1 00:00:00,209 --> 00:00:02,211 [Jessica] Tonight on Murder, She Wrote. 2 00:00:02,294 --> 00:00:03,838 The stolen Degas. 3 00:00:03,921 --> 00:00:06,132 I happen to know you’ve done your share of forgeries. 4 00:00:06,215 --> 00:00:09,635 Even on the black market it can bring upwards of four million. 5 00:00:09,719 --> 00:00:11,804 I’d have to be crazy to bid on something that hot. 6 00:00:11,887 --> 00:00:14,890 -Sold to Mrs. Fletcher. -$400,0000. 7 00:00:14,974 --> 00:00:18,060 People have to see your work before they’ll spend their money. 8 00:00:18,144 --> 00:00:21,105 -Where is the Degas? -Really don’t know where the picture is. 9 00:00:21,188 --> 00:00:22,982 Still keeping bad company, Jessica. 10 00:00:23,065 --> 00:00:25,109 I don’t think I can trust you, Charlie. 11 00:00:25,192 --> 00:00:27,278 Where did you find this idiot Garrett anyway? 12 00:00:27,361 --> 00:00:29,780 -I’ll kill him! -Hey, look, pal, don’t crowd me, huh? 13 00:01:39,934 --> 00:01:41,560 [man on radio] And in local news, 14 00:01:41,644 --> 00:01:44,146 an Edgar Degas masterpiece, The Dancing Class, 15 00:01:44,230 --> 00:01:46,565 valued at between 15 and 20 million dollars 16 00:01:46,649 --> 00:01:48,484 was stolen this evening 17 00:01:48,567 --> 00:01:50,194 from the Brinfield Collection on Fifth Avenue. 18 00:01:50,277 --> 00:01:52,446 According to a police spokesperson, 19 00:01:52,530 --> 00:01:54,323 it was the work of professional thieves, 20 00:01:54,406 --> 00:01:56,784 but thus far, they have no leads. 21 00:01:56,867 --> 00:01:59,662 And now back to, Music Through the Night. 22 00:01:59,745 --> 00:02:02,081 Wow. The stolen Degas. 23 00:02:02,915 --> 00:02:05,417 The Dancing Class? This is... wow. 24 00:02:05,501 --> 00:02:08,629 You know, I had no idea you were talking about this. This... 25 00:02:08,712 --> 00:02:10,548 look, this could be a problem here. 26 00:02:10,631 --> 00:02:12,591 Let me show you. 27 00:02:12,967 --> 00:02:14,635 This old canvas stretcher, it could be a dead giveaway. 28 00:02:14,718 --> 00:02:16,428 Listen, friend, I don’t have time for games. 29 00:02:16,512 --> 00:02:19,557 I happen to know you’ve done your share of forgeries, 30 00:02:19,640 --> 00:02:21,183 and I’ve got it on very good authority 31 00:02:21,267 --> 00:02:23,394 that you don’t have a pot to soak your brushes in. 32 00:02:23,477 --> 00:02:25,354 Now where’s the sample? 33 00:02:25,437 --> 00:02:29,483 Okay. Okay. This is pretty much what I had in mind. 34 00:02:29,567 --> 00:02:32,695 Angus, it’s perfect. Thank you. I despise it. 35 00:02:32,778 --> 00:02:34,947 Thanks. 36 00:02:35,030 --> 00:02:37,533 I call it Arrangement in Grey and Red. 37 00:02:37,616 --> 00:02:39,118 This version’s a lot smaller, 38 00:02:39,201 --> 00:02:40,870 but I’ll paint something like it over the Degas. 39 00:02:40,953 --> 00:02:44,582 You’re sure it can be removed without damaging the Degas? 40 00:02:44,665 --> 00:02:48,127 -Yeah. Yeah. -Then do it, and don’t screw up. 41 00:03:22,036 --> 00:03:25,497 Mr. Rundle, it took some doing to find you. 42 00:03:25,581 --> 00:03:27,166 What’s with the new name? 43 00:03:27,249 --> 00:03:29,293 Mezznou, I can explain. 44 00:03:29,376 --> 00:03:31,253 -I look forward to it. -It’s not what you think. 45 00:03:31,337 --> 00:03:32,963 Now, where is the Degas? 46 00:03:33,047 --> 00:03:35,382 [grunts] All right! All right! 