If we put too high an estimate on a painting, it scares people away; if too low, they think something's wrong with it.

Now Sotheby's has labeled the work a Velazquez and put an estimate of about $9.5 million on it.

Last night, Mr. Schnabel was selling the painting, along with 13 other works, but this time Christie's shied away from putting a firm estimate on the painting.

Sotheby's has put a hefty $2.4 million to $2.8 million estimate on the painting.

Hinton (1994:32) put a conservative estimate of the number of speakers at 150, and a liberal estimate at 400-500.

But I'm not sure even if we had put a lower estimate on it if it would have sold.

Judge said he couldn't put an estimate on the value of the typescript, and ignored it in the sentence.

Independent valuers put an estimate on how much they think the items are worth.

While Christie's has not officially put an estimate on the painting, experts there expect it to sell for about $25 million.

You know how we've always put a rough estimate on when the burial event took place.