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 an at that ran saur us rex named sue. property of the united states of america in trust of morris williams of south dakota. and now we will begin the competition for sue, at that transaw russ rex. anybody give $500,000? $600,000?