If he didn't arrange a set of chains and a private auction for you, there must have been a reason.

Her niece then took everything she wanted and sold the rest in a private auction.

One was sold in a private auction for $20,000.

It was, a little sign explained, a private auction; only members of the Amish community were allowed to bid.

"I have not heard about a private auction for residential property in New York since the late 1950's," he said.

He gets an invitation card from the murdered agent's room for a private auction.

They were talking about a private auction of the sacred stones!

The dealers then hold a private auction among themselves.

The idea is that they subsequently hold their own private auction amongst themselves.

Much of his work during this time was sold at science fiction conventions and private auctions.