consignment
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“We had a table and chairs that would seat 12 people and came from Peter’s grandparents. The table was marred on top and the consignment people wouldn’t take it,” she said.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026
When Ed’s health began to fade in 2023, his son, Bryan, arranged with a Keizer, Ore., store called Bricks & Minifigs—the local franchise of a nationwide chain of Lego resellers—to sell the collection on consignment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
They also claim Law had violated corporate policy by agreeing to sell the collection on consignment.
From BBC ● Jun. 18, 2026
After gas spending, miscellaneous retailers—a category including gift shops and consignment stores—registered the highest growth in sales with a 2.3% monthly gain.
From Barron's ● Jun. 17, 2026
There are consignment forms from galleries, a proposal from a museum about a commission.
From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson
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Archived, whose clientele consists mostly of celebrities and high-profile curators such as Timothée Chalamet, Travis Scott and Don Toliver, sources its pieces through consignments from sellers and endless hours spent hunting across international marketplaces.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 17, 2026
"We're seeing 20 to 30 percent more engagement, more registration, more people bidding," Ibrahim Faraj, Propstore's UK consignments manager, explained at a media preview of some British-based items before they headed to California.
From Barron's ● Feb. 25, 2026
The UN denies his allegations, arguing that its consignments are bar-coded and traceable.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2025
The group had reportedly gone to the farm in search of edible food from consignments of recently expired or soon-to-be-expired produce.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2024
A very interesting communication from Mr Williams accompanied one of the consignments, extracts of which I will quote.
From The Romance of Natural History, Second Series by Philip Henry Gosse
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