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 maurice 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.
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,
a first of all, the right thing to do. but it looked fascinating. the centerpiece of it all was that astonishing skull, absolutely amazing. iscontinue and stan adele stein are there. and susan hendrickson is there. everybody s anticipating this auction thinking we have a chance. we have a chance. 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. (vo) nourished.
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 the phone. it was too much. good morning, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to sotheby s.
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?