47 00:03:35,466 --> 00:03:38,218 Please, God, don’t hurt me. 48 00:03:39,887 --> 00:03:41,388 The painting is over... [gasping] 49 00:03:50,314 --> 00:03:51,231 Is he? 50 00:03:52,107 --> 00:03:54,276 -Yeah. -Damn. 51 00:03:59,406 --> 00:04:02,868 [Felix] My dear Mrs. Fletcher, I would love to help you, 52 00:04:02,952 --> 00:04:05,996 but with all your demands for more and more authentication 53 00:04:06,080 --> 00:04:09,959 of what is obviously a genuine Arthur Conan Doyle journal, 54 00:04:10,042 --> 00:04:11,710 and with absolutely no guarantees 55 00:04:11,794 --> 00:04:13,879 that the Museum of Cultural History 56 00:04:13,963 --> 00:04:15,506 would actually go through with the purchase, 57 00:04:15,589 --> 00:04:18,968 i felt I had no choice but to put it up for auction. 58 00:04:19,051 --> 00:04:21,470 [Jessica] Mr. Wesker, I have a responsibility to the Museum, 59 00:04:21,553 --> 00:04:23,222 and you know very well 60 00:04:23,305 --> 00:04:25,975 why the additional documentation was necessary. 61 00:04:26,058 --> 00:04:29,603 Oh, please. Not that tedious misunderstanding again. 62 00:04:29,687 --> 00:04:32,147 -Misunderstanding? -Mrs. Fletcher, 63 00:04:32,231 --> 00:04:36,318 I truly believed that the Thomas Nast etching 64 00:04:36,402 --> 00:04:38,529 your committee bought from me was genuine. 65 00:04:38,612 --> 00:04:40,656 If I hadn’t, I wouldn’t have sold it to them. 66 00:04:40,990 --> 00:04:43,367 And as your assistant curator can attest, 67 00:04:43,450 --> 00:04:46,328 I refunded the Museum’s money in full. 68 00:04:47,037 --> 00:04:48,122 Did I not, Ms. Evers? 69 00:04:48,205 --> 00:04:51,000 Uh, yeah, after our attorneys got into it. 70 00:04:51,083 --> 00:04:52,292 Don’t remind me. 71 00:04:52,376 --> 00:04:55,170 In any case, I’m certain the bidding won’t go far 72 00:04:55,254 --> 00:04:58,090 beyond the $35,000 you were prepared to spend. 73 00:04:58,173 --> 00:05:00,009 Plus the auction house commission, 74 00:05:00,092 --> 00:05:01,885 which will put us way over our budget, 75 00:05:01,969 --> 00:05:03,804 even if nobody bids against us. 76 00:05:03,887 --> 00:05:06,807 And you will have had time to satisfy yourselves 77 00:05:06,890 --> 00:05:09,184 that it was written by Conan Doyle. 78 00:05:09,268 --> 00:05:11,437 The notations are his. His paper... 79 00:05:11,520 --> 00:05:15,399 Mr. Wesker, I’d like to have one more look at the journal. 80 00:05:15,482 --> 00:05:17,317 I’m sorry. 81 00:05:17,401 --> 00:05:19,361 It’s already been delivered to the auction house. 82 00:05:19,445 --> 00:05:21,363 I’m sure they will accommodate you. 83 00:05:21,447 --> 00:05:23,115 Now, if you’ll excuse me. 84 00:05:23,198 --> 00:05:25,492 Mr. Wesker, have you had a chance to look at 85 00:05:25,576 --> 00:05:27,578 the portfolio I left with you? My boyfriend’s photos? 86 00:05:27,661 --> 00:05:29,997 Oh, yes. I’ll get to it in a day or two. 87 00:05:30,080 --> 00:05:32,082 Bye bye. 88 00:05:35,169 --> 00:05:39,631 Felix, you couldn’t have lit my work a little better? 89 00:05:39,715 --> 00:05:42,259 Angus, the answer is still no. 90 00:05:42,968 --> 00:05:45,429 I need that money, Felix, now. 91 00:05:45,512 --> 00:05:47,848 And I told you, not unless I know 92 00:05:47,931 --> 00:05:49,767 what this business deal is all about. 93 00:05:49,850 --> 00:05:53,562 You’ve managed to run through more than $50,000 in advances 94 00:05:53,645 --> 00:05:55,731 -in less than 18 months. -I know. 95 00:05:55,814 --> 00:05:57,608 And I’m not going to throw good money after bad. 96 00:05:57,691 --> 00:05:59,902 Excuse me. Look, Felix, I need the money, all right, 97 00:05:59,985 --> 00:06:02,279 so that I can buy my painting back 98 00:06:02,362 --> 00:06:04,114 before it goes on the auction block. 