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  • noun Plural form of salesroom.

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Examples

  • What filled the salesrooms was the boom in contemporary art and the emergence of living artists as celebrities.

    Let the Bidding War Begin 2010

  • As we speak, a wider choice of, dare I say, desirable electric vehicles are silently manoeuvring into the forecourts of enlightened salesrooms across the UK.In London we are gearing up to ensure they can be driven with ease, simplicity and convenience.

    Stars and their cars 2011

  • Since August, when Sotheby's dismissed 43 unionised art handlers, its salesrooms have been besieged by Teamsters union members, bearing an inflatable rat and a fat cat banker with a cigar in one hand and throttled worker in the other.

    Anger at Walmart heiress's $1.4bn gallery as art market becomes focus for protests 2011

  • Sotheby's (Nov. 9) will hold a Chinese ceramics and works of art sale, while Woolley & Wallis will exhibit in London (Nov. 7-8) selections from Asian auctions to be held in its salesrooms in Salisbury, Wiltshire (Nov. 15-17).

    London Focuses on Asian Art Margaret Studer 2011

  • Now, it focuses on consigning works from L.A. collectors to sell at its other salesrooms.

    The L.A. Art Boom Lauren A. E. Schuker 2010

  • Sandwiched between a vacant pita-bread factory and numerous gym-equipment salesrooms that were never open, the casino and its environs felt like the kind of place where a young girl would go to get sold into slavery.

    i know i am, but what are you? SAMANTHA BEE 2010

  • And like in entertainment and sports, the results from salesrooms are relayed instantaneously around the world.

    Let the Bidding War Begin 2010

  • Sandwiched between a vacant pita-bread factory and numerous gym-equipment salesrooms that were never open, the casino and its environs felt like the kind of place where a young girl would go to get sold into slavery.

    i know i am, but what are you? SAMANTHA BEE 2010

  • Over the past few years, the world's chief auction houses like Christie's poured millions of marketing dollars into new salesrooms and art categories to persuade newly wealthy bidders in emerging markets like Asia, Russia and the Middle East to buy back their national treasures.

    Chinese Applaud Art Dealer Who Refuses to Honor Bids 2009

  • As art prices fall around the world, Christie's says it will cut jobs throughout its 85 global offices and 14 salesrooms, including art hubs like New York, London, Hong Kong and Paris.

    Christie's Auction House to Slash Jobs 2009

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