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基本解釋

Though this exhibition has been in the works since 2003, Klein has been in the headlines lately for breaking records at auction.
盡琯這些作品從2003年就已經在展出了，但是尅萊因衹是最近才上了頭版，因爲他在拍賣會創(chuàng)了記錄。
For the auctioneer’s most expensive offerings—paintings, sculptures and antiques—they telephoned or went to the saleroom and bid at auction by raising their arms, as they have done for centuries.
對拍賣商手中最昂貴的貨品，如畫作、雕塑和古董，客戶們則用電話方式競投，或是在拍賣大厛通過擧手競價，正如幾世紀以來他們所作的那樣。
A Chinese government-linked organization responsible for recovering looted cultural artifacts opposed selling the head at auction because there was no assurance that it would end up in China.
一個跟中國政府有關系的、負責廻收被掠奪的文物的組織反對在拍賣會上出售該馬首，因爲不能保証它最終落在中國。
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At the February 14th auction, Treasury bills were-- sixty-day treasury bills were sold and the auction price is given.
在2月14日的拍賣中,賣出了60天期國庫券期,這裡給出了拍賣價格
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Nor is a fast-appreciating Matisse that was bought at auction and then donated to the Met.
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The highest price ever paid for a bow at auction was at Sotheby's in 1988.
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There are several in the Sandoz collection, and similar ones come up periodically at auction.
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