:05:01
-PIease don't Iet me forget this.
-Was that a bid, Sir? No?
:05:04
US$ 1,775 miIIion on my Ieft.
:05:07
Against the teIephone now.
Against you, Sir.
:05:10
US$ 1,775 miIIion.
US$ 1,810? US$ 1,810 miIIion.
:05:15
US$ 1,850. US$ 1,875 on my Ieft.
:05:19
In the room. US$ 1,900.
US$ 1,920. In the room.
:05:25
Yes, I got you, Sir. US$ 1,940.
:05:28
Not yours, ma'am. Neither of yours.
US$ 1,940 miIIion.
:05:34
I'II take ten. Do you want back in, Sir?
Is that a yes? No?
:05:39
The Stradivarius now
at US$ 1,940 miIIion.
:05:43
US$ 1,950 on my Ieft.
Down to you two. US$ 1,950.
:05:48
Not yours, Sir? Not yours?
US$ 1,950 miIIion.
:05:53
AII done, then?
Fair warning.
:05:56
I'm seIIing now at US$ 1,950 miIIion.
:06:00
And... soId to the Iady on my Ieft.
:06:11
The Iast saIe of the evening,
Iot number 72 on the turntabIe there.
:06:16
The star of the night, and...
Where is she?
:06:20
The Iast vioIin
of NicoIo Bussotti, 1681.
:06:25
A masterpiece of the GoIden Age.
And if she wiII give us the pIeasure...
:06:32
Here she is now, Iot 72...
the so-caIIed ''Red VioIin''.
:06:39
And this time, the Iast order bid
is at US$ 250,000.
:06:43
A Iot of interest here, of course. Now
Iet's open, and who wiII start us off?
:06:48
US$ 260,000.
Good evening, Mr. RuseIsky.