absolutely fascinating. and of course the centerpiece of it all was that astonishing skull. absolutely amazing. >> kristin and stan adelstein are there. they're going try to buy the bien staur f dinosaur for us. and terry wentz is there. the guy who fought for this dinosaur forever. susan hendricks is there. everybody's anticipating this auction. and i'm thinking, we have a chance, we have a chance. >> sotheby's had arranged for one of the people who normally would be taking bids to give me a running detail on the telephone about what was happening at the auction. >> i was at the institute too. i could not bear to listen to the phone. it was too much. [ gavel ] >> good morning, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to sotheby's. so,as my personal financial psychic,