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Auctions
AUCTIONS A sale open to the general public and conducted by an auctioneer, a person empowered to conduct such a sale, at which property is sold to the highest bidder. A bid is an offer by a bidder, a prospective purchaser, to pay a designated amount for the property on sale. A Dutch auction is a... Read more |
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Sothebys
Sotheby's. The oldest and largest firm of auctioneers in the world. It was founded by the London bookseller Samuel Baker, whose first recorded auction was in 1744. On his death in 1778, his estate was divided between his partner George Leigh and his nephew John Sotheby. The last of the... Read more |
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pinochle
pinochle , card game, probably derived from bezique , that was developed in the United States in the 19th cent. Pinochle is played by two, three, or four players, with a deck of 48 cards containing two each of the aces, face cards, tens, and nines of all four suits. The cards rank (in descending... Read more |
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Old Master
Old Master. An imprecise but useful term employed as a blanket phrase to cover European artists (particularly painters) from the Renaissance up to about 1800; the term is applied also to their works, so an Old Master can be a picture as well as a person. Often the term carries an implication of... Read more |
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bridge (game)
bridge card game derived from whist , played with 52 cards by four players in two partnerships. Basic Rules The cards in contract bridge rank from ace down to two; in bidding, suits rank spades, hearts, diamonds, and clubs. After all cards are dealt, so that each player holds 13 cards,... Read more |
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Market Value
MARKET VALUE The highest price a willing buyer would pay and a willing seller would accept, both being fully informed, and the property being exposed for sale for a reasonable period of time. The market value may be different from the price a property can actually be sold for at a given time... Read more |
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Pre-emption Act
Preemption Act statute passed (1841) by the U.S. Congress in response to the demands of the Western states that squatters be allowed to preempt lands. Pioneers often settled on public lands before they could be surveyed and auctioned by the U.S. government. At first the squatter claims were not... Read more |
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Sothebys Holdings Inc
Sotheby's Holdings, Inc. 1334 York AvenueNew York, New York 10021U.S.A.Telephone: (212) 606-7000Fax: (212) 606-7107Web site: http://www.sothebys.com Public Company Incorporated: 1744Employees: 1,443Sales: $513.51 million (2005)Stock Exchanges: New YorkTicker Symbol: BIDNAIC: 45392 Art Dealers;... Read more |
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Cox Enterprises Inc
Cox Enterprises, Inc. 6205 Peachtree Dunwoody Road Atlanta, Georgia 30328 U.S.A. Telephone: (678) 645-0000 Fax: (678) 645-1079 Web site: http://www.coxenterprises.com Private Company Incorporated: 1968 Employees: 77,000 Sales: $10.7 billion (2003) NAIC: 511110 Newspaper... Read more |
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bridge
bridge card game derived from whist , played with 52 cards by four players in two partnerships. Basic Rules The cards in contract bridge rank from ace down to two; in bidding, suits rank spades, hearts, diamonds, and clubs. After all cards are dealt, so that each player holds 13 cards, the dealer... Read more |
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