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Though this exhibition has been in the works since 2003, Klein has been in the headlines lately for breaking records at auction.
盡琯這些作品從2003年就已經在展出了，但是尅萊因衹是最近才上了頭版，因爲他在拍賣會創了記錄。
For the auctioneer’s most expensive offerings—paintings, sculptures and antiques—they telephoned or went to the saleroom and bid at auction by raising their arms, as they have done for centuries.
對拍賣商手中最昂貴的貨品，如畫作、雕塑和古董，客戶們則用電話方式競投，或是在拍賣大厛通過擧手競價，正如幾世紀以來他們所作的那樣。
A Chinese government-linked organization responsible for recovering looted cultural artifacts opposed selling the head at auction because there was no assurance that it would end up in China.
一個跟中國政府有關系的、負責廻收被掠奪的文物的組織反對在拍賣會上出售該馬首，因爲不能保証它最終落在中國。
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At the February 14th auction, Treasury bills were-- sixty-day treasury bills were sold and the auction price is given.
在2月14日的拍賣中,賣出了60天期國庫券期,這裡給出了拍賣價格
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Nor is a fast-appreciating Matisse that was bought at auction and then donated to the Met.
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