99 00:06:04,198 --> 00:06:05,783 -Arrangement in Grey and Red? -Mmm-hmm. 100 00:06:05,866 --> 00:06:08,077 Angus, this is hardly your best work. 101 00:06:08,160 --> 00:06:12,706 I know, but I have a certain sentimental attachment to it. 102 00:06:12,790 --> 00:06:15,334 No. As your friend, 103 00:06:15,417 --> 00:06:18,587 I’m simply not going to let you waste your money, or mine. 104 00:06:18,670 --> 00:06:22,007 [woman clears throat] Mrs. Stephenson, you wanted to see 105 00:06:22,091 --> 00:06:23,842 the Richard Pickering, didn’t you? The big one. 106 00:06:28,388 --> 00:06:30,474 Charlie, I didn’t bring you all the way from Chicago 107 00:06:30,557 --> 00:06:32,059 for you to ask a lot of questions. 108 00:06:32,142 --> 00:06:34,103 I will tell you this much, though... 109 00:06:34,186 --> 00:06:37,147 Leona, the Gunderson Brief, paragraph 2, subparagraph B, 110 00:06:37,231 --> 00:06:41,193 should read, "whereas," not "hereas." You got that? 111 00:06:41,276 --> 00:06:42,945 Thank you. 112 00:06:43,028 --> 00:06:45,364 My client happens to be a well-known collector, 113 00:06:45,447 --> 00:06:47,616 and the way the high-end art business works, 114 00:06:47,699 --> 00:06:51,203 if he was to bid on that painting himself, the price would go clear off the charts. 115 00:06:51,286 --> 00:06:53,080 Uh-huh. You mean like at the track, 116 00:06:53,163 --> 00:06:55,582 when the guys bet the favorite and all the local yokels 117 00:06:55,666 --> 00:06:58,293 -figure that somebody knows something? -In a manner of speaking. 118 00:06:58,377 --> 00:07:00,838 Well, tell me, Milt, what is the something 119 00:07:00,921 --> 00:07:05,217 that your client knows about this Arrangement in Grey and Red? 120 00:07:05,300 --> 00:07:09,138 He wants to hang it on the wall and look at it, okay? 121 00:07:09,221 --> 00:07:11,348 Okay. 122 00:07:11,431 --> 00:07:14,935 There’s $100,000 in there for you to bid, 123 00:07:15,018 --> 00:07:17,020 plus the auction gallery commission. 124 00:07:19,148 --> 00:07:23,735 And a $2,000 fee for you, the easiest money you’ll ever make. 125 00:07:23,819 --> 00:07:24,903 Look, when the waiter shows up, 126 00:07:24,987 --> 00:07:27,489 just sign it on my account, okay? 127 00:07:27,573 --> 00:07:31,034 Okay, but I’ve gotta tell you, the only auction I ever went to 128 00:07:31,118 --> 00:07:33,704 was when they repossessed my Chevy. 129 00:07:33,787 --> 00:07:37,124 Just watch the action; you’ll get the hang of it in no time, but whatever you do... 130 00:07:37,207 --> 00:07:42,004 -do not, repeat-- -Do not bid one penny over 100,000 bucks. 131 00:07:42,087 --> 00:07:43,130 I got it. 132 00:07:45,465 --> 00:07:47,259 [Giles] I’m sure Mrs. Lauterbond 133 00:07:47,342 --> 00:07:49,052 will get over her disappointment. 134 00:07:49,136 --> 00:07:50,846 Perhaps next time, she’ll give us her consignment 135 00:07:50,929 --> 00:07:53,515 before we print our catalog. [laughs] 136 00:07:53,599 --> 00:07:56,101 Peter, would you please tell the caterers that if I see 137 00:07:56,185 --> 00:07:58,812 another hors d’oeuvre with cheese sauce or mayonnaise, that they’re fired? 138 00:07:58,896 --> 00:08:01,481 -Right. -Thanks. 139 00:08:01,565 --> 00:08:04,318 Now look, Diana, we have got to watch our printing and promotion costs. 140 00:08:04,401 --> 00:08:06,778 And our phone bills last month were outrageous. 141 00:08:06,862 --> 00:08:08,989 Giles, I’m on top of it. 142 00:08:09,072 --> 00:08:10,782 [sighs] 143 00:08:10,866 --> 00:08:13,619 Ah, Ms. Evers, have you and Jessica 144 00:08:13,702 --> 00:08:15,621 finished examining the Conan Doyle journal? 145 00:08:15,704 --> 00:08:17,789 Oh, she’s still going over it, Mr. Havelock. 146 00:08:17,873 --> 00:08:19,541 She said to tell you she’s got some questions. 147 00:08:19,625 --> 00:08:21,835 Very well. 148 00:08:21,919 --> 00:08:24,379 Milt, how many times do I have to tell you? 149 00:08:24,463 --> 00:08:26,131 I cannot have the damn thing x-rayed 150 00:08:26,215 --> 00:08:28,091 without raising questions. 