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Yuuki Posted 21 years ago
Vocabulary

polite word for "sold"

Dear all,

I would like to tell this artist that we tried our best to sell his works but none of his paintings were sold. I do not wish to hurt his feelings...
I wondered if there are any politer ways to say:

"We are sorry but none of your works were sold."

Can it be a little softer than this?
I would appreciate some advice on this...

Thank you in advance.

Yuuki
  

Top answer

Hi Yuuki, I can't think of a softer word for sold, but I wouldn't worry too much because the artist is unlikely to be upset by your wording. ' Others may have better suggestions for you. Cheers, Mike

— Mike in Japan

  • Hi Yuuki, I can't think of a softer word for sold, but I wouldn't worry too much because the artist is unlikely to be upset by your wording.
  • ' Others may have better suggestions for you.
  • Cheers, Mike
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Hi Yuuki,

I can't think of a softer word for sold, but I wouldn't worry too much because the artist is unlikely to be upset by your wording.
An alternative, but not necessarily better, way to say this might be;
'We are sorry, but buyers for your works have not been found.'

Others may have better suggestions for you.

Cheers,

Mike
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Dear Mike,

Thank you so much for your reply!
I see... If I may go a little further on this issue,
could you let me know if the following message is appropriate in this kind of situation.
I do not think we will have any further contract with him in the future but we thought a little message would be nice for him and us.

I think I would write to him like this (note th
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I don't know if this is necessarily relevant as to the question of softening the impact, but there seems to be a difference between 'none of your works were sold' and 'none of your works were bought'. A seller 'sells' and a buyer 'buys'.

Since you are the seller, and you did all that you could to sell the works, perhaps, just perhaps, the emphasis can be on what the buyers failed to do
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Yuuki could you let me know if the following message is appropriate in this kind of situation
Consider a couple of minor revisions:

Dear Stuart,

I hope you have been well.

The exhibition in L.A.was a successful one, and has now come to a close.

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Dear Davkett,

Thank you very much for your reply and advice.
I find it quite challenging to sell artworks...!
It is really amazing that there are so many successful commercial galleries in the U.S.. Not many people buy art works in Japan.

Anyway your poin is ture that Sellers sell and Buyers buy... In your letter, you are saying that it was not that we did not tried to s
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Good.

Dear Stuart,

I hope you have been well and everything is fine.

The exhibition was successful and it was quite well received by visitors and the media.
( I think we can say this because some of t
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Dear davkett,

Thank you so much for your reply!
You are super!
I think I need to study a bit more on punctuation though.

Thanks again,

Yuuki
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You're welcome, Yuuki. Punctuation can be tricky stuff, even for a native. Some of it is very subjective, too.
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Can i say " we regret to inform you that no trasactions were made on any of your artworks" ?
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