Famous Quotes & Sayings

Yesterday's auction showed strong demand for debt and people were looking for a reason to buy.

We've seen there's demand for longer-dated securities. The auction will go quite well today.

We also train our investor clients to develop win-win scenarios that benefit both the homeowner in distress and the investor. That way the troubled homeowner can sell their way out of foreclosure and conserve some equity for a new start, and the investor can realize a reasonable profit on resale of the home. That's much better than seeing the owner lose everything in an auction on the courthouse steps.

Whether that's bad news for the upcoming auctions depends on whether you take a cup-half-empty or cup-half-full perspective.

The regular city auction works very well on particular items, like the bicycles, ... compared to some computer items, some computer stuff that may be of more interest in other areas.

We would try to block the auction if they try to sell the license. It's city policy that we do that. The license is for the business that you give it to.

The lack of a company auction will likely immediately cause some PKS shareholders to take profits, as the stock has run up considerably since Dan Snyder began his campaign for control in July 2005.

On behalf of the Grand Prix Foundation, I'd like to congratulate and thank Mr. Naito for stepping up to the plate and winning this auction. As in past years, net proceeds from this year's events - including this auction - will benefit local charities. We are grateful for his participation this year.

Initially we turned a little lower after the auction results, but in the end we turned a little higher. It just seems as if the market has been able to recover partially after the losses of the last two days.

In all fairness to the auction companies most companies are not car experts, they are marketers. I caution buyers to make sure that they have done their homework before they raise their hand and not after.

It turned out to be a beautiful day, and you could see for at least 10 miles. We're always excited to sell a property in Colorado, because the scenery is gorgeous and the people here have always understood and embraced the auction process.

They breathed a sigh of relief to know that the auction would be held.

There's no panic, most of the auction was hedged by dealers.

We teach our investor clients to develop win-win scenarios that will benefit both the distressed homeowner and the investor. The troubled homeowner conserves some equity for a new start, and the investor realizes a reasonable profit. That's much better than seeing the owners lose everything, including their credit, in an auction on the courthouse steps.

Investors cannot justify buying bonds and they want to avoid 10-year yields going lower than 1.3 percent. There is a five-year note auction next week and investors don't want to have a low coupon on it.

In 166,000 auctions and $25 million worth of property we've sold on eBay we've never had a stolen item because any crook with brains in his head isn't going to take stuff to someone who photographs them and puts them on public display.

I have voluntarily cancelled the EBay auction upon receiving word from one of Jennifer's representatives that she didn't want me conducting the auction,

I have voluntarily canceled the eBay auction upon receiving word from one of Jennifer's representatives that she didn't want me conducting the auction. I have nothing but fond memories of Jennifer as a friend and only wish her well.

If somebody brings them, we'll auction them. We've got a license to sell pigs, too, but we don't. They're too messy and smell too bad.

He's on the auction block, he's living the life. You pay so much for the car and so much for the experience.

Michael K. Powell

High court review will protect the integrity of the FCC's auctions program, which Congress has chosen as the best method of assigning scarce and precious spectrum resources to those that will put them to their most productive use,

But it's one of the most exclusive in terms of the audience that will be holding it in their hands, and it will have a life long after the event. We've been told that these become collectibles and that some of them will be stolen and that they'll wind up being sold on eBay (the online auction site).

The horrid results of today's 30-year auction clearly show that investors have encountered sticker shock,

The two-year note auction went far, far better than expected, prompting a wave of short-covering.

The two-year auction didn't go well. People are using that as a reason to sell. ... We're in a bear market.

This is a great bike and a great cause, ... I'm proud to be the first bidder and get this auction started. Hopefully I can get other race fans excited about the custom chopper and raise funding for the important relief efforts being provided by The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.

Depending on competition from other bidders, you can generally buy properties at public auctions for 25 to 35 percent below market value.

Billy Long

Anymore, most auction companies have a Web site and you can preview a lot of items.

Any time an item sells for 40 times its opening bid, you've got to give it the credit it deserves. This auction has gone a long way to establishing the standards for many collectibles that to this point did not have benchmarks.

On top of a heavy auction schedule in January, if a rise in consumer prices is confirmed, the market will shift its focus to the approaching timing of a BOJ policy shift and keep up pressure especially on the shorter maturities.

Offshore drilling could turn our beaches and coastal waters into an industrial zone. Rather than auction off our valuable coastline to oil and gas companies, Virginia should be leading the way with energy solutions that will sustain our energy needs and our economy far into the future.

Additionally, the auction will also introduce new media like installation, sculpture and photography.

After careful consideration we concluded that a sale of the Company through a Chapter 11 auction process will best maximize the return for all stakeholders of the Company and is the best way for the Company to continue providing the level of service its customers expect.