1:57:00
who organized and made
possibIe this auction.
1:57:04
Let me remind you that
the conditions of saIe...
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are Iisted in the cataIog.
1:57:09
Before we begin, it is my duty to
direct you to the conditions of saIe...
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that you'II find at the front
of the cataIog.
1:57:15
I wiII not read them out Ioud at this
point but consider yourseIves warned.
1:57:21
Now, we'II begin with Iot number one,
showing on the turntabIe on my right...
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a fine French ceIIo.
And we'II start with US$ 10,000.
1:57:31
US$ 10,000.
1:58:02
-Anything eIse?
-No.
1:58:04
-Which airport, Sir?
-DorvaI.
1:58:12
There is one stop we have to make.
1:58:18
US$ 400,000 at the back of the room.
The Stradivarius now at US$ 400,000.
1:58:22
Against the teIephone US$ 420.
US$ 450,000.
1:58:25
Against you, Sir,
US$ 500 back to the front. US$ 500.
1:58:31
-Wait here. I'II just be a minute.
-I might have to go around the bIock.
1:58:35
AII right, if you have to.
1:58:44
US$ 1,100 miIIion. US$ 1,100...
US$ 1,200 miIIion.
1:58:48
Is that a bid, Sir? Don't be shy.
AII right, then I'II take it.
1:58:51
US$ 1,300 miIIion.
US$ 1,400...
1:58:54
1,500. Yes, Sir, I've got you.
US$ 1,600 million.
1:58:58
US$ 1,600 miIIion.
Not you, Sir? US$ 1,650 miIIion.