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CONTENTS
All right, here we go ... on the Philco radio ... look here ladies and gentlemen, it's
solid state, one of the older models ... you don’t find one of these very often and
this one even has a turntable down below it... all right, we re going to go five do!*
lars five now ten flvedollarbid nowtenwhatd’yabid now fifteen fifteen! now twen
ty gonnagiveitaway now twenty-five twenty-five the bid now thirty dollars! now
thirty-five thirty-fivethebid nowfiveisthebid now bettergetabid now five now forty
forty willyougivemeforty lhaveanotherbid now forty now forty-five forty-five the-
bid now forty-five now fifty dollars fiftydollarbid now what’llyagiveme now fifty w-
hat'llyagiveme now fifty fifty! now fifty-five!sixty now sixty-fivenow seventy dol
lars sbcty-fiveherenowseventy seventy seventynowseventynowseventy now
seventy-five seventydollarbid now five now eighty dollars eightydollarbid now
need ninety got eighty-five eighty-fivedollarbid high now ninety ninety will you
give ni-ni-nine willyagive me nine a/readygoteighty-five ninety! now ninety-five/ a
hundred dollars ahundreddollarbid ahundreddollar bid ahahahahundred ...
ninety-five here now a hundreddollarbid now five fivehittinqfive ten! hundredand-
ftvehere now ten ten what’llyagioemenow fifteen what’llyagiveme fifteen now
twenty gonnagiveitawaynow twenty-five twentydollarbid now twenty-five hundre-
dandtwentynow twenty-five now thirty willyagiveme thirty willyagivemethirty
willyagivemethirty now thirty-five thirty-fivethebid now fiveisthebidnow forty
now forty nowforty-ftve ... a hundred and forty here ... forty five now fifty fiftyw-
hat'llyagiveme now fifty what’llyagiveme now fifty-five now sixty now sixty-five
ahundredsixtydollarsisthebidnow fivewhatd’yabid now fivewhatd’yabid now now
seventy now seventy-five now seventy ahundredseventy-fivedollarbid now eighty
eighty I mgonnagoeightyhere I’mgonnagoeightyhere eighty-five ahundredeighty-
dollar thebid now five lookingfor now five eighty-five now ninety ahundredeighty-
fivedollarbid now ninety! willyagivemenineninenine willyagivemenine now
ninety-five ahundredninetythebid now five a hundred ninety all done ... ahun-
dredninetythebid now five now two hundred shebacks two hundred ninety-five
now twohundreddollarbidnow two now five towhundreddollarbid now five two-
hundreddollarbid now five willyagivemeftve now twohundreddollarbid now five
whatd yagiveme now twohundreddollarbid now five ... two hundred now five ...
two hundred now five
If you can say all the words on the
cover in just over one minute,
congratulations... you may have a
promising future as an auctioneer. But
art of auctioneering includes more
than just talking fast — the auctioneer
must judge the fervor of the audience,
pace the tempo of the auction and
cajole shy back-row observants into
bidding. Most of all, he makes the
audience have fun.
Features
Making a living at fast talking_6
Buck Buchanan is
living in the fast-
talking lane. Bu-
chanon, an auc
tioneer in Bryan,
can sell a neck
lace and tell a
joke and sell a
painting and spin
a yarn and sell a
desk and razz the
crowd... all at the
speed of sound.
The crash of his
gavel can turn
one man’s trash
into another
man’s treasure.
Departments
At Ease Staff
Co-editors
Bill Hughes
Marybeth Rohsner
Staff writers
Tony Cornett
Karen Kroesche
Nancy Neukirchner
Reviews
Karl Pallmeyer
Photographer
Bill Hughes
Previews 3
MSC OPAS: A smashing season opener featuring violin
ist Itzhak Perlman and the San Antonio Symphony
Texas Renaissance Festival: This fall favorite is back in
all its glory
State Fair of Texas: The fair celebrates its centennial and
the Texas Sesquicentennial with a bash that begins this
weekend
Best Bets
Reviews
Movie Review: “Avenging Force”
Album Reviews: R.E.M.’s “Lifes Rich Pageant”
Meat Puppets’ “Out My Way”
Movie Scene