Sentence examples for auction broke from inspiring English sources

The November auction broke the world record for the most expensive truffle, set in 2007.

Mr. Welch's book auction broke the record for a nonfiction book.

Wilson's strategy proved successful: the auction broke the sales records for the price of an individual painting and for a single event.

Following McQueen's death by suicide, the devoted singer in 2012 at a Christie's London auction broke a world record for the highest price ever paid for a McQueen creation by shelling out £85,250 ($133,322) for a dress from the late designer from the personal collection of fashion collector Daphne Guinness.

Three years ago, Wynn purchased a Francis Bacon triptych of paintings depicting Lucian Freud that broke auction records at $142.4 million.

After a run of less-than-exciting vintages since the "vintages of the century" in 2009 and 2010, the longstanding leader of investment-grade wine has found itself unloved and eclipsed in the world's auction rooms and broking houses, including in the now all-important East Asian market, by Burgundy, Champagne and the top Italians of Piedmont and Tuscany.

All three were largely original, unrestored cars and all broke world auction records, exceeding by comfortable margins the established prices for meticulously restored examples.

An earlier version of this article referred imprecisely to the auction record the "Forbidden Planet" robot broke.

Yes, Bard was practically broke; to raise money, the faculty auctioned off antique furniture.

Broke even after first year with monthly auction volumes of $6.5 million.

After coming in a distant third, after Christie's and Phillips, in the Impressionist and modern art sales last November, Sotheby's is going for broke as it prepares for the spring auctions.