There were two ways of auctioning.
"Peggy Parsons a Hampton Freshman"
Annabel Sharp
This was repeated two or three times, the short space in which the riders pulled up out of a full gallop being sometimes almost incredible; then a great circle was formed of would-be purchasers and onlookers, and the horses were ridden into the circle and then round and round to display themselves, each rider at the same time auctioning his own horse, yelling out the bids for it, as they rose, at the top of his voice.
"In the Tail of the Peacock"
Isabel Savory
Her truly shrinking spirit was a stranger to all manner of auctioning, but she believed in fair play, and could not in conscience quite forget her exhilarating skirmish with Mr. Ravenel on the day of Susie's wedding.
"John March, Southerner"
George W. Cable