Grand Duchy of Ostenburg,
a strategically important
principality on the border...
between the warring kingdoms
of Burgundy and France.
Duke Ferdinand
commissions a painting...
to commemorate the visit
of his friend Roger D'Arras,
emissary of the king of France.
Unbeknownst
to the old duke,
his young wife,
Beatrix of Burgundy,
seduces the gallant knight.
This much is known
to history.
The rest
is in the picture--
a tale of passion, deceit,
of political intrigue...
unparalleled
in the history of art.
The hidden inscription,
buried beneath layers of
pigment for over 500 years,
unrevealed to
the rest of the world
until today.
Come on.
Now, ladies and gentlemen,
I intend to start the bidding...
You've heard this before.
at 30 million pesetas.
Let's go.
Shh!
Do I hear 30 million pesetas?
Thank you, sir,
in the second row.
Thirty-five million pesetas,
ladies and gen--
Thirty-five million over there.
Forty million pesetas.
That's 40 million pesetas.
Thank you very much, madam.
Forty million.
Forty-five million pesetas.
Do I hear 45 million pesetas?
Thank you very much, sir.
Thank you. Forty-five million.
Fifty million pesetas,
ladies and gentlemen.
Can I please hear--
Fifty-one million.
Thank you very much, madam.
Fifty-one million pesetas.
Fifty-one mill--
Fifty-two million.
Thank you very much, sir.
Fifty-two million pesetas.
Can I hear
53 million pesetas?
Fifty-three million,
ladies and gentlemen,
for this magnificent picture.
Fifty-four million!
Thank you very much, sir.
Fifty-four million pesetas.
Thank you, sir.
Fifty-five million. Fifty-five.
Now, come along,
ladies and gentlemen.
Who'll do 55 million pese--
Thank you very much indeed,
madam, in the third row.
I've got 55 million pesetas.
Fifty-six million pesetas
on the table.
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