"Now, ladies and gentlemen, what am I offered for this elegant vase, imported direct from Italy, a most marvelous piece of workmanship, worth every cent of twenty-five dollars? Who will start it at five dollars? Start it at four? Start it at three? At two? At one dollar? What is that--fifty cents? Rather low, lady, but as I said before, these goods must be sold, regardless of the prices obtained. Fifty cents, it is! Fifty--fifty! Who will make it one dollar?" "What, only sixty? Well, well, well! Never mind, the goods must go, and sixty cents is better than nothing. Sixty--sixty----"…
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