saleroom

In the majority of cases, where the actual purchaser has no practical knowledge, and his resources are ample, the saleroom is a dearer market than the shop, if the property offered is that of an eminent person and is of high character; and even in obscurer sales bargains of any moment are only to those who are experts and are on the spot.

The Book-Collector A General Survey of the Pursuit and of those who have engaged in it at Home and Abroad from the Earliest Period to the Present Time William Carew Hazlitt 1873

Among the bidders in the saleroom was a woman who had loved

Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph Anita Singh 2012

The early frenzy over the Stills helped stoke the competitive energy in Sotheby's York Avenue saleroom, which included everyone from Miami collectors Don and Mera Rubell to tabloid favorite and oil heir Brandon Davis.

Sotheby's Sells Group of Clyfford Still Paintings for $114 Million Kelly Crow 2011

An idea of the size of the royal discount can be gathered from the relative purchasing power of the British pound today; using the retail price index the sum amounts to £4,730, using average earnings, it comes to £14,500—neither figure anywhere near today's saleroom prices for Fabergé.

A Palace's Small Treasures Paul Levy 2011

In a Chester saleroom today George Best's 1968 European Cup winner's medal comes under the hammer along with some of the late superstar's other awards, including an apparently rare Fabergé egg specially created to celebrate the same fabled 4-1 victory by Manchester United at Wembley.

Tears for souvenirs as Best and Stiles memorabilia go up for auction Frank Keating 2010

Christie's Rockefeller Plaza saleroom was packed with collectors like Andrew Saul , a partner in New York investment firm Saul Partners, and Donald Bryant , a postwar art collector who runs a Saint Louis, Mo., firm that assists with estate planning.

$16.3 Million Max Ernst Caps Christie's Choppy Sale Kelly Crow 2011

It drew great admiration both at the exhibition and in the saleroom, Outred added.

Warhol Self-Portrait Sells For $17.4 Million At Auction Nicole Campoy-Leffler 2011

Phillips's Park Avenue saleroom was packed with marquee collectors like Los Angeles billionaire Eli Broad , Chicago collector Stefan Edlis , London jeweler Laurence Graff and fashion designer Tommy Hilfiger, who paid $1.4 million for Damien Hirst 's butterfly mosaic, "Disintegration—The Crown of Life," over its $1.2 million low estimate.

Phillips de Pury Sells Cy Twombly for $9 Million Kelly Crow 2011

It drew great admiration both at the exhibition and in the saleroom, Outred added.

Warhol Self-Portrait Sells For $17.4 Million At Auction Nicole Campoy-Leffler 2011

At Holt's last main auction March 24, the saleroom was filled to capacity.

The Fire Power of Pistols Margaret Studer 2011