Sentence examples for commanded prices from inspiring English sources
Mr. Richter has lately commanded prices at auction that are extraordinarily high for a living artist, selling one abstract painting at Sotheby's in November for $20.8 million.
The shock of seeing bad reproductions of these familiar works was surpassed only by his revulsion at learning they had commanded prices as high as $4,000.
In November 2010, Mr. Piening sold a comparable Deutsch in New York for $722,500, but the artist's work has commanded prices as high as $3.2 million at auction.
Paul Rice, president and C.E.O. of Fair Trade USA, the nonprofit organization that certifies transactions between United States companies and their suppliers, said that the fair trade price "is a floor, not a cap," and that co-ops with reputations for delivering high-quality coffee have commanded prices of more than $3 a pound.
Needless to say, the price of an original Clementine Hunter has gone up: when I saw her work at the Outsider Art Fair in New York City earlier this year, the prices for the larger pieces were in the $6,000-and-up range, and some of her work has commanded prices many times higher.
Already at last year's market, some films struggled to find buyers while others commanded prices well below their producers' expectations.
They now command prices of $160 to $185, she said.
Standard Israeli gas masks, which used to be sold for $15, are commanding prices over $150 on eBay.
The best cows still command prices that impress beef cattle producers everywhere.
His work was first brought to market in 1987 and now commands prices up to £1m.
A woman painter who can command prices like these is likely to be taken very seriously indeed.
