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Playinghardball

(11,665 posts) Sun Jul 14, 2013, 05:29 PM Jul 2013

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A Chinese Ming Vase is up for auction

Read message below first. Then, play the YouTube video.

A Chinese Ming Vase is up for auction. The bidding opens at a half-million Euros. Bidding is brisk and each bidder is clearly identified as each raises the bid by 100,000 Euros. (The exchange rate at auction time was 1 Euro = $1.43.) 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 Euros."

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. Please note the excitement on the auctioneer's face after the final bid.

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A Chinese Ming Vase is up for auction (Original Post) Playinghardball Jul 2013 OP

! Tuesday Afternoon Jul 2013 #1

LOL! LeftofObama Jul 2013 #2

OMG! elleng Jul 2013 #3

I had a feeling that would happen... AsahinaKimi Jul 2013 #4

Oh man I needed that... Callmecrazy Jul 2013 #5

Fantastic, thank you. n/t Fla Dem Jul 2013 #6

It belonged to this guy? Archae Jul 2013 #7

good one NewJeffCT Jul 2013 #8

he swings, he connects! rurallib Jul 2013 #9

Reminds me of this, only this is REAL... Locut0s Jul 2013 #10

Tuesday Afternoon

(56,912 posts)

1. !

Reply to Playinghardball (Original post)

Sun Jul 14, 2013, 05:33 PM

Jul 2013

LeftofObama

(4,243 posts)

2. LOL!

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Sun Jul 14, 2013, 05:34 PM

Jul 2013

elleng

(130,908 posts)

3. OMG!

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Sun Jul 14, 2013, 05:36 PM

Jul 2013

AsahinaKimi

(20,776 posts)

4. I had a feeling that would happen...

Reply to Playinghardball (Original post)

Sun Jul 14, 2013, 05:40 PM

Jul 2013

Kinda like this...

Callmecrazy

(3,065 posts)

5. Oh man I needed that...

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Sun Jul 14, 2013, 05:40 PM

Jul 2013

Fla Dem

(23,671 posts)

6. Fantastic, thank you. n/t

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Sun Jul 14, 2013, 06:00 PM

Jul 2013

Archae

(46,328 posts)

7. It belonged to this guy?

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Sun Jul 14, 2013, 06:09 PM

Jul 2013

NewJeffCT

(56,828 posts)

8. good one

Reply to Playinghardball (Original post)

Sun Jul 14, 2013, 06:44 PM

Jul 2013

didn't even notice the title

rurallib

(62,416 posts)

9. he swings, he connects!

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Sun Jul 14, 2013, 09:05 PM

Jul 2013

Locut0s

(6,154 posts)

10. Reminds me of this, only this is REAL...

Reply to Playinghardball (Original post)

Sun Jul 14, 2013, 09:33 PM

Jul 2013

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