Sentence examples for consignments on which from inspiring English sources

Sotheby's, just like its collectors, is a trophy hunter, and uses splashy lots like this one to attract the much smaller consignments on which it really makes money.

Some local bookstores will take local poetry "on consignment," which means they would pay you for copies as they sell.

The lack of consignments by the executors of estates forced the auction houses to rely on voluntary consignments, which are difficult to secure in an uncertain market.

However, for the majority of products where import rules are fully harmonized, a physical check is carried out only on a percentage of consignments, which varies according to the product category and risk.

For the pilot program, ACTs were procured in two consignments, which provided an opportunity to track the first consignment's sales before procuring the second consignment.

They had become so lazy, so fat on the proceeds of the last two consignments which had come down from Andorra in the night, that they cleaned nothing and threw nothing out.

In front of the consignment store, which sold a few of his old jerseys, Smith hopped on his daughter's tiny purple bike.

They import ecstasy as part of mixed consignments which Customs and Excise calls "cocktail loads".

Out of Our Closet, in Chelsea, is a consignment shop which sells designer clothing.

What they harvest they haul into consignment shops, which pay them 70percentt of sales.

Consignment marketplaces, which are going head to head with eBay, are growing fast of late.