vendue

A public sale of property to the highest bidder, esp. by a person licensed and authorized for the purpose; a vendue.

Sometimes when there was a "vendue" in the house, reckless folk opened the front gate, and even tied it back.

The boy told that the Doanes were at his father’s house, and the miller sent the word to a vendue in the neighborhood.

Enquire of the printer hereof: Or otherwise they will be expos'd to sale by publick vendue, on Saturday the 11th of April next, at 12 o'clock, at the Indian-king, in Market Street.

The pine tables, rush chairs, and uncurtained bed, had been purchased at half price, at vendue, and exhibited various tokens of decay; but care and neatness and order were displayed in their condition and arrangement.