Prologue-The Stage of the Paris Opera, 1911 AUCTIONEER: 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: Do I have ten francs
Five then
Five I am bid
Six, seven
Against you, sir, seven
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
T en francs for this
Ten, thank you
Ten francs still
Fifteen, thank you, sir Fifteen I am bid
Going at fifteen
Your number, sir
665, ladies and gentlemen: a papier-mache musical box, in the shape of a barrel-organ
Attached, the figure of a monkey in Persian robes playing the cymbals
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