Miracle in the Rain Page #5

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Eighteen dollars, anybody?

All done.

Sold for $17.

Madam, you've got yourself a bargain.

- Those auctions, I wouldn't go near them.

- I've never been to an auction.

There's no real danger.

Come on in, it's fun.

- Come right in.

- Oxblood vases.

Imported from the palaces of China.

Do I hear $50?

All right.

We'll start the bidding with $25.

Who will bid 25 for these treasures

out of the Ming dynasty of China?

Twenty-five, anybody?

Twenty-five. All done.

Sam, put these genuine oxblood vases

back on the shelf.

We seem to have a lot deaf

and dumb art lovers this evening.

Hand me 77.

Here you are, folks.

Seventy-seven,

the luckiest number in the world.

And we have here something special.

A genuine Roman coin.

Folks, this priceless antique was dug up

from the tomb of a cruel caesar.

"Titus Flavius vespasian, imperator,"

meaning "emperor."

Why, folks,

think of what this coin has seen.

If it could only talk...

...it would tell you the story

of the Roman emperors, all of them.

Now, I'm going to offer this museum piece

tonight at your own price.

Now, what am I bid

for this bit of fabled metal?

I wanna buy it.

- It's no good. It's all a swindled.

- No, it isn't.

Will somebody start the bidding?

Do I hear a bid

for this memento of a dead world?

- Do I hear a bid?

- Two dollars.

Two dollars? I am bid $2

for this priceless antique.

Now folks, I want 5.

I have 2 and I want 5.

Four dollars, anybody?

I have 2, I want 4. Two, I want 4.

Folks, I know you came in from outside

to rest your tired dogs...

...but this is ridiculous.

Now, I have 2, I want 3.

I have 2, I want 3.

All done?

Sold for 2 dollars.

Or should I say, "Given away."

Now, folks, I want you to study this clock

I have in my hand.

A genuine Louis Xlv

made in Paris by hand.

This is more than just a timepiece,

it's a genuine work of art.

As long as I've been an auctioneer,

and that is for 25 years...

...I have never beheld

a more beautiful object.

This looks quite antique.

It really does say "Titus Flavius vespasian."

He was a Roman emperor all right.

I wonder if it's real.

You never can tell about Roman coins.

Whatever made you buy it?

I really don't know.

All of a sudden, I got the strangest impulse

and I just had to have it.

- It's for you.

- Oh, no.

Well, that's what the impulse was,

to get it for you. Please take it.

My first gift from a lady.

Not counting Aunt Sarah.

Thanks, Ruthie.

I'm gonna punch a hole in it and wear it

around my neck as a lucky piece.

A French restaurant.

Dixie said I couldn't miss it.

He's mad. Look it,

there are millions of French restaurants.

- Well, there's one. Chez Robert.

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