These bids would be entered in a special book by the auction firm, hence the name.

As part of the dealer group's consumer protection program, the auctioneer's code of ethics requires all qualified public auction firms to have proper licensing and adequate insurance.

It consists of 16 halls hosting 70 independent auction firms, which operate under the umbrella grouping of Drouot.

The product of a merger in 1968 between two auction firms that had been selling these items since 1912, the co-op is a small city as much as a marketplace.

Kruse International was an auction firm founded by Russell Kruse in Auburn, Indiana in 1952.

Morrell has an auction division that includes David Molyneux-Berry, a former director of the wine department at Sotheby's, the international auction firm.

In the end, Spain got the Thyssen-Bornemisza collection for a bargain: the $350-million price tag was a fraction of its $2-billion estimated value, according to Sotheby's, the auction firm.

April 15 - Member of Parliament Svend Robinson confesses to stealing a ring from an auction firm and then takes medical leave.

April 16 - The auction firm that Svend Robinson stole the ring from says it will not pursue charges against him.

I hired an auction firm to sell off the contents of the house, and afterwards gave them permission to dispose of what was left.