Word: auctioned
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Your great magazine, under the heading . . . "Back of the Barn" [TIME, May 6] . . . made this statement: "The technique: buying from individuals in auto-jammed Detroit, selling to the auto-hungry mid-South through auction outlets in sleepy Cairo, Ill., and sleepier Murray...
...good's Cupid without a bank balance?). By page 47, avid Roger has tracked Morina to the red-light district in Virginia City; and by page 60 he is suffering pangs of anguish at seeing his beloved stand up nude on a piano and offer herself up for auction ("she never looked more beautiful or more horrible"). But by page 174, Roger has wised up to the way of the world: he has forgotten all about being a Confederate spy; he has learned how to make money unscrupulously; and he has won Morina's heart for keeps...
...netted a whopper -the biggest used car ring. In 18 months it had handled about 5,000 cars, worth $4,000,000 at ceiling prices, sold them for $7,000,000. The technique: buying from individuals in auto-jammed Detroit, selling to the auto-hungry mid-South through auction outlets in sleepy Cairo, Ill., and sleepier Murray, Ky. The indicted ringleader: dark, stocky Ben Fishel of Cairo, whose business ran merrily on while he served in the Army...
...With $10,000 worth of World Radio stock as capital, they bought control of Beacon Participations Inc., an investment-trust, used its cash to buy property cheap. In five years they controlled $30,000,000 worth of real estate, including Cambridge's Hotel Continental, which they bought at auction. They liked this taste of the hotel business. So in 1939 they bought control of Boston's swank Copley Plaza and Sheraton, both of which were losing money. Henderson admitted that he was not an expert on the hotel business, allowed his managers almost complete freedom. Both hotels, aided...
Next day, at the auction, the urge to splurge was even giddier. Reason: no ceiling prices on used machinery. A 1938 McCormick-Deering tractor, which cost $1,300, was knocked down at $2,100. A Cockshutt tractor ($1,341 new) went for $1,775. Twelve-year-old Olivers ($1,740 new) brought $1,875. One farmer got one for $1,800, sold it a moment later to an unsuccessful bidder for $1,900, thought the deal over, bought it back for $2,000. Another farmer, who had sold Houston one of his own used machines, liked the new paint...