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Categories: Great Depression in the United States, Direct action, Community organizing, Contexts for auctions, Articles with short description
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penny auction
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A penny auction is a collective action taken during the auction of a foreclosed property to force the sale of the property at a low price, with the intent of then returning the property to its previous owner. Wikipedia
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A penny auction is a collective action taken during the auction of a foreclosed property to force the sale of the property at a low price, with the intent of then returning the property to its previous owner. Wikipedia
Collective effort by a farmer’s neighbors to help the farmer keep the farm after foreclosure, in which the neighbors would gather in a crowd at the farm auction, bid very low prices, and intimidate other bidders Wikidata
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collective action
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penny auction (foreclosure)
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penny auction

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