Sold," said the auctioner, to applause as he brought down the hammer.

He eventually resigned, and entered business as an auctioner, accountant and legal manager.

The auctioner does not disclose the current maximum bid, but the second highest bid is always public.

Shop, Saloon, Tavern, Auctioner and other Licences.

He was a livestock auctioner and chartered surveyor, and served as a councillor on Norfolk County Council.

Now, the auctioner is really positioning itself as an online fashion destination, launching a sample sale site called Fashion Vault in March.

Sandy Robson as Anton Leferve ("The Auctioner")

Auctioner Housing Works is selling off worn Alexander McQueen at "criminally low prices," as New York magazine puts it.

Following the success of sites such as Gilt and Rue La La, online auctioner eBay is entering the sample sale game with Fashion Vault.

Colonel Ellsworth Walters was the auctioner and more than a million dollars was often bid for the mineral rights to 160 acre (65 ha) tracts in the Burbank Field.

Last year Bernard Arnault's LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton bought the auctioner Phillips, which in turn acquired Tajan, France's largest auction house, this year.

Entertainment auctioner Darren Julien said: "We estimate the x-rays to be right around $800 to $1200 each but anticipating that they'll sell for a lot more based upon other x-rays of celebrities that we've sold."

The auctioner catches the eye of one Chinese man in the far corner, as he discreetly raises his hand – again and again – and he seals the sale with the bang of his gavel.

Just like online auctioner eBay's Fashion Vault, which launched last year, MyHabit is modeled after successful sample sale sites such as Gilt or Vente Privee, offering discounted designer fashion for a limited period of time.

"L. F. Rothschild is neither being acquired nor going under the auctioner's gavel piecemeal," Andrew L. Berger, president of L. F. Rothschild's broker-dealer subsidiary, said at a news conference at the company's headquarters.