:02:00
And now, ladies and gentlemen...
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number 34 on the front cover
of your catalogues.
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Color plate 16.
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Portrait of Madame de Nemours
by Cézanne.
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Now, because of the interest
in this painting...
:02:23
we are keeping telephone lines open
to our buyers in London and New York.
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This great painting is from
the world-famous Bonnet collection...
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sold by order
of the present head of the family...
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Monsieur Charles Bonnet.
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Now ladies and gentlemen...
:02:46
who will start this superb
Postimpressionist masterpiece...
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at $200,000?
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$210,000. $220,000!
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$230,000. Thank you.
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Now who says $240,000?
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Thank you very much.
:03:09
Who says $240,000?
:03:12
Thank you.
:03:17
$260,000.
:03:21
$270,000.
:03:33
...equal this record
in the coming three months.
:03:35
And now, in the world of art...
:03:38
in an auction
of notable lmpressionist masterpieces...
:03:41
the highest price paid
was for a Cézanne portrait...
:03:44
from the great private collection
of Charles Bonnet...
:03:48
sold after spirited bidding for $515,000.
:03:54
The buyer,
himself a notable art collector....