The phrase "a special auction" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to describe an auction that has unique features or significance, distinguishing it from regular auctions.
Example: "The charity organization is hosting a special auction to raise funds for local schools, featuring exclusive items and experiences."
Alternatives: "a unique auction" or "an exclusive auction".
Consider acquiring a corporate partner to sponsor a special auction and creatively source items together.
It was a black and chrome beauty that Mr. West got at a special auction; his bid was far higher than the motorcycle's usual $16,000 price tag.
Now, five years after his death, Christie's plans to offer works from his estate — both his personal collection and inventory from his Geneva gallery — in a special auction on Nov. 4 in Manhattan.
As a way of promoting its new auction Web site, New York Today, an online guide to New York City events and news owned by The New York Times Company, is sponsoring a special auction that benefits the Neediest Cases Fund.
Carter is working to raise funds for the Shawn Carter Foundation, the nonprofit she co-founded with Jay Z to help underserved people further their education at postsecondary institutions, by partnering with eBay for Charity for a special auction.
The 200 or so elegantly dressed guests who made the pilgrimage to the lakeside palace were there to watch an extremely special auction: the bidding for the Pink Star – the most valuable gemstone ever sold.
Additional generosity was also shown during a donor dinner and special auction that preceded the match.
On Feb. 20 at the Allen Room in Jazz at Lincoln Center's Rose Hall, Guernsey's Auction House will put these items, and many others, on the block at a special jazz auction.
The One Direction Pez-heads will be sold to the highest bidder as a box set in a special eBay auction starting at 7pm tonight and closing at 8.30pm on Thursday, March 14.
Proving that he practices what he preaches, Berkus has teamed up with eBay for a spring cleaning sale of sorts: a special charity auction, from March 31 to April 10, that will offer about 60 pieces right from his home.
In particular, we look at: the exercise of market power and gaming of the dominant power generator; the role of the large capacity of volatile wind power; the role of the guaranteed fixed prices and the design and functioning of the special auction system of transmission capacity in the interface between Western Denmark and Germany.
