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auction block
[awk-shuhn blok]
noun
Also called block.a platform from which an auctioneer sells.
The auction block in front of the old courthouse was removed and placed in a slavery exhibit at the state museum.
Word History and Origins
Origin of auction block1
Idioms and Phrases
put on the auction block, to offer for sale at auction; offer to sell to the highest bidder. Also put on the block.
Example Sentences
Nearly two dozen paintings by one of the world's most celebrated modern artists - once part of a record-breaking art deal - are set to hit the auction block for the first time next week.
"We’re thrilled they will journey down the yellow brick road, to the auction block and to a new home."
Open’s Opening Night Gala — a yearly event supporting the U.S.T.A’s charitable efforts — saw songwriter Lin Manuel-Miranda in attendance and Alec Baldwin helm an auction block.
The painting remained on the auction block for four minutes as three collectors over the phones fought to establish control, before an anonymous bidder named the winning price.
More than 200 of Prince’s fashion items, including his signature ruffled shirt, are going on the auction block.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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