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Lot 414...
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...the fine Elizabethan portrait,
A Portly Gentleman.
:02:06
I'll start the bidding
at 2000 guineas.
:02:09
2000 guineas, thank you.
:02:11
2200.
:02:12
2400.
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2600.
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2800.
:02:17
3000. 3200.
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3400. 3600.
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3800.
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4000 guineas.
Four and a half thousand.
:02:25
5000.
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And a half.
:02:28
6000.
:02:30
And a half.
:02:31
7 000.
:02:33
And a half.
:02:35
8000.
:02:36
And a half.
:02:38
9000.
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And a half.
:02:41
10,000 guineas is bid.
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And a half.
:02:45
11,000.
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And a half.
:02:48
Against you, sir,
at eleven and a half thousand guineas.
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All done at
eleven and a half thousand guineas.
:02:58
I was very relieved to read
how an American millionaire...
:03:02
...named Lewis saved
Darlington Hall...
:03:04
...so you wouldn't be turned out
of your home after all.
:03:07
Is it the same Congressman Lewis...
:03:09
... who attended His Lordship's
conference in 1936?
:03:23
Mr. Stevens, I so often think
of the good old days...
:03:26
... when I was the housekeeper.
:03:28
It was hard work...
:03:29
...and I have known butlers easier
to please than our Mr. Stevens...
:03:34
...but those years with you were
among the happiest of my life.
:03:42
You must have a completely
different staff now.
:03:45
Not many of the old faces
around anymore.
:03:47
There's not much need
for the small army of footmen...
:03:51
... that Lord Darlington employed.