The clavichord was on the auction block.

这架古钢琴被交付拍卖。

New York (CNN) -- A portrait of actress Elizabeth Taylor by Andy Warhol raked in $26, 962, 500 on the auction block Thursday.

纽约（CNN）--由安迪沃霍尔创作的一幅演员伊丽莎白泰勒的肖像在周四的一次拍卖会上以26962500美元的价格成交。

The bulk of an auction house's art sales are public; the work goes on the block before an audience.

大多数拍卖行的艺术品销售过程是公开化的，出售中的作品会展示在公众面前。

Bridgeville, in northern California, was the first town ever put on the eBay auction block.

布里奇维勒（Bridgewille），位于加州北部，是第一座放在eBay拍卖板块用于拍卖的小镇。

Chinese auction houses that once specialized in traditional ink paintings are now putting contemporary experimental artworks on the block.

一贯专营传统水墨画的中国拍卖行，如今也开始在拍卖作品中加入当代实验艺术作品。