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Some 3 million people tuned in to the broadcast on Chinese shopping platform Taobao, which was the first time a Chinese firm has put tickets for space tourism up for public sale.
—Simone McCarthy, CNN, 25 Oct. 2024
In 2018, a Dutch court ruled that, while the painting was not confiscated before its public sale in 1940, the museum purchased it in good faith, without knowledge of its prewar history.
—Angelica Villa For Artnews, Robb Report, 31 Aug. 2021
That is less than 4% of the 20 billion tokens made available for public sale and amounts to around $11.8 million, still well off the $300 million fundraising target.
—Mackenzie Sigalos, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2024
The work is coming to public sale for the first time and carries an estimate of $700,000 to $1 million.
—Karen K. Ho, ARTnews.com, 3 Oct. 2024
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First Known Use
1641, in the meaning defined above
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“Public sale.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/public%20sale. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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