sale by auction
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Proceeds; as, the avails of a sale by auction.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Webster, Noah
On the following Saturday, to the surprise of all Castleton, an advertisement appeared in the Derbyshire paper announcing the sale by auction at an early date of Mr Humphreys’ farm.
From The Young Colonists A Story of the Zulu and Boer Wars by Henty, G.A.
Immense prices are asked at the antique shops, the dealers apparently basing their prices on this sale by auction and doubling them.
From Chats on Old Lace and Needlework by Lowes, Emily Leigh
I have alluded to the sale by auction of Dr. Seaman's library in 1676, which took place at his house in Warwick Court, Warwick Lane.
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
"George," said Kate, speaking before she quite got up to them, "will you tell me whether you have been preparing all your things for an open sale by auction?"
From Can You Forgive Her? by Trollope, Anthony
