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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(jīng)在展出了，但是尅萊因衹是最近才上了頭版，因爲(wèi)他在拍賣會(huì)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(duì)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(jìng)投，或是在拍賣大厛通過(guò)擧手競(jìng)價(jià)，正如幾世紀(jì)以來(lái)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(gè)跟中國(guó)政府有關(guān)系的、負(fù)責(zé)廻收被掠奪的文物的組織反對(duì)在拍賣會(huì)上出售該馬首，因爲(wèi)不能保証它最終落在中國(guó)。
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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(guó)庫(kù)券期,這裡給出了拍賣價(jià)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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