Day 115 of 150

Day 115: An Auction for One Chair

At home in Moscow, two friends who love The Twelve Chairs follow an online antiques auction on a laptop.

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Dialogue

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  1. A

    Смотри, лот сорок два: гамбсовский стул, из того же гарнитура, что снимался у Гайдая. Стартовая цена десять тысяч.

    Look, lot forty-two: a Gambs chair, from the same set that was in Gaidai's film. The starting price is ten thousand.

  2. B

    Лёд тронулся, господа присяжные заседатели! Ставь, пока никто не заметил.

    The ice has broken, gentlemen of the jury! Bid, before anyone else notices.

  3. A

    Поставил. Ой, уже пятнадцать: какой-то «Киса-1927» перебил через минуту.

    Done. Oh, it's already fifteen: someone called 'Kisa-1927' outbid me a minute later.

  4. B

    Киса, значит... Ну, это вызов. Двадцать ставь, торг здесь неуместен.

    Kisa, is it... Well, that's a challenge. Bid twenty, haggling is out of place here.

  5. A

    Тридцать, сорок... Слушай, на такие деньги я мог бы новый диван купить, а не один стул.

    Thirty, forty... Listen, for that kind of money I could buy a new sofa, not just one chair.

  6. B

    Диван любой дурак купит, а тут реликвия. Ты подумай: вдруг в нём, как в том самом, бриллианты зашиты?

    Any fool can buy a sofa, but this is a relic. Just think: what if there are diamonds sewn into it, like in the famous one?

  7. A

    А может, тебе ещё ключ от квартиры, где деньги лежат? Всё, пятьдесят тысяч, я пас.

    And maybe you'd like the key to the flat where the money is, too? That's it, fifty thousand, I'm out.

  8. B

    Тогда я ставлю пятьдесят одну, и командовать парадом буду я! Опа, Киса сдался, стул наш.

    Then I bid fifty-one, and I'll be the one in command of the parade! Whoa, Kisa's given up, the chair is ours.

  9. A

    Поздравляю, только прочти мелкий шрифт: «Самовывоз из Пятигорска, оплата вперёд». Как говорится, утром деньги, вечером стулья.

    Congratulations, but read the small print: 'Collection from Pyatigorsk, payment in advance.' As they say, the money in the morning, the chairs in the evening.

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