Sentence examples for hits the block from inspiring English sources
He takes the stairway to the roof — the stairway is filthy and smells of urine — and sometimes he stops to look at his mural "Back to School," on a wall across the street from the schoolhouse, and then he crosses the roof and rings for the elevator, which is often broken but not as much as his elevator, on the other side of the court, and then he hits the block.
It will be on display at Sotheby's in New York from May 1 to May 13, and it hits the block at Sotheby's in London on July 10, where it's expected to fetch around $8 million.
So when his collection hits the block at Sotheby's in New York on September 27 and 28, it will be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for both discriminating club collectors and interested newcomers alike.
The 2007 Ferrari F430 F1, which he bought new, is expected to bring between $250,000 and $350,000 when it hits the block at the Auctions America sale in Fort Lauderdale.
That's Mr. Richardson's final comment on the most expensive painting ever to hit the block.
Optimism seems well founded, with prestigious, world-renowned and hugely valuable collections hitting the block in New York in May.
The most expensive work of the week was a four-panel self-portrait from 1963-4, whith hithehe block at Christie's.
Externally supplied alternating voltage causes the bar to oscillate and hit the block resulting in the forward motion of the base board mimicking a mole penetration through the soil.
Fashion designers are some of the most original collectors, as the art world was reminded when works owned by Yves Saint Laurent and Pierre Bergé hit the block in Paris in a sale organized by Christie's a couple of years ago.
"'Cause hustlers hit the block when police change shifts New York, California different toilet, same shit".
The question is whether the November auctions, in which a Blue Period Picasso owned by Andrew Lloyd Webber and a choice post-impressionist Gauguin will hit the block, will show the market to still be roaring ahead.
