Auctioneer Quotes in Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008)

Auctioneer: And now we move on to our next item, Lot Number 777. A piece of the Royal Crown of Bethmoora. The origin of this piece harkens back to the saga of the "Sons of the Earth," and the creation of the fabled Golden Army...

Auctioneer: This is outrageous! Please, take whatever you want, but leave us alone! Sir, I demand-!

[Nuada throws a living root at the Auctioneer, which wraps around his face and suffocates him to death]

Prince Nuada: Be quiet.

Darwin Mayflower: Waldo, 100 million clams! Yes!

Auctioneer: That's 100 millon dollars to Mr. Darwin Mayflower.

Minerva Mayflower: 100 million and one, Waldo!

Auctioneer: Fantastic! 100 million dollars and one.

Darwin Mayflower: Outbid by mine own wench! Quelle bummere!

Minerva Mayflower: Don't hate me baby!

Older Ranger: [hesitantly watching King Fisher and two men approach] King Fisher... What?s your business here?

John King Fisher: I've come for my beaves.

Older Ranger: This is a public auction, Fisher. You?re welcome to bid when the time comes.

John King Fisher: I bid fifty.

Auctioneer: [confused] Fifty what?

John King Fisher: Fifty of them.

[fifty of Fisher?s bandits ride in behind him, weapons drawn]

Older Ranger: [afraid] I can't let you take these cattle.

John King Fisher: Draw!

[Fishers bandits slaughter everyone]

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[eyeing a bevy of beautiful slave girls]

Merchant: When is the auction?

Auctioneer: These girls will be sold in Masharif. They go today in Osman Aga's caravan.

Auctioneer: What country are you from?

Josephus: Ethiopia.

Auctioneer: What part?

Josephus: 125th Street!

Auctioneer: [First lines] Yes sir, ladies and gentlemen, we are in luck today here in Los Angeles. Through the years the Bullwinkle Galleries have brought up for auction many collections of the personal effects of your famous movie stars. But, today, today is in deed a red letter day: the personal effects of Tony Hunter. Lot 94. Ladies and gentlemen, lets start out with lot 94. Some of the potpourri of Mr. Hunter's own personal costumes that he used in his famous dancing, singing pictures. Remember this? Pehaps the most famous top hat and stick of our generation. Yes, the one he used in "Swinging Down to Panama" and all his other famous pictures. Let's start with 5 dollars. Do I hear 5 dollars? Its worth a lot more. All right, let's start with 2. Well? 50 cents? Anything?

Auctioneer: Now, who will open the bidding for me at ten thousand pounds?

Texan Millionaire: Fifty thousand dollars.

Auctioneer: I am bid... seventeen thousand, eight hundred and fifty-seven pounds, two shillings and ten pence. I think it would be easier, sir, if we were to conduct the bidding in pounds sterling.

Auctioneer: Lot 666 then, ladies and gentlemen: a chandelier, in pieces. Some of you may recall the strange affair of the Phantom of the Opera, a mystery never fully explained. Our workshops have repaired it and wired parts for the new electric lights. Perhaps we can frighten the ghosts of so many years ago... with a little illumination. Gentlemen!

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Auctioneer: Sold. Your number, sir? Thank you. Lot 665, ladies and gentlemen: a papier-mâché musical box in the shape of a barrel organ.

Auctioneer: This is gonna be about the most expensive chicken supper you ever had, boy, but worth every cent of it, considering the charming company you're gonna be eating it in. I, uh, I hope you're gonna give him dessert for that price, Clara.

Clara: He'll get his just desserts, all right.

Auctioneer: Lot 666, then. The chandelier in pieces. Some of you may recall the strange affair of The Phantom of the Opera. A mystery never fully explained. We are told, ladies and gentleman, that this is the very chandelier that figures in that famous disaster. Our workshops have restored it and fitted parts of it with wiring for the new electric light so that we may get a hint of how it may look when re-assembled. Perhaps we may even frighten away the ghost of so many years ago with a little... illumination. Gentleman!