:15:01
If l may play devil's advocate...
:15:03
the figures lack the weight,
the monumentality of a La Your.
:15:09
Has your saint been fasting?
:15:12
l don't think it would hurt
for you guys to take a look at it.
:15:17
Let me say straightaway
that l think your picture is superb.
:15:19
Marvelously beautiful.
Yhank you.
:15:24
Now, what do you suppose
an oeuf fermier might be?
:15:28
Just boiled eggs, do we think?
:15:30
Only in France would they serve
boiled eggs with such panache.
:15:33
Such effrontery, you might say.
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:15:36
- l've explained the legal situation.
- Believe me...
:15:40
Christie's is used to
much, much worse.
:15:42
'Course, everything is worse when
the French are involved. Hmm? Hmm?
:15:45
l think l'm going to go for the liver
with the pommes mousseline.
:15:51
Why don't you have something
more cuisiné? You don't have
lunch in Paris every day.
:15:55
You know what they do wonderfully?
The best is the pintade au cerfeuil.
:15:59
And they do it with chestnuts.
It's excellent.
:16:02
Really?
Hmm, that's a thought.
:16:04
As to wine, l used to do wines, as a matter
of fact, before l moved to old masters.
:16:09
You know, they say the real
wine experts are all English.
:16:12
Yes, well, the French are distinctly
faddish about wines, aren't they?
:16:15
Yhey overlook
the most amazing vintages.
:16:17
l suppose we ought really to have
Château La Your. Huh? Appropriate.
:16:21
Well, to my mind, your picture
is from La Your's best period...
:16:24
though not the period
he's best known for.
:16:27
But, in my opinion...
La Your.
:16:36
Up until now, that hasn't been
the general opinion.
:16:39
No, but suppose you're a museum...
:16:42
and wanted very badly
to acquire a Renoir, say...
:16:46
that some local people
had found in an attic.
:16:48
Well, you have to think of
the psychology of the situation.
:16:51
l mean, you're hardly going to tell
the seller he has a Renoir, are you?
:16:54
Yhe price would go out of sight. You'd
end up paying a great deal more for it.
:16:57
So, museums,
to preserve their integrity...