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Even if you’ve never attended a live auction, you’ve probably seen the fast-talking patter of the auctioneer on television or in film. It’s something like ...

Metropolitan Homes CEO Peter Kudla is the gas lawnmower of live auctioneers. You pull the cord, rev the engine and let him roll. “I have to get out of here tonight,” he told the 600 attendees at the ...

This story was produced by our colleagues at the BBC. The rapid patter of the auctioneer and the thud of a gavel — the classic sounds of an auction. Today, 250 cars are being sold at Manheim Leeds in ...

A young Charters Towers auctioneer has been selected as one of the best in the state, and is headed for the Ekka. See what makes a winning auctioneer’s ‘patter’ in this video. Dustyn Fitzgerald moved ...

The baritone patter of auctioneer Brent Loberg ushered in the end of an era Thursday afternoon as Daugherty's Hardware & Appliances made its very last sales. The venerable Central Hillside hardware ...

Still taken from the video. For anyone who has ever asked, “Why do auctioneers talk like that?” at last, a satisfying answer: to become rap legends. At least, that’s what Vine user Auctioneer Beats ...

Bertram Boyum grips a cardboard box with his big, leathery hands and gives it a curious look. "What's this?" he asks in his rich Norwegian brogue, peering at the label on the side. A copier/scanner, ...

As the auctioneer's megaphone faded in the distance, Cody Baker and Matthew Boykin had wandered far out to the edge of a 130-acre gravel lot to check out a row of man-lifts, the crawlers with big arms ...

Back in December 2004, when David Holland paid $315,700 for a new home in an east Venice Centex subdivision, the granite-and-tile beauty looked like an easy flip. But as Centex's sales slowed down, ...