151 00:08:28,175 --> 00:08:30,219 Do you want me to play this again for you? 152 00:08:30,302 --> 00:08:32,763 First, you have the canvas stretcher. 153 00:08:32,846 --> 00:08:37,142 Degas was the only artist that secured his with tulipwood wedges. 154 00:08:37,226 --> 00:08:40,187 And then there’s the age of the wood and the age of the canvas. 155 00:08:40,270 --> 00:08:42,522 They haven’t manufactured that weave since 1902. 156 00:08:42,606 --> 00:08:44,358 And the dimensions. Are you sure? 157 00:08:44,441 --> 00:08:46,360 They’re identical to the millimeter. 158 00:08:46,443 --> 00:08:48,695 Sweetie, there’s absolutely no risk. 159 00:08:48,779 --> 00:08:51,406 Garrett bids on Arrangement in Grey and Red. 160 00:08:51,490 --> 00:08:53,659 If we have any strong counter-bids, 161 00:08:53,742 --> 00:08:56,286 well, we just know someone else knows the value. 162 00:08:56,370 --> 00:08:58,705 And if it’s Interpol or the police 163 00:08:58,789 --> 00:09:00,874 or one of the thieves... 164 00:09:00,958 --> 00:09:03,335 So what? Garrett is left holding the bag, 165 00:09:03,418 --> 00:09:05,420 we deny everything. 166 00:09:05,504 --> 00:09:08,757 Look, my guess is the only other person who know the value is Angus, 167 00:09:08,840 --> 00:09:11,343 and he can’t afford to reveal his complicity. 168 00:09:11,426 --> 00:09:15,764 Honey, nobody is gonna outbid the $200,000 that you gave to Garrett. 169 00:09:15,847 --> 00:09:18,517 -One hundred. -What? Are you joking? 170 00:09:18,600 --> 00:09:19,893 That’s all I could get my hands on. 171 00:09:19,977 --> 00:09:22,062 Helen’s got my assets tied up like... 172 00:09:22,145 --> 00:09:24,273 Great. Great, great. 173 00:09:24,356 --> 00:09:26,692 All right, is this Garrett gonna make trouble for us? 174 00:09:26,775 --> 00:09:30,195 Charlie Garrett can barely find his way across town. 175 00:09:30,279 --> 00:09:33,949 Oh, God, Diana, you have no idea how badly I want this to work out, 176 00:09:34,032 --> 00:09:35,701 for us to be together. 177 00:09:35,784 --> 00:09:37,411 Yeah. 178 00:09:37,494 --> 00:09:39,496 With a free-and-clear nest egg of four million dollars 179 00:09:39,579 --> 00:09:41,456 that your wife can never touch. 180 00:09:43,083 --> 00:09:46,169 "March 14, 1926." 181 00:09:46,586 --> 00:09:48,505 "The vitality in the sea of faces I saw" 182 00:09:48,588 --> 00:09:50,632 "yesterday at Ellis island," 183 00:09:50,716 --> 00:09:52,718 "this threshold, free at last" 184 00:09:52,801 --> 00:09:55,637 "from famine, cossacks, religious oppression," 185 00:09:55,721 --> 00:09:57,973 "made me understand, finally," 186 00:09:58,056 --> 00:10:00,309 "the dream, the pull of the American experience." 187 00:10:00,392 --> 00:10:02,436 Impressive. 188 00:10:02,519 --> 00:10:04,813 There was clearly a great deal more to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 189 00:10:04,896 --> 00:10:06,773 than Sherlock Holmes. 190 00:10:06,857 --> 00:10:08,650 Which most writers would kill to have created. 191 00:10:08,734 --> 00:10:11,486 Oh, I don’t know, Giles. 192 00:10:11,570 --> 00:10:14,114 I mean, the documentation of the handwriting, 193 00:10:14,197 --> 00:10:16,700 the provenances, they... they all check out. 194 00:10:16,783 --> 00:10:21,330 But somehow I just can’t shake my doubts that it’s genuine. 195 00:10:21,413 --> 00:10:23,623 A healthy attitude. 196 00:10:23,707 --> 00:10:26,960 Between my years in the business and my forebears 197 00:10:27,044 --> 00:10:28,795 looking over my shoulder, lest I forget, 198 00:10:28,879 --> 00:10:31,381 I’ve learned to mistrust the authenticity 199 00:10:31,465 --> 00:10:34,009 of nearly anything I sell. 200 00:10:34,092 --> 00:10:38,096 And frankly, with a gallery owner like Felix Wesker involved, 201 00:10:38,180 --> 00:10:41,099 your reservations are doubly justified. 