sale by auction
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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)
Instead, he appeared to Potter in the office of the Kicker with copy for a poster announcing the sale by auction of a thousand of Dunlavey’s best cattle.
From The Coming of the Law by Seltzer, Charles Alden
These articles were taken to Paris and advertised for sale by auction, the Government bidding them in and placing them in the museum of the Bibliotheque.
From The Book of Buried Treasure Being a True History of the Gold, Jewels, and Plate of Pirates, Galleons, etc., which are sought for to this day by Paine, Ralph Delahaye
In the second act a sale by auction is represented.
From Art in England Notes and Studies by Cook, Dutton
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
