public sale
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Alphabet’s $10 billion stock sale to Berkshire was part of its $85 billion equity raise, External link which also included a public equity offering and a public sale of mandatory convertible preferred stock.
From Barron's ● Jun. 22, 2026
It is set to be the largest ever public sale of shares and will make SpaceX one of the US's top ten largest listed firms.
From BBC ● Jun. 4, 2026
And issuers and their affiliates will be limited from selling any tokens—either privately or on exchanges—for six months after the public sale on Coinbase.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 10, 2025
Henry Wellcome, the voracious American-born British pharmaceutical entrepreneur who amassed a collection of more than a million scientific and archaeological artifacts during his lifetime, bought several at a 1928 public sale.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 5, 2024
I was utterly stupefied at hearing that all the works published by the house of Hartmann were to be put up at auction; that they would have to face the ordeal of a public sale.
From My Recollections by Jules Massenet