202 00:10:41,183 --> 00:10:44,353 [chuckles] Thanks. That makes it so much easier for me 203 00:10:44,436 --> 00:10:45,604 to spend the Museum’s money. 204 00:10:46,855 --> 00:10:48,315 On the other hand, 205 00:10:48,398 --> 00:10:50,567 I believe this’ll be the third or fourth time 206 00:10:50,650 --> 00:10:54,446 we’ve sold the piece, and yet the price is still very reasonable. 207 00:10:54,529 --> 00:10:56,448 Meaning that there wouldn’t be much profit 208 00:10:56,531 --> 00:10:58,617 in going to all the trouble of forging it. 209 00:10:58,700 --> 00:11:01,912 Precisely. It’s not as if we’re talking a fake Da Vinci. 210 00:11:01,995 --> 00:11:04,373 At any rate, Jessica, let’s hope the only bumps tonight 211 00:11:04,456 --> 00:11:06,625 will be from customers eagerly outbidding one another. 212 00:11:06,708 --> 00:11:08,418 -Hope so. -After you. 213 00:11:08,502 --> 00:11:11,546 [Peter] It’s bad enough that you gave the gallery my pictures 214 00:11:11,630 --> 00:11:15,425 without even asking, but to Felix Wesker! 215 00:11:15,509 --> 00:11:19,096 I mean, the guy has raised schlock-hyping to an art form all its own. 216 00:11:19,179 --> 00:11:20,847 Peter, wait a second. 217 00:11:20,931 --> 00:11:22,557 First off, he’s someone we do business with at the museum. 218 00:11:22,641 --> 00:11:25,435 And secondly, you don’t realize how talented you are. 219 00:11:25,519 --> 00:11:27,104 No! No! No! 220 00:11:27,187 --> 00:11:29,689 The pictures are just plain not good enough yet, 221 00:11:29,773 --> 00:11:33,110 and we are not gonna begin our lives together eating peanut butter and jelly. 222 00:11:33,193 --> 00:11:35,904 Peter, people have to see your work before they’ll spend their money on it. 223 00:11:35,987 --> 00:11:37,406 No, sweetheart, listen, 224 00:11:37,489 --> 00:11:40,700 I have got to do things my way, my terms 225 00:11:40,784 --> 00:11:42,327 when I feel that I am ready. 226 00:11:51,545 --> 00:11:54,172 [Felix] I just wanted to satisfy myself about something. 227 00:11:55,841 --> 00:11:57,467 [coughs] 228 00:11:57,551 --> 00:12:01,263 It’s dusty in here, isn’t it? 229 00:12:01,346 --> 00:12:03,723 Well, it’s definitely a minor work. 230 00:12:03,807 --> 00:12:06,017 Well, with Angus, it’s always hard to tell. 231 00:12:06,101 --> 00:12:08,895 How fortunate you’re not paid to be an art critic. 232 00:12:09,438 --> 00:12:11,314 Felix, is there something else you’d like to see? 233 00:12:11,398 --> 00:12:13,233 No. No. 234 00:12:13,650 --> 00:12:16,653 Oh! Incidentally, this Mrs. Rundle, 235 00:12:16,736 --> 00:12:19,489 the woman who brought Angus’ painting to my gallery, 236 00:12:19,573 --> 00:12:21,533 and is now putting it up for auction, 237 00:12:21,616 --> 00:12:23,785 what do you know about her? 238 00:12:24,703 --> 00:12:26,621 Not much. We’re selling a few items for her-- 239 00:12:26,705 --> 00:12:28,665 A couple of unimportant Louis Quinze chests, 240 00:12:28,748 --> 00:12:30,750 a low-end Tiffany lamp. 241 00:12:31,626 --> 00:12:34,212 Apparently, she’s liquidating her late husband’s estate. 242 00:12:34,296 --> 00:12:38,508 Well, she’s obviously a woman of deep sentiment or shallow pockets. 243 00:12:40,135 --> 00:12:42,012 [Angus] Look, Mr. Lorenzo, 244 00:12:42,095 --> 00:12:44,139 I can resell the item within a skinny minute, okay? 245 00:12:44,222 --> 00:12:48,894 So, you know, I can pay you back within 10 days, Max. 246 00:12:48,977 --> 00:12:50,979 [Lorenzo speaking indistinctly] 247 00:12:51,062 --> 00:12:53,315 No. No. It’s a painting, okay? 248 00:12:53,398 --> 00:12:55,066 And I’ve got a buyer who’ll... 249 00:12:55,150 --> 00:12:57,194 [dial tone] Mr. Lorenzo? 