Monday, April 15, 2013

The auction - email from Kamalini Kanapathippillai

 Italian Auction
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> This is indeed an exiting auction.
> A Chinese Ming Vase is up for auction. The bidding opens at a
> half-million Euro. Bidding is brisk and each bidder is clearly
> identified as each raises the bid by 100,000 Euro. (The exchange rate
> at auction time was 1 Euro = $1.43.) Within seconds, the bid stalls at
> one million Euro, and the gasp from the crowd identifies the excitement
> that prevails in the room. The successful bidder is the last one who
> bid one million, and the auctioneer counts down the bid, "Going once,
> going twice, and sold to the gentleman sitting in front of me for one
> million Euro."
> Now, you are going to have to see the video for yourself. The
> auctioneer is exuberant. The pace is fast. This is how an auction
> should be run. Note the excitement on the auctioneers face after the
> final bid.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3e0yZCLjwfU
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