Various Artists - Prologue

[Auctioneer:][spoken]
Sold. Your number, sir? Thank you.

Lot 663, then, ladies and gentlemen:
a poster for this house's production of "Hannibal" by Chalumeau.

[Porter]
Showing here.

[Auctioneer:][spoken]
Do I have ten francs? Five then. Five I am bid.
Six, seven. Against you, sir, seven. Eight.
Eight once. Selling twice. Sold, to Raoul, Vicomte de Chagny.

Lot 664: a wooden pistol and three human skulls
from the 1831 production of "Robert le Diable" by Meyerbeer.
Ten francs for this. Ten, thank you.
Ten francs still. Fifteen, thank you, sir Fifteen I am bid.
Going at fifteen. Your number, sir?