consignment
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Mansell wanted to sell his father's rare Star Wars Lego collection on consignment, meaning Ed would still be its legal owner until a buyer was found.
From BBC ● Jun. 18, 2026
After gas spending, miscellaneous retailers—a category including gift shops and consignment stores—registered the highest growth in sales with a 2.3% monthly gain.
From Barron's ● Jun. 17, 2026
Rejected by publishers after his release, he paid to have books printed in China and gave copies to street vendors near Harlem’s 125th street station to sell on consignment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 16, 2026
The government has previously said it cancelled the consignment amid concerns over its quality and cost and barred oil marketers from selling it.
From BBC ● Apr. 15, 2026
Uncle Cor helps by taking more than twenty of Vincent’s drawings on consignment.
From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman
Archived, whose clientele consists mostly of celebrities and high-profile curators such as Timothée Chalamet, Travis Scott and Don Toliver, sources its pieces through consignments from sellers and endless hours spent hunting across international marketplaces.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 17, 2026
The data, taken across three sample months, shows that, in November 2025, 18% of flagged consignments of animal products were not taken to Sevington - up from 8% in August the same year.
From BBC ● Mar. 4, 2026
"We were supposed to deliver the consignments to our clients today. All burnt to ashes, I guess," said importer Anand Kumar Ghosh, who said he had lost 52 consignments.
From Barron's ● Oct. 19, 2025
The group had reportedly gone to the farm in search of edible food from consignments of recently expired or soon-to-be-expired produce.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2024
Emissaries of the society now appeared in Crete, large consignments of arms were landed, and at the beginning of 1897 the Greek Intervention. island was practically in a state of insurrection.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" by Various
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