auction
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They put their majority share up for auction.
From Slate • Apr. 20, 2026
He previously said the vest was "the only lifejacket from a survivor to emerge at auction in 114 years so it is literally a once in a lifetime opportunity for collectors".
From BBC • Apr. 18, 2026
Government bond supply will be low, with Slovakia lining up for an auction on Monday, Finland on Tuesday and Italy on Friday.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
In the 1950s, a special version of a Rolls-Royce Silver Wraith included an in-built television set and a toilet beneath the passenger seat, according to auction house Sotheby's.
From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026
I was so frightened, and at the mercy of so many conundrums, that inevitably, that summer, someone would have taken me over; one doesn’t, in Harlem, long remain standing on any auction block.
From "The Fire Next Time" by James Baldwin
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