Sentence examples for auction themselves from inspiring English sources

Right holders only have to equal the high bid without engaging in the auction themselves.

A don't ask/don't waive standstill is increasingly requested of buyers when companies auction themselves.

US lawmakers are competitive and auction themselves to the highest bidder via the lobby system.

Europeans like Mrs. Ruskin paint American entrepreneurs as mercenaries who eagerly auction themselves to the highest bidder.

EBay's revenue growth is based in part on signing up new eBay sellers; the drop-off stores help bring into the eBay fold people who might be reluctant to hold an online auction themselves.

The auctions themselves were the main event.

"The auctions themselves are working extremely well," he said.

And at one fund-raiser, they auctioned themselves off as dates; winning bidders included a few professional football players.

Food and drink are served most often at preview parties or dinners to drum up interest, rather than at the auctions themselves.

Complaints about Internet auctions increased a hundredfold in the last two years, to 10,700 cases in 1999, outstripping even the rapid growth of the auctions themselves.

But I also want to talk about different types of auctions themselves because one phenomenon you're going to be seeing out there a lot these days is that people run different structures of auctions.