Definition of "auction house" []

• A firm that conducts auctions (noun)

WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

• "Brancusi’s auction house was shut, although it was not yet one o’clock in New York, and offered a voice message service."
• "Brancusi was one of three partners in (as Kate found, making a detour to the website of the firm name given on the signature of the e-mail) a small but prestigious auction house based in New York."