Word: sells
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...specialist's estimate, and if there is no interest, the price will be lowered to two-thirds of the estimate, and then finally half the price. If there is still no interest, the item will remain unsold. The auction house does not own any of the items that it sells; rather, they sell on consignment, and receive a seller's commission from the original owner and a buyer's premium of 15 percent from the winning bidder. These revenues go to defray the costs of advertising the auction, photographing the lots, creating the catalog and paying the staff. Despite...
Skinner hosts over 60 auctions a year that sell items ranging from American furniture to couture. All auctions are free and open to the public...
...care if somebody supposedly "sells out" and joins a consulting firm. I might end up doing it myself someday. Sometimes I wonder if, 10 years from now, I'll look back at my college days and laugh at how idealistic I was. I think if that does happen, I'd rather be sipping martinis in my townhouse than gulping malt liquor on the corner. Here's what's really wrong with me though: I'm an idealist without any ideals. I don't have a burning desire to be a writer, or a doctor, or any number of honorable pursuits...
...Gabriel Garcia Marquez. "He's Columbian," Luis explained, "but heis lived in Spain, Mexico and Cuba. He told Fidel he was going to help, and he did. Fidel adores and admires him. He started a school of cinema there and has a house." Many stores in the area sell publications from El Salvador. "I keep up with the sports there, new projects, and how the economy's going...
...only is this distinction illogical, according to Mauer, but 85 percent of those convicted for possessing crack cocaine are black. He added that although whites sell and use drugs at the highest rate, blacks and Latinos make up 92 percent of drug arrests...