fair warning. $7,600,000. up here? [ cheers and applause ] once the bidding was done, you didn t know immediately who it was. everyone s looking around, saying, okay, who s going to come forward. the bidding was exciting, despite the fact that i was horrified that it was happening. i raised my paddle twice and then i was out of it. there it went! completely shocking, sue sold that fast and the price went that high. i wasn t shocked that it went that high. i think it s worth more than that. it s the most, by far, any fossil had ever sold for. and although i m sad, i m very sad we couldn t get it, i was thinking, okay, this is a statement about black hills institute and the people. you guys did a good job. your new home on the shores of lake michigan. that is, of course, in chicago,
$800,000? $900,000? [ auctioneer calling ] now two bids at $1 million, one in the center, one in the back. in the center, all the way up to $1 million. $1 million. at $1 million. now $1.1 million. on the telephone, at $7.4, 7.4. is there any advance over $7.4? $7,400,000 on the telephone. $7,400,000. fair warning. $7.5. [ applause ] $7,500,000. $7,600,000? $7,600,000.
in the center, all the way up to $1 million. $1 million. at $1 million. now $1.1 million. on the telephone, at $7.4, 7.4. is there any advance over $7.4? $7,400,000 on the telephone. $7,400,000. fair warning. $7.5. $7,500,000. $7,600,000? $7,600,000. fair warning. up here? [ cheers and applause ]
$7,600,000? $7,600,000. fair warning. up here? [ cheers and applause ] once the bidding was done, you didn t know immediately who it was. everyone s looking around, saying, okay, who s going to come forward. the bidding was exciting, despite the fact that i was horrified that it was happening. i raised my paddle twice and then i was out of it. there it went! completely shocking sue sold that fast and the price went that high. i wasn t shocked that it went that high. i think it s worth more than that. it s the most, by far, any fossil had ever sold for. and although i m sad, i m very sad we couldn t get it, i was thinking, okay, this is a statement about black hills institute and the people. you guys did a good job. your new home on the shores
coke advertises. someone ever sitting and watching a coke commercial and go what s that thing in the red can that s all carbonated? coke? coca cola? i have never heard of that save your money and buy a fleet of trucks. come up with something interesting. bill: that commercial, that cost them 7,600,000 to run that minute spot. i think they ran a couple others adjacent to it. i agree with you. why waste the money. coke is making so. money. i don t know what that was. either confuse and bore america or open another bottling factory or plant in atlanta for the same price. i don t get it. bill: give it to charity. you know, it was a waste of time. i agree. you wrote a book not taco bell material because they wouldn t hire you when you went in i think two months ago for a job. six months, bill. thank you. but go ahead. bill: they ran about the old people having unprotected