Busting a nut

she actually looked up my brother's number

and called him for some reason.

And then the table went to--

I remember that day well.

It was January of 1998.

Lot number 1,440 in the Federal Monetary Card title

paper by John Seymour and Son.

I was sitting in the front row, and the load-trim cameras

were to the far left.

And Sam was also in the front row, way to the left.

And it was pretty much every collector

of American furniture in the United States that day.

So the feeling was one in a cycle.

The bidding started at $200 to $20 to $40 to $60

to $80 to $100.

And once it got to $300, it was--

I remember just looking at the load-trimmer

and shooting.

I was just-- it was cool.

She had that look on her face like she'd go to our show.

But the number kept going up.

$400, $100, $20, $130, $40, $50, $60, $80, $90, $100,

$90,000, and it's still on the right side.

And down it goes.

What do you call it?

The $400, $300, $60, $100, $80, $100, $100, $60, $100,

$100, $100, $100, $100, $100, $100, $100, $100, $100, $100,

$100, $100, $100, $100, $100, $100, $100, $100, $100, $100,

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