worlds cultural and commercial tapestry, the film also features interviews with the likes of Jeff Koons, Gerhard Richter, Njideka Akunyili Crosby, and Larry Poons.
It is a semi-regulated market, the participants buying and selling liberty much like slave auctioneers.
A well - written resume sample for Auctioneer focuses on skills like knowledge of the merchandise they sell, organization, networking, public speaking, a professional manner, integrity, and confidence working with money.
That's what auctioneers do best, often specializing in certain goods like jewelry, livestock, orchids, etc..
In an era where graffiti art can sell for tens of thousands of dollars via mainstream auctioneers like Sotheby's, leading «guerrilla artists» like London's stencil artist Banksy (whose work is collected by the likes of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie) are finding new admirers for their often - provocative work.
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