250 00:12:59,404 --> 00:13:00,989 Damn. 251 00:13:03,366 --> 00:13:04,326 [knock on door] 252 00:13:14,127 --> 00:13:18,089 Ah, Mr. Mezznou. Hey, come on in. Come on in. 253 00:13:18,173 --> 00:13:20,342 You were smart to call me directly. 254 00:13:20,425 --> 00:13:23,720 I can offer you a very attractive deal on one of my paintings, 255 00:13:23,803 --> 00:13:26,932 and that way, you don’t have to pay Felix’s mark-up. 256 00:13:27,474 --> 00:13:29,684 I misled you, Mr. Neville, 257 00:13:29,768 --> 00:13:32,395 in order that you might talk about one of your earlier efforts, 258 00:13:32,479 --> 00:13:35,232 the one to be sold at the Greylight Auction Galleries, 259 00:13:35,565 --> 00:13:37,943 Arrangement in Grey and Red. 260 00:13:40,195 --> 00:13:42,405 Hey, who... who the hell are you guys? 261 00:13:44,032 --> 00:13:46,117 Mr. Neville, I assure you that Orlando and I 262 00:13:46,201 --> 00:13:48,995 are not with any law enforcement agency. 263 00:13:49,371 --> 00:13:52,207 However, I was wondering if you might have been 264 00:13:52,290 --> 00:13:55,835 acquainted with the subject of this obituary. 265 00:13:56,253 --> 00:13:58,588 Mr. Kenneth Rundle? 266 00:14:00,257 --> 00:14:02,050 No. Why? 267 00:14:02,717 --> 00:14:06,054 Mr. Neville, were you considering bidding on your own work? 268 00:14:06,137 --> 00:14:09,933 [sighs] Well, yeah, you know, 269 00:14:10,016 --> 00:14:11,434 for old times’ sake, yeah. 270 00:14:11,518 --> 00:14:13,728 Permit me to offer you an admonition. 271 00:14:13,812 --> 00:14:16,898 If you bid on it or have anyone else do so on your behalf, 272 00:14:16,982 --> 00:14:19,609 my friend here, Orlando, will very likely kill you, 273 00:14:19,693 --> 00:14:21,278 and the other person or persons. 274 00:14:21,361 --> 00:14:26,491 And that includes Mr. Rundle’s widow, Serena Rundle. 275 00:14:34,958 --> 00:14:35,959 [exhales] 276 00:14:51,766 --> 00:14:54,644 What do you say, pal? Come to these circuses often? 277 00:15:00,275 --> 00:15:01,776 And what with the increasing popularity 278 00:15:01,860 --> 00:15:03,695 of Angus Neville’s work, Mrs. Rundle, 279 00:15:03,778 --> 00:15:05,405 I really believe that you’re going to be surprised 280 00:15:05,488 --> 00:15:07,157 at the price this piece brings. 281 00:15:07,574 --> 00:15:11,453 My, that would be lovely, now, wouldn’t it, Ms. Barrow? 282 00:15:12,120 --> 00:15:15,457 My late husband and I agreed on almost everything, 283 00:15:15,915 --> 00:15:18,710 except for his taste in art. 284 00:15:19,502 --> 00:15:22,964 Because I recognized the canvas stretcher, that’s how I knew. 285 00:15:23,048 --> 00:15:24,883 Honestly, Angus, you could’ve told me. 286 00:15:24,966 --> 00:15:26,926 Look, I’m sorry, okay? 287 00:15:27,010 --> 00:15:28,928 Felix, I never knew what became of the damn thing 288 00:15:29,012 --> 00:15:30,972 till it showed up in your gallery. 289 00:15:31,056 --> 00:15:33,016 The guy I painted it for, this Kenneth Rundle, 290 00:15:33,099 --> 00:15:35,185 he never told me his real name. 291 00:15:35,268 --> 00:15:37,896 Felix, Felix, you take 65, I’ll take 35. 292 00:15:37,979 --> 00:15:40,231 Are you kidding? 293 00:15:40,315 --> 00:15:41,566 I’d have to be crazy to bid on something that hot. 294 00:15:41,650 --> 00:15:43,652 Come on. 295 00:15:43,735 --> 00:15:46,363 Who else is gonna know about it except the late Mr. Rundle and me? 296 00:15:46,446 --> 00:15:49,282 I mean, obviously his widow doesn’t have a clue there’s a Degas underneath. 