1·Within weeks the world's two biggest auction houses, Sotheby's and Christie's, had to pay out nearly $200m in guarantees to clients who had placed works for sale with them.
世界上最大的两家拍卖行——苏富比和佳士得——不得不向那些将作品交给他们拍卖的客户支付近2亿美元的保证金。
2·Dealers and auction houses have approached the Internet warily.
交易商和拍卖行已经谨慎接触过互联网。
3·For the auction houses, primary dealing is an obvious way of expanding.
对于拍卖行而言，举行主要的交易是他们扩张的一种很明显的方式。
4·Chen's works have also been auctioned at major auction houses in China.
陈的作品有些已在中国主要的拍卖会上拍卖。
5·Auction houses also are a popular place to sell potentially valuable items.
拍卖会也是个出售贵重物品的好地方。
6·One thing that differentiates the two auction houses is their ownership structure.
两间拍卖行之间存在一种差异就是他们的所有权结构。
7·Some auction houses will provide a condition report a few weeks ahead of the auction.
一些拍卖行会在拍卖的几周前提供一份拍品状况报告。
8·Twenty years ago auction houses sold to dealers, and dealers sold to private customers.
二十年前是由拍卖行卖给经销商，然后再从经销商卖给私人的顾客。
9·The five big fish wholesalers at Tsukiji are also the five big auction houses at Tsukiji.
筑地市场的五大鱼类批发商同时也是筑地的五大拍卖场。
10·The two main auction houses, Christie’s and Sotheby’s, fared quite differently last week.
两家大拍卖行佳士得和索斯比在上周的遭遇截然不同。