A professional who assists auctioneer at auction by tagging and arranging articles for sale, calling out lot and item numbers, and holding or displaying articles being auctioned. Respnsibilities include:

• Receives and stores incoming merchandise to be auctioned.
• Writes assigned record numbers on tags and wires tags to articles.
• Arranges articles into group lots, according to similarity of type of merchandise, such as household goods, art objects, jewelry, and furniture.
• Assigns lot and item numbers to grouped articles and records numbers on tags and in record book.
• Calls out lot and item numbers of article being auctioned and holds or otherwise displays article during bidding.
• Assists final bidders in locating purchased items.