"consignor of" is a grammatically correct phrase and can be used in written English.
It refers to the person or entity who is sending or selling merchandise or goods to another party. Example: The consignor of the art pieces was pleased with the successful auction.
The Sotheby's New York catalog described the clever consignor of the Longhi as a "collector," but a true collector does not usually sell a picture acquired only five years before.
The consignor of the £7 million (approximately $10.5 million) Boulton collection was a longtime Mallett's client.
However, that was quickly remedied just a day after the sale, Hindman said, as "we got a bunch of calls" for the Durot's from collectors who for one reason or another did not participate in the bidding or were not even there, and that precipitated calls to the single consignor of the Durot's, who was eventually convinced to lower the reserve price by 10percentt.
For example, a bovine TB case without animal ID was determined to be of Mexican origin when the consignor of the cattle affirmed that only Mexican cattle were present in the lot of cattle that were slaughtered.
"Guarantees" were given to consignors of the most desirable high value lots, further entrenching the inflationary process.
Duncan Taylor, whose family's Kentucky firm, Taylor Made, is one of the industry's leading consignors of horses for sale, said he felt the market was depressed this year "mostly at the very top end".
Matt and Laura Nichols, consignors of the Deflategate ball.
At other times, corporate consignors of art at the auction houses are not identified out of fear that the sale "may be seen as a sign of distress," he said.
However, during this period, they also are making calls to consignors of pieces that didn't sell (explaining what happened during the auction and what steps to take next) and fielding calls from dealers and collectors who are expressing interest in the buy-ins.
Apart from proving receipt of the goods to be shipped, the bill of lading incorporates the terms of the contract concluded between the carrier and the consignor for the transportation of the goods to the port of destination.
But to obtain them, the auction house had promised sellers a guarantee, an undisclosed price promised to a consignor regardless of the sale's outcome.
