sale by auction
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Now the whole lot is being sent to Christie's this afternoon, and the sale by auction will begin to-morrow.
From Lord John in New York by Williamson, A. M. (Alice Muriel)
On December 29, 1883, a Government sale by auction was announced at 50 per cent. reduction on their already low prices, but the demand was still very meagre.
From The Philippine Islands by Foreman, John
Recent experience, however, teaches us that we are not entitled to count any longer on the intact preservation of the books of any individual or family, as the sale by auction has almost become fashionable.
From The Book-Collector A General Survey of the Pursuit and of those who have engaged in it at Home and Abroad from the Earliest Period to the Present Time by Hazlitt, William Carew
A sale by auction must be conducted in the most open and public manner possible; and there must be no collusion on the part of the buyers.
From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 3 Atrebates to Bedlis by Various
At a sale by auction, which took place in London, 15 Nov.,
From London and the Kingdom - Volume II by Sharpe, Reginald R. (Reginald Robinson)
