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)

This perhaps indicated a repugnance to offering human beings for sale by auction.

From The Journal of Negro History, Volume 5, 1920 by Various

A sale by auction of some old furniture was to take place, and gigs, cars, and carts were coming in.

From Eli's Children The Chronicles of an Unhappy Family by Fenn, George Manville

In the Loyalist of June 9th, 1827, the Frontenac is offered for sale by auction at Kingston.

From Toronto of Old by Scadding, Henry

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