定義

• Auction.  An organized method of selling items by competitive bids. Auctions are the most efficient manor of selling numismatic items and have been so for more than two centuries in Europe and for more than 150 years in America. While auctions were first used in Roman times, their first use for transferring numismatic property did not come about until coin collecting became widespread among an educated class of citizens. A list or catalog is issued of the items to be sold where bids are solicited in person or by other means/ The bulk of cataloging work in numismatics is the preparation of the catalog listings to identify the specific item and to enhance its appeal to prospective bidders.
  Word List  #5
  Auction Words
  Advance                                              House Bid
  attribution                                              Internet Bidding
  Auction House                                    Lot
  Bid Sheet                                            Lot Number
  Bidder                                                 Lotting
  Bidder Name                                       Mail Bid
  Bidder Number                                   Minimum Bid
  Book                                                   misattributed
  Catalog                                                Paddle
  cataloging                                               Phone Bid
  Commissions                                      Prices Realized
  Competitive Bidding                          provenance
  condition                                       Reserve
  Cut Bid                                               Successful Bidder
  describing                                                Suggested Price
  Description                                         Terms of Sale
  Estimate                                              Withdrawn Lot
  Floor Bid

  excerpted with permission from

  An Encyclopedia of Coin and Medal Technology

  For Artists, Makers, Collectors and Curators

  COMPILED AND WRITTEN BY D. WAYNE JOHNSON

  Roger W. Burdette, Editor

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