FOR centuries raising your hand was the way you bid at auction, whether you were buying sheep or Meissen shepherdesses.

几个世纪以来，不管你是要竞拍一只绵羊还是一只印着牧羊女的梅森瓷器，拍卖方式都是举手叫价。

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Either way, history had been made: the late Theodore Horovitz of Geneva, placed a bid for $12 million, the highest price ever bid at auction for a single stone at that time.

还有之后的日内瓦Theodore Horovitz拍卖会曾有人出价1200万美元，这也是在那个年代的拍卖会对单颗钻石最高的出价了。

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For the auctioneer's most expensive offerings-paintings, sculptures and antiques-they telephoned or went to the saleroom and bid at auction by raising their arms, as they have done for centuries.

对拍卖商手中最昂贵的货品，如画作、雕塑和古董，客户们则用电话方式竞投，或是在拍卖大厅通过举手竞价，正如几世纪以来他们所作的那样。

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Verizon Wireless bid at auction to acquire that spectrum, understanding that it was accompanied by open device and application obligations.

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Those who bid at auction could only guess.

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Apple has taken the view the 800MHz and 2.6GHz bands, for which O2 and Vodafone and other operators will be able to bid at auction in spring 2013, are not "developed enough", according to Matthew Howett, an analyst with research firm Ovum.

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