Auctions Quotes

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We're more familiar with what economists call an English auction - prices start low and rise as people bid. However, there is also the Dutch… — Nathan Myhrvold
A saboteur in the house of art and a comedienne in the house of art theory, Lawler has spent three decades documenting the secret life… — Jerry Saltz
Auction houses run a rigged game. They know exactly how many people will be bidding on a work and exactly who they are. In a… — Jerry Saltz
I don't know much about auctions. I sometimes go to previews and see art sardined into ugly rooms. I've gawked at the gaudy prices, and… — Jerry Saltz
Now people look at 'The Scream' or Van Gogh's 'Irises' or a Picasso and see its new content: money. Auction houses inherently equate capital with… — Jerry Saltz
Stand up and pledge with me: A government of the United States is not on the auction block. And America is not for sale! — Tom Selleck
When Robert Benton was doing the movie 'In the Still of the Night,' I'd choreographed the auction scene and supplied the paintings and had a… — Arne Glimcher
Of all the priceless objects left behind, this is what we rescue. These artifacts. Memory cues. Useless souvenirs. Nothing you could auction. The scars left… — Chuck Palahniuk
War's an auction where whoever can pay the most in damage and still be standing wins. — David Mitchell
War may be an auction for countries. For soldiers it's a lottery. — David Mitchell
Can you imagine a demon auction? Serial killer going once...twice...sold to the drama queen at the corner. — P. C. Cast
A collector recently bought at public auction, in London, for one hundred and fifty-seven guineas, an autograph of Shakespeare; but for nothing a school-boy can… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
I think there are a lot of honest people doing honest business on online auctions. But the control on these Web sites is pretty minimal. — Dan Butler
I hate art auctions. — Jerry Saltz
Men are like: Cars sold at auctions - Depending on who you end up with, they'll be cheap or expensive either way, once they're in… — Laura Scott

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