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eventually buys the box for thirty francs)

(spoken) May I start at twenty francs? Fifteen, then? Fifteen I am bid. This item, discovered in the vaults of the theatre, still in working order. Attached, the figure of a monkey in Persian robes playing the cymbals. (spoken) 665, ladies and gentlemen: a papier-mache musical box, in the shape of a barrel-organ. Fifteen, thank you, sir Fifteen I am bid. (spoken) Lot 664: a wooden pistol and three human skulls from the 1831 production of "Robert le Diable" by Meyerbeer. (spoken) Do I have ten francs? Five then. (spoken) Lot 663, then, ladies and gentlemen: a poster for this house's production of "Hannibal" by Chalumeau. The action commences with a blow from the AUCTlONEER's gavel) An AUCTIONEER, PORTERS, BIDDERS, and RAOUL, seventy now, but still bright of eye. (The contents of the opera house is being auctioned off.