Ross is the chief auctioneer for the specialist Russian art auction house MacDougall's. In 2018, Ritchie Bros. acquired Leake Auction Company, an Oklahoma-based collector car auctioneer. Swedish auction leaves the winner selection to the auctioneer. In 2015, the auction house's longest serving auctioneer, David Redden, and Vice-Chairman retired. He had sold real estate since 1957 and also worked as an auctioneer. His mother, Charlotte Bennett, was the daughter of an Anglo-Irish auctioneer and land agent. The bidders make the offers which can be accepted by the auctioneer. He then worked as a carpenter and auctioneer. Filler words serve as a thinking point for both the auctioneer and the bidders. Simon de Pury (born 1951) is a Swiss art auctioneer and collector. His grandfather was apprenticed as an auctioneer by Detmen Mitchell in 1945. If you don't want to bid at the price the auctioneer is asking, don't bid. They assist in spotting bids and communicating essential information back to the auctioneer. Without the auctioneer taking bids off the wall, this would never have happened. Acting on Don Geiss' advice, Jack gets engaged to Christie's auctioneer Phoebe.