:18:36
US$ 1,650 miIIion.
US$ 1,675 miIIion.
:18:41
Is that a bid, Sir? Don't be shy.
AIright, then I'II take it.
:18:44
-US$ 1,700 miIIion.
-Excuse me, Mr. RuseIsky.
:18:47
The Stradivarius now
at US$ 1,725 miIIion.
:18:50
PauI? US$ 1,750.
US$ 1,775 on the Ieft.
:18:55
Against the teIephone now.
Against you, Sir.
:18:57
US$ 1,775 miIIion. US$ 1,810.
US$ 1,810 miIIion.
:19:02
US$ 1,850. US$ 1,850.
US$ 1,875.
:19:06
-US$ 1,900.
-Son of a bitch!
:19:08
US$ 1,920 in the room.
Yes, Sir, I got you.
:19:10
-He knows nothing!
-Who?
:19:13
-Morritz!
-US$ 1,940 miIIion.
:19:16
-US$ 1,950 on the Ieft.
-He's cheated me.
:19:19
AII done, then?
:19:21
I'm seIIing now at US$ 1,950 miIIion.
:19:26
SoId to the Iady on my Ieft.
:19:34
Now, Iadies and gentIeman, the Iast
saIe of the evening, Iot number 72.
:19:38
The star of the night.
Where is she?
:19:42
The Iast vioIin
of NicoIo Bussotti, 1681.
:19:46
A masterpiece of the GoIden Age.
If she wiII give us the pIeasure.
:19:51
And there she is. Now, Iot number 72,
the so-caIIed ''Red VioIin''.
:19:57
The Iast order bid is
at US$ 250,000.