Word: auctioneer
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Dates: during 1950-1950
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Last week, he held an auction at his Headquarters Ranch near Kingsville to see how much his bulls would actually bring in an open market. Up for sale went 29 of his best young Santa Gertrudis bulls. To Kleberg's surprise, some 500 ranchers from all over the Southwest swarmed into the flapping brown auction tent, braving a chill Texas "Norther." The bidding was even more surprising. The first bull went for $1,450, the next for $1,575; one fine bull brought the top price of $10,000. In all, the 29 bulls brought an average price...
General housecleaning at Radcliffe reaped the Student Grant-in-Aid fund a $445,60 profit at Wednesday's auction in the Cabot Hall game room...
...auction, which was scheduled for about an hour in the afternoon, lasted almost six hours. The few books and bicycles that were left will be sold in the Square...
...Auction results should help bring this year's Grant-in-Aid returns up to at least $3,000," Elizabeth K. Heaton '51, president of Radcliffe's Student Council, predicted yesterday...
News of the auction led to speculation in the Square that this would also mean the end of Barron's and a loss of thousands of dollars for the students who had taken contracts with Barron. Despite the collapse of part of his firm, Barron firmly maintained that he would still have the equipment to handle the orders he has taken...