297 00:15:49,366 --> 00:15:51,117 Shh! 298 00:15:51,201 --> 00:15:53,620 Did you see the insulting price she’s started at for my work? 299 00:15:53,703 --> 00:15:56,831 Felix, even if the law is onto it, 300 00:15:56,915 --> 00:15:58,541 don’t you think they would have made their move by now? 301 00:15:58,625 --> 00:16:00,794 Ever occur to you, my friend, 302 00:16:00,877 --> 00:16:03,421 the law may be waiting just to see who bids on it? 303 00:16:03,505 --> 00:16:05,674 Okay. Then I’ll... I’ll claim it’s a forgery. 304 00:16:05,882 --> 00:16:08,218 [scoffs] Of an Angus Neville? 305 00:16:08,802 --> 00:16:11,346 [sighs] Felix, even as stolen goods, 306 00:16:11,429 --> 00:16:13,723 the damn thing’s gotta be worth what, four, five mil? 307 00:16:13,807 --> 00:16:16,267 Case closed, period. 308 00:16:16,351 --> 00:16:18,353 Okay, okay, okay. 309 00:16:18,436 --> 00:16:23,441 How about instead of 65-35, how about 70-30? 310 00:16:24,526 --> 00:16:27,153 I should have my head examined. 90-10. 311 00:16:29,572 --> 00:16:30,740 Done. 312 00:16:32,033 --> 00:16:35,120 Felix, maybe it’d be a good idea if, you know, 313 00:16:35,203 --> 00:16:37,163 we didn’t talk to each other 314 00:16:37,247 --> 00:16:38,665 until after you bought the painting. 315 00:16:43,962 --> 00:16:46,923 [Peter] So, I tried calling Reggie all afternoon to apologize, 316 00:16:47,006 --> 00:16:50,135 but she wasn’t answering her phone. 317 00:16:50,218 --> 00:16:51,511 Well, maybe she wasn’t there. 318 00:16:51,594 --> 00:16:53,263 Ah, Mrs. Fletcher. Hello. 319 00:16:53,805 --> 00:16:56,599 I presume you’re satisfied about the Conan Doyle journal? 320 00:16:56,683 --> 00:16:59,686 No, but my own doubts notwithstanding, 321 00:16:59,769 --> 00:17:01,980 the other members of the board seem to feel that 322 00:17:02,063 --> 00:17:04,232 it’s too important an acquisition to pass up, 323 00:17:04,315 --> 00:17:06,901 so they’ve authorized me to go ahead and bid on it. 324 00:17:06,985 --> 00:17:09,320 -Wonderful. -Excuse me. 325 00:17:11,114 --> 00:17:15,618 I’ve just got to get a few paintings out of the storeroom for the auction. 326 00:17:18,079 --> 00:17:21,875 Uh... I always get the last three numbers screwed up. 327 00:17:24,377 --> 00:17:27,589 Pete, Giles mentioned that the Conan Doyle journals 328 00:17:27,672 --> 00:17:29,466 had been auctioned about three times 329 00:17:29,549 --> 00:17:31,551 in the past three years. 330 00:17:32,135 --> 00:17:34,512 Be interesting to talk to some of those previous owners. 331 00:17:35,054 --> 00:17:37,557 Yeah, and find out why it changed hands so often. 332 00:17:37,640 --> 00:17:39,851 Is there any way we could get their names? 333 00:17:39,934 --> 00:17:41,895 Well, I’ll see what I can do. As soon as I finish with 334 00:17:41,978 --> 00:17:43,730 -The rest of the auction lots. -Good. 335 00:17:46,024 --> 00:17:48,067 I had very little knowledge 336 00:17:48,151 --> 00:17:50,361 of my husband’s business activities, Mr. Mezznou, 337 00:17:50,987 --> 00:17:55,074 but frankly, I don’t know what business it is of yours, anyway. 338 00:17:55,158 --> 00:17:58,119 Madame, please. I meant no offense. 339 00:17:58,203 --> 00:18:00,163 I was merely curious 340 00:18:00,246 --> 00:18:01,915 where he might have acquired 341 00:18:01,998 --> 00:18:03,917 Arrangement in Grey and Red. 342 00:18:04,000 --> 00:18:05,835 Mezznou, what brings you to New York? 343 00:18:05,919 --> 00:18:08,755 Investment, Mr. Havelock. Investment. 344 00:18:08,963 --> 00:18:11,508 As I’m sure you’re aware of the growing demand 345 00:18:11,591 --> 00:18:14,928 in the Middle East and in Europe for American Contemporary. 