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A. Goods for auction sales
B. Definition of bidding
C. Way to sell more goods by auction
D. Auction sales in history
E. Brief introduction to auctions
F. Making a larger profit as an auctioneer |
1._____
Auctions are public sales of goods, conducted by an officially approved auctioneer. He asks the
crowd assembled in the auction-room to make offers, or "bids", for the various items on sale. He
encourages buyers to bid higher figures,and finally names the highest bidder as the buyer of the good.
This is called "knocking down" the goods, for the bidding ends when the auctioneer strikes a small
hammer on a table at which he stands.
2._____
The ancient Roman probably invented sales by auction, and the English word comes from the Latin
auction, meaning "increase". The Romans usually sold in this way the goods taken in war. In England in
the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, goods were often sold "by the candle", a short candle was lit by
the auctioneer, and bids could be made while it stayed alight.
3._____
Practically all goods whose qualities vary are sold by auction. Among these are coffee skins, wool,
tea, furs, silk and wines. Auction sales are also usual for land and property. Furniture pictures, rare
books, old china and similar works of art.
4. _____
An auction is usually advertised beforehand with full particulars often articles to be sold and where
and when they can be viewed by potential buyers. If the advertisement cannot give full details, catalogues
are printed, and each group of goods to be sold together called a "lot" is usually given a number. The
auctioneer need not begin with LOT I and continue in the order of numbers, he may wait until he notices
the fact that certain buyers are in the room and then produce the lots they are likely to be interested in.
5._____
The auctioneer's services are paid for in the form of a percentage of the price the goods are sold for.
The auctioneer therefore has a direct interest in pushing up the bidding as high as possible. He will not
waste time by starting the bidding too low. He will also play on the opponents among his buyers and
succeed in getting a high price by encouraging two business competitors to bid against each other.