:43:01
-We worked out the signals.
-What?
:43:04
With the old lady.
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lf you want her to start bidding,
you cough.
:43:10
Easy enough.
:43:11
lf you want her to stop bidding,
you just say ''ha.''
:43:15
Fine. What? Say what?
:43:26
Good evening, ladies and gentlemen.
:43:29
And welcome to
''Portraiture: 1 450 to 1 750.''
:43:45
And down it goes, then...
:43:47
...at $25,000 to bidder number 977.
:43:53
And so to our final piece
of the evening...
:43:57
...and a last-minute addition
to your catalog...
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...lot number 277A...
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...oil on canvas, signed by the artist:
:44:10
The Road To Damascus
by Jonathan Graziosi.
:44:17
This item...
:44:19
...has a reserve of $50,000.
Fifty thousand, anyone?
:44:25
Well, too bad. Thank you very much.
:44:28
That concludes the business for--
:44:33
Was that--?
:44:39
We have $50,000.
:44:43
Fifty thousand dollars.
:44:48
Fifty-five, anyone?
:44:51
All through. All done, then...
:44:54
...at $50,000 to bidder number 235.