consignor
Americannoun
noun
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"What is know is that it was acquired by a legal predecessor of the consignor in the 1960s and went to the current owner through three successive inheritances."
From BBC ● Apr. 23, 2024
While the auction house removed the items from auction, their fate is ultimately up to the consignor who allegedly purchased the items in February, Zaid said.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 25, 2023
However, the auction house said a consignor had purchased the discarded items in February.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 25, 2023
The $32,000 floor price came about partly because there is some precedent for what an unopened first-generation iPhone will fetch: Last month, an unopened iPhone sold for $63,356 through LCG Auctions, a Louisiana consignor.
From New York Times ● Mar. 29, 2023
In the prize court the delay caused by all such questions as between consignor and consignee would have been almost endless.
From Neutral Rights and Obligations in the Anglo-Boer War by Robert Granville Campbell
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