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Auction houses [ Trade ] … in the growing pleasure the urban elite experienced in accumulating objects. The lots he attributed both fuelled polite conversation and provided the décor for sociable meetings. Auction doubled as a spectacle where people looked at unique … Art | Audience | Collecting | Commerce | Coffeehouses | Exhibitions Encyclopedia