shown to any other religion. so we will shot show any pictures of the objects here tonight. back in a rim, the paris auction house ignored all the pleas and appropriate tests and diplomatic maneuvers by the united states to stop the sale and return the objects to the hopi people. the auction house sold 70 sacred i tmz items. they made a tidy profit. and just last week it looked like it was all going to happen again. another french auction house had gotten its hands on 24 more of these sacred mask-like objects. they were planning on auctioning them off. hopi took the auction house to court. trying to block the sale. fault it hard as they could. december 6th. a judge ruled against them saying there was nothing in french law that could stop the sale, so the auction was set for december 9th. on december 9th. the auction began. and as auctions go it went well. turns out an anonymous bidder had wired money ahead of time