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mads.xsd"><authority><topic authority="http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en">huissiers-priseurs</topic></authority><related type="other"><topic>auctioneers</topic></related><related type="other"><topic>appraisers</topic></related><related type="other"><topic>commissaires-priseurs</topic></related><related type="broader"><topic>people in commerce and business</topic></related><variant type="other"><topic>huissier-priseur</topic></variant> <note xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ People active in public distribution or sale of property as the official recorders of the transaction and prices paid. In certain cases, this person may have worked with the "commissaires-priseurs," or may have been in charge of recording as well as valuing the works for sale, adjudicating, and bringing down the hammer for the sale. ]]></note></mads>