Sold at Sotheby's, say

Usage examples of auctioned.

The supposedly obsolete missile components had been shipped to the DRMO in five different shipment lots, but they had been auctioned off as a single block of components, almost as if someone had arranged that whoever won the bid on that block got all the guidance assemblies.

They had to haul away truckloads of old newspapers and miscelianeous junk before they could put it on the market, and when they auctioned off the rest of the things, it took two whole weekends.

From a grand total of thirty-six Gens auctioned, only seven had gone to the Householdings.

We managed to get an advance listing of the items being auctioned, and the Ruysdael is not mentioned.

Which meant, if his guess was correct, that the first five on the list could be auctioned quickly, and bidding on the Ruysdael might start well before noon.

The banks called in their loans and, when no money was forthcoming, seized their assets and auctioned them off to the highest bidder at approximately ten cents to the dollar.