{{Villain|
image=[[Image:Auctioneer.jpg]]
|character_name=Auctioneer
|real_name=Unknown
|debut=Alpha Flight #42 v.1
|affiliations=None
|past_affiliations=None Known
|status=Inactive
|aliases=None Known
|relatives=Unknown
|hair=Brown
|}}

==History==
Attempting to flee from Alpha Flight using her powers, [[Persuasion]] abducted [[Box_IV|Madison Jeffries]]. She got him to modify a flying car which was noticed by the Auctioneer. After a dispute with her mother, Persuasion left her house to be greeted by the Auctioneer, a very bright and rich man. He offered her knowledge on how to get rich and asked her and Jeffries to enter his car, on his way to an important auction. Once they were all in The Auctioneer's limo, they discovered he had separated himself from them with a plexishield. Protected from Persuasion's powers, he used a psychotropic drug that put them under his control. The Auctioneer went into a hall he had rented "in a name of a perfectly legitimate Canadian businessman who knew nothing of The Auctioneer's motives." Conducting a black market auction, he then added Persuasion and Madison Jeffries to the auction block.

The Auctioneer ordered Persuasion to command Jeffries to demonstrate his power. Jeffries transformed a collection of weapons into one super-weapon. The Auctioneer told the assembled audience that if they wished to buy the two captives they could create new and more deadly weapons each day.

When Persuasion began to resist his drug, he encased her in plexiwrap that would allow air in but prevented her from controlling him. He revealed his backup plan, having kidnapped Persuasion's mother. He threatened to kill her mother if Kara didn't do what she was told. However, after the Auctioneer had encased Kara in plexiwrap, her powers were completely blocked, freeing Jeffries and allowing him to signal [[Alpha Flight]]. Having all of his men defeated, The Auctioneer attempted to make an escape with Persuasion in hand. The plexibag caught a nail and ripped open just as she told him to "Drop Dead!" He immediately fell to the ground, alive but unconscious.

==Powers/Abilities==

The Auctioneer is a normal human being, having wealth and many hirelings at his disposal. He has modified aspects of his life to control people better such as installing plexi-glass in his car to prevent [[Persuasion]] from controlling him.

'''Cane:''' The Auctioneer carries a cane that fires a sheet of plexi-wrap around a target that allows air in, but prevents pheromone power such as Persuasion's from flowing out.

'''Psychotropic Mist:''' Any person that breathes this in will fall under the control of the Auctioneer. The user is still able think independently, but can't control their actions. Persuasion was able resist the drug after a period of time.

'''Wealth:''' The Auctioneer is extremely wealthy, hiring his own goons as well as funding inventions that he auctions off. His extent of his full wealth is unknown.