Sentence examples for auction records from inspiring English sources

AUCTION RECORDS: The auctioneer's gavel keeps falling on record prices almost every day at the September sale of yearlings at Keeneland in Lexington, Ky.

But what of auction records?

Four auction records were set.

Eight auction records tumbled that evening.

Two world auction records were set at astonishing levels.

Five world auction records were set above $10 million.

The feel-good mood led to two other auction records.

On Wednesday it was Sotheby's turn to post world auction records.

Less spectacular, they are at least as telling as the three auction records.

Auction records were set for artists that until then had attracted little attention outside specialist circles.

New auction records were set throughout the first half of 2009.