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How To Use auction In A Sentence

• Nisan has seven Nemutan covers in total — he buys them at Internet auctions and at fan conventions whenever he finds a good deal (he paid $70 for the original).
• The auctioneer's podium faced a wall hung with six sets of mounted antlers each side of a large red deer's head. Times, Sunday Times
• You estimate, I will offer your estimated value to the auction committee.
• RITA-award-winning author and WU contributor Barbara Samuel is auctioning off some critiques on eBay in order to raise money for the AVON breast cancer walk in late June. Writer Unboxed » 2008 » June
• If the property remains unsold after the auction i.e. your bid was below the reserve price, speak to the auctioneer to register your interest before leaving the saleroom.
• The 150-acre site is being sold at public auction in five lots on June 25.
• The auction house decided to withdraw from the sale when its December 1990 contract with Lord Northampton came up for renewal.
• Christie's had an auction offering a number of Asian collectibles, including an important bronze group of Shiva and Parvati from the Chola dynasty.
• They buy paintings at auctions, mark them up and then resell them at a vast profit to collectors.
• And all had been bought at a government auction.