PORTER (holding it up) (spoken) Showing here. 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. Your number, sir? (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. AUCTIONEER (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) AUCTIONEER (spoken) Sold. An AUCTIONEER, PORTERS, BIDDERS, and RAOUL, seventy now, but still bright of eye.
THE STAGE OF THE PARIS OPERA, 1905 (The contents of the opera house is being auctioned off.
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