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SILENT AUCTION [2 records]

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Record 1 - external organization data 2021-12-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir - Gendarmerie royale du Canada (GRC)

Spanish

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Record 2 2017-02-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Law of Contracts (common law)
  • Sales (Marketing)
DEF

An auction at which previously submitted written bids of prospective buyers are opened and compared, with each item being sold to the highest bidder.

OBS

It is also possible that, during an exposition to collect funds for a charity, the bids be written on a board near the painting or the art object so that new bidders know if they have to offer more to become the owner of the piece of art.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit des contrats (common law)
  • Vente
DEF

Vente aux enchères où les acheteurs potentiels font une offre par écrit qu'ils déposent sous enveloppe scellée; au jour dit, les paris sont ouverts et l'objet à vendre va au plus offrant, ou à la plus haute mise.

OBS

Il est également possible, lorsqu'une telle vente se fait en cours d'exposition en vue d'amasser des fonds pour une œuvre de bienfaisance, que les offres d'achat soient inscrites sur un tableau près de la toile ou de l'œuvre d'art de sorte que tout acheteur potentiel sache s'il doit offrir davantage pour devenir propriétaire de l'œuvre convoitée à la fin de l'exposition.

OBS

Bien qu'un mot-à-mot de l'anglais «silent auction», le canadianisme imagé «encan silencieux» est très souvent usité.

Spanish

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