everything going on. sotheby s had arranged for one of the people who would normally 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. good morning, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to sotheby s. we have for auction today the fossil of a tyrannosaurus rex known as sue. the property of the united states of america in trust of morris williams of south dakota. and now let us, if we re all ready, begin the competition for sue the tyrannosaurus rex. and i now begin with a bid of $500,000. $500,000? $600,000? $700,000? at $700,000.
morris williams was in a private room, up above the auction area, so he could watch everything going on. sotheby s had arranged for one of the people who would normally 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. good morning, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to sotheby s. we have for auction today the fossil of a tyrannosaurus rex known as sue. the property of the united states of america in trust of morris williams of south dakota. and now let us, if we re all ready, begin the competition for sue the tyrannosaurus rex. and i now begin with a bid of $500,000. $500,000? $600,000? $700,000? at $700,000. $800,000? $900,000? now two bids at $1 million, one in the center, one in the back.
private room, up above the auction area, so he could watch everything going on. sotheby s had arranged for one of the people who would normally 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. good morning, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to sotheby s. we have for auction today the fossil of a tyrannosaurus rex known as sue. the property of the united states of america in trust of morris williams of south dakota. and now let us, if we re all ready, begin the competition for sue the tyrannosaurus rex. and i now begin with a bid of
and of course, the centerpiece of it all was that astonishing skull. absolutely amazing. kristen and stan adelstein are there. they re going to try to buy the dinosaur for us. and terry winston 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. good morning, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to sotheby s.
soul, because larson is under house arrest. i m still only on work release. so they ask me to go out there. so they flew he out to new york and i helped them kind of unpack some of the bones. so much was still in jackets. we left those in jackets. we felt that was, first of all, the right thing to do, scientifical scientifically, but also, it looked fascinating. absolutely fascinating. and of course, the centerpiece of it all was that astonishing skull. absolutely amazing. kristen and stan adelstein are there. they re going to try to buy the dinosaur for us. and terry winston 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