Sentence examples for bid on works from inspiring English sources

Deep-pocketed art-lovers can also bid on works by Klimt, Van Gogh and Matisse.

A telling indication of the bullishness of buyers was the zest with which they bid on works from the Peter Norton Collection, which accounted for the first 29 lots.

He does still get plenty of e-mails from the military contracting authorities inviting him to bid on work.

Collectors also offered high bids on works by other well-known Chinese artists like Zeng Fanzhi, Cai Guo-Qiang, Ai Weiwei and Sui Jianguo.

Bidding on works in "Handmade for Japan" is a fitting way to support the immediate rescue and recovery effort in Japan, and it is also way to give thanks to Japan for the way their aesthetics have helped all of us see the world around us in a different way.

He has found a way to speed repairs: He allows trusted tenants to manage their own units, including getting bids on work that has to be done, paying the bills and deducting the costs from the rent.

The buyers, a couple sitting in the second row of the salesroom who bid on many works of art last night, roused much curiosity during the sale.

That effectively put the company out of the public-contracting business, he said, since such a firing is a "death knell" that makes it impossible to get financial backing to bid on public works anywhere.

In practice, according to art-world expert Louisa Buck, the artists' own dealers will be "poised like cobras" to bid on the works, if necessary purchasing them if they show signs of selling for low prices.

Two people bid on the work, which sold for $9.3 million after an estimate of $10 million to $15 million.

On TaskRabbit (originally called RunMyErrand), people with money to spare could post odd jobs, and people with time to spare could bid on the work.