Sentence examples for of consignment from inspiring English sources

There is record of consignment to Germany at the end of the 12th century.

The idea of consignment stores might make some men hesitant, but just explain that they're like a fancy garage sale.

MercExchange's founder, a patent lawyer, Thomas Woolston, patented technologies related to an electronic network of consignment stores.

Owners of consignment stores agree that the idea of selling and buying used clothes has become more mainstream over the years.

THE young woman was hovering anxiously as a shop clerk at the new Manhattan outpost of Beacon's Closet, a small chain of consignment stores that began in Brooklyn, sorted through a large duffel bag stuffed with her possessions.

On a bright summer afternoon, I hauled six bags — a fraction of our total share — to Park Slope, where a number of consignment stores thrive in the shadow of the Barclays Center.

Both auction house staff and members of the trade cited the quality of consignments, saying there was a greater readiness among consigners to send art to the saleroom, compared with last spring during the war in Iraq.

Rather than just wield a stamp, the customs men recently stopped the import and distribution of a consignment of copies of the Financial Times newspaper.

One source of consignments — estates — largely remains constant, however.

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.

He also played a role in the secret dropping of consignments of weapons for the Resistance by Britain's Special Operations Executive.