A hammer price is the sum a lot finally sold for. A record hammer price.
It is what the buyer bid rather than what they pay, since commission is added on top. The hammer price is the figure reported in the papers and never the one on the invoice.
1nounhammer priceThe sum a lot finally sold for.
“The hammer price was forty thousand and the invoice came to nearer fifty.”
hammer price is a price.
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