:02:31
$2000, gentleman in the
striped tie there.
:02:34
$3000, Yvonne on the telephone.
$4000. $5000.
:02:38
$6000. $7000. $8000.
:02:43
Against the telephone at $8000.
:02:45
Against the room at $8000.
Anyone can join in.
:02:49
Thank you. $9000. $ 1 0,000.
:02:52
$ 1 1 ,000. $ 1 2,000. Any more?
:02:56
She's still talking, but now
she's got her mum on the line.
:02:59
So sold to you, sir, for $ 1 2,000.
:03:02
You are bidder number 909.
:03:06
Moving on. Lot number 84.
:03:10
Oil on canvas, dated 1 870.
:03:13
La femme chez Aube,
which translates as:
:03:19
''Woman with massive bottom.''
:03:21
This one is signed
by Rudolf Waldemar...
:03:25
...authenticated by no less
than Dr. Briskind...
:03:28
...and bidding up here at $ 1 4,000.
:03:33
Fifteen at the back.
Sixteen, lady left of the center aisle.
:03:37
Seventeen. Eighteen.
:03:39
Nineteen. Twenty.
:03:41
Twenty-one. Twenty-two.
:03:44
Twenty-three.
:03:46
No more?
:03:49
All through.
:03:50
All done. And--
Yes! Thank you, sir.
:03:54
New bidder. Gentleman
on the left of the aisle, $24,000.
:03:59
Not really. lt's a cruel joke.