Cafe Royal auction, Sherborne Hotel, 25 Feb 2010
26 Feb 2011 · 3 min
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The content is a verbatim excerpt from a live auction held at the Sherborne Hotel on 25 February 2010, part of the Cafe Royal auction. An auctioneer rapidly calls out bid amounts, starting at £150,000 and moving through a series of incremental offers from various bidders. The transcript captures the cadence of the auctioneer’s patter, repeated bid figures, occasional pauses, and the final closing of the lot at £260,000, which is announced three times for emphasis. The language is typical of auction environments, with the auctioneer urging bidders, acknowledging bids, and concluding with congratulations to the winning party.
