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  2. Japanese auction - Wikipedia

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    t. e. A Japanese auction[ 1] (also called ascending clock auction[ 2]) is a dynamic auction format. It proceeds in the following way. An initial price is displayed. This is usually a low price - it may be either 0 or the seller's reserve price. All buyers that are interested in buying the item at the displayed price enter the auction arena.

  3. Japanese in Chicago - Wikipedia

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    The first group of Japanese in Chicago arrived in 1892. They came as part of the Columbian Exposition so they could build the Ho-o-den Pavilion in Chicago. [1] In 1893 the first known Japanese individual in Chicago, Kamenosuke Nishi, moved to Chicago from San Francisco. He opened a gift store, and Masako Osako, author of "Japanese Americans ...

  4. Reverse auction - Wikipedia

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    e. A reverse auction (also known as buyer-determined auction or procurement auction) is a type of auction in which the traditional roles of buyer and seller are reversed. [ 1] Thus, there is one buyer and many potential sellers. In an ordinary auction also known as a forward auction, buyers compete to obtain goods or services by offering ...

  5. Barrett-Jackson - Wikipedia

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    Barrett-Jackson is an American collector car auction company headquartered in Scottsdale, Arizona. It was founded by Scottsdale business partners Tom Barrett and Russ Jackson. They initially launched a car show, Fiesta de los Autos Elegantes, in 1967 to raise money for local facilities.

  6. Sears - Wikipedia

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    Sears, Roebuck and Co. (/ s ɪər z / SEERZ), [5] commonly known as Sears, is an American chain of department stores founded in 1892 by Richard Warren Sears and Alvah Curtis Roebuck and reincorporated in 1906 by Richard Sears and Julius Rosenwald, with what began as a mail ordering catalog company migrating to opening retail locations in 1925, the first in Chicago. [6]

  7. Auto auction - Wikipedia

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    Private electronic market. Software. v. t. e. Auto auctions are a method of selling vehicles based on an auction system. [1] Auto auctions can be found in most countries and are usually exclusive to licensed automobile dealers. In a few countries, such as Japan, auto auctions are well known and used by most residents.

  8. Auction - Wikipedia

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    An Anglo-Dutch auction starts as an English or Japanese auction and then continues as a Dutch auction with a reduced number of bidders. [81] [82] A French auction is a preliminary sealed-bid auction before the actual auction, whose reserve price it determines. A sequential auction is an auction where the bidders can participate in a sequence of ...

  9. Art Institute of Chicago - Wikipedia

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    The Art Institute of Chicago, founded in 1879, is one of the oldest and largest art museums in the United States. It is based in the Art Institute of Chicago Building in Chicago 's Grant Park. Its collection, stewarded by 11 curatorial departments, includes works such as Georges Seurat 's A Sunday on La Grande Jatte, Pablo Picasso 's The Old ...