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A professional auctioneer’s tips for commanding the room

The beauty of these techniques is that they work anywhere.

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“I would like to introduce our Principal Auctioneer for the Broad Arrow sale today, Lydia Fenet at the Amelia.” As I walk up the steps to the podium to take my place next to the auction reader, I look out at a packed room of over a thousand people sitting and standing around........

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