Sentence examples for crossing the block from inspiring English sources
The Bonhams auction on Friday at the Goodwood Festival of Speed in England has been highly anticipated, in particular because the 1954 Mercedes-Benz W196 grand prix racecar driven to victory by Juan Manuel Fangio of Argentina will be crossing the block.
They are among 102 Ducatis scheduled to cross the block at the event.
Mr. Wilkinson could not afford the Mercedes, but when the Bentley crossed the block he could not stop himself.
In the last several years, though, the rarest and most expensive merchandise has generally crossed the block in Pebble Beach.
Stutz cars will be judged in two classes, and several examples will cross the block in auctions before the concours.
A 1985 288 GTO, considered the rarest of modern Ferrari supercars (and the last to have been developed under Enzo Ferrari), will cross the block with the expectation that it will attract bids reaching more than a half-million dollars.
A 1964 Pontiac Bonneville customized by the Hollywood tailor Nudie Cohn for Hank Williams Jr. — complete with steer horns and six-shooter fender ornaments — will cross the block in the same sale as an elegant 1932 Duesenberg Model J Convertible Coupe.
Although not originally campaigned in the blue, yellow and red livery of the Penske Sunoco team and its most famous driver, Mark Donohue, the car is scheduled to cross the block in this configuration, and is expected to bring between $3.25 million and $4 million dollars.
When the Chevy crossed the block, bidding quickly escalated between a phone-in bidder and a gray-haired gentleman sitting with his wife in the center of the room.
That was a small number compared with some sales, like the extravagant collections that cross the block each August in conjunction with America's big concours event at Pebble Beach, or at the winter Scottsdale auctions.
B&T Reno Auction: Reno, Nev., Friday and Saturday Everything from choppers and hot rods to a 1986 AM General M923 military truck will cross the block at this auction.
