:18:27
US$ 1,650 miIIion.
US$ 1,675 miIIion.
:18:31
Is that a bid, Sir? Don't be shy.
AIright, then I'II take it.
:18:34
-US$ 1,700 miIIion.
-Excuse me, Mr. RuseIsky.
:18:37
The Stradivarius now
at US$ 1,725 miIIion.
:18:40
PauI? US$ 1,750.
US$ 1,775 on the Ieft.
:18:45
Against the teIephone now.
Against you, Sir.
:18:47
US$ 1,775 miIIion. US$ 1,810.
US$ 1,810 miIIion.
:18:51
US$ 1,850. US$ 1,850.
US$ 1,875.
:18:55
-US$ 1,900.
-Son of a bitch!
:18:57
US$ 1,920 in the room.
Yes, Sir, I got you.
:18:59
-He knows nothing!
-Who?
:19:02
-Morritz!
-US$ 1,940 miIIion.
:19:05
-US$ 1,950 on the Ieft.
-He's cheated me.
:19:08
AII done, then?
:19:10
I'm seIIing now at US$ 1,950 miIIion.
:19:14
SoId to the Iady on my Ieft.
:19:22
Now, Iadies and gentIeman, the Iast
saIe of the evening, Iot number 72.
:19:26
The star of the night.
Where is she?
:19:30
The Iast vioIin
of NicoIo Bussotti, 1681.
:19:34
A masterpiece of the GoIden Age.
If she wiII give us the pIeasure.
:19:38
And there she is. Now, Iot number 72,
the so-caIIed ''Red VioIin''.
:19:45
The Iast order bid is
at US$ 250,000.
:19:48
Who wiII start us off? US$ 260,000.
Good evening, Mr. RuseIsky.