Example sentences of "christie be [vb pp] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The centrepiece of the McCarty-Cooper sale , the estimates had fluctuated between $10 million and $5.5 million since Christie 's announced the sale back in September . |
| 2 | Christie 's offered the second part of the important Korthaus collection in a mixed owner sale . |
| 3 | Christie 's reversed the usual pattern and loaded the front of its evening sale of 5 May with twenty-six new and recent works from the estate of Swedish collector and trader , Fredrik Roos . |
| 4 | It was not always thus : in 1983 , when Christie 's sold the first batch of 25,000 pieces of Ming porcelain , found ( also by Hatcher ) in a junk on a reef on the South China Sea , prices were low , because neither auction house nor collectors could see beyond the porcelain 's dull glaze to its historic possibilities . |
| 5 | This week Christie 's auctioned the writing desk , oak buffet and washstand , designed by the Victorian designer Edward William Godwin , for £230,000 . |
| 6 | Although Christie 's promoted the picture extensively , giving it a separate catalogue , the picture was bought in at £3.6 million . |
| 7 | Christie 's described the plaque of the Emperor Claudius as unique . |