Sentence examples for a contested auction from inspiring English sources

A contested auction of sacred Hopi Indian artifacts went forward on Friday in Paris and generated more than $1 million in sales, despite the presence of protesters inside and outside the auction house who urged patrons not to take part.

Now, a contested auction when a boss tries to take his firm private is regarded as the epitome of good corporate governance, to ensure that shareholders get a fair price.

And Pemex will be able to bid in round one, round two, round three when the government auctions acreage for exploration". The announcement set the scene for what will most likely be a contested auction among Mexican and international companies.

In 2005, as rents and sales prices for commercial buildings were skyrocketing, the company put the tower on the market, with the exception of 234,000 square feet on Floors 6 through 12. Equity Office Properties, one of the largest commercial real estate owners in the country, won a hotly contested auction with a bid of $506 million, more than Verizon had anticipated.

When she was shortlisted for 2014's Richard and Judy's Search for a Bestseller competition, there was a hotly contested auction for The Widow, won by Transworld's Bantam Press (which also published The Girl on the Train).

After a hotly contested auction running for almost four months, Pernod Ricard, a French drinks giant, emerged victorious.

Little, Brown and Weidenfeld, both owned by Hachette Livre, bought the worldwide English-language rights in a hotly contested auction.

In 2000, Mr. Solow and the Fisher real estate family won a hotly contested auction for 9.2 acres of land along First Avenue.

A Skadden team led by J. Gregory Milmoe supervised bidding for the failed brokerage firm's assets, which became a hotly contested auction among several financial firms.

June 2006: Univision Communications for $13.4 billion | The Saban Capital Group, Providence Equity Partners, TPG Capital, Thomas H. Lee Partners and Madison Dearborn agreed to buy the Spanish-language broadcaster after a hotly contested auction.

Interest may be strongest in America, where a hotly contested auction for IMG, the world's biggest management agency, has just concluded.