346 00:18:15,011 --> 00:18:16,721 Indeed there is, 347 00:18:16,805 --> 00:18:18,681 but apparently, Mrs. Rundle isn’t interested. 348 00:18:26,147 --> 00:18:28,316 I apologize. 349 00:18:28,399 --> 00:18:30,485 And I should warn you that, like so many people in this business, 350 00:18:30,568 --> 00:18:32,403 that man is not an ethical character. 351 00:18:32,487 --> 00:18:35,323 Oh, thank you. Even I could see that. 352 00:18:55,802 --> 00:18:57,804 -Hi. -Oh, Reggie. 353 00:18:57,887 --> 00:19:00,974 Oh! I gotta tell you... 354 00:19:01,057 --> 00:19:03,059 -No, Pete, I was way off base. -No, no, no. 355 00:19:03,393 --> 00:19:06,062 You had it nailed, I have been afraid of putting myself out there. 356 00:19:06,145 --> 00:19:09,357 And that is all about to change, okay? 357 00:19:09,440 --> 00:19:11,276 -Okay. -Okay. 358 00:19:14,529 --> 00:19:17,198 [man] Ladies and gentlemen, the auction is about to begin. 359 00:19:17,282 --> 00:19:19,033 Please take your seats. 360 00:19:19,117 --> 00:19:20,785 Look, the bidding is about to start... 361 00:19:23,371 --> 00:19:25,456 -And I’ll see you out front. -Okay. 362 00:19:30,920 --> 00:19:32,922 [Giles] And I have $17,000. $17,000. 363 00:19:33,006 --> 00:19:36,384 $17,500. $17,500. 364 00:19:36,467 --> 00:19:38,303 20. 20 on the phones. 365 00:19:38,386 --> 00:19:40,305 Thank you, Diana. 20 on the phones. In the room. 366 00:19:40,388 --> 00:19:42,557 So Greylight Auction Galleries sold the Conan Doyle journal 367 00:19:42,640 --> 00:19:44,559 three times in the past four years? 368 00:19:44,642 --> 00:19:47,645 And each time, the seller was Felix Wesker. 369 00:19:47,729 --> 00:19:49,772 But look, the buyer was different each time. 370 00:19:49,856 --> 00:19:51,399 Yeah. Mrs. Sarah Weiskopf. 371 00:19:51,482 --> 00:19:53,735 Anthony Dimarco, Richard Rimsen. 372 00:19:53,818 --> 00:19:55,778 And a "T" in front of each of their names. 373 00:19:55,862 --> 00:19:57,864 -I wonder what that means. -I don’t know, Reggie, 374 00:19:57,947 --> 00:20:00,366 but I wish there was time to get in touch with these people. 375 00:20:00,450 --> 00:20:04,746 Number 435, which is the original manuscript 376 00:20:04,829 --> 00:20:05,997 of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s New York journal, 377 00:20:06,080 --> 00:20:09,584 -dated 1926. -Oh, that’s us. 378 00:20:09,667 --> 00:20:11,419 [Giles] And I can tell you, it’s a fascinating item. 379 00:20:11,794 --> 00:20:14,464 -We’ll start the bidding at $20,000. -Charlie. 380 00:20:14,547 --> 00:20:16,799 Jessica. What are you doing here? 381 00:20:16,883 --> 00:20:18,676 Well, I’m bidding on something. 382 00:20:18,760 --> 00:20:21,012 Well, I’m bidding on a painting. Hey, I could use your help. 383 00:20:21,095 --> 00:20:23,681 Oh, well, not right now, Charlie. Later. 384 00:20:23,765 --> 00:20:26,267 -Excuse me. -[Giles] $25,000? $30,000? 385 00:20:26,351 --> 00:20:27,810 Do I have $30,000? 386 00:20:28,061 --> 00:20:29,646 Thank you, ladies and gentlemen. 387 00:20:29,729 --> 00:20:32,065 In the room, I have $30,000. $30,000? 388 00:20:32,732 --> 00:20:34,901 -$32,000. I have $32,000 there. -Can you see? 389 00:20:34,984 --> 00:20:36,527 Is it Mr. Wesker running up the price? 390 00:20:36,611 --> 00:20:38,613 [Giles] 33? $32,000. $32,000. 391 00:20:39,030 --> 00:20:42,951 -[whispering] I can’t tell. -I have 32,000. $32,000. 392 00:20:43,242 --> 00:20:44,869 $33,000. 33. 393 00:20:45,328 --> 00:20:48,831 34. 34. 34 on my left. 394 00:20:48,915 --> 00:20:50,959 -Here goes my limit. -Okay. 395 00:20:51,584 --> 00:20:54,504 $35,000. 35. 35. 396 00:20:54,587 --> 00:20:56,130 Last call. Fair warning then. 397 00:20:56,214 --> 00:20:59,133 With you, $35,000. 398 00:20:59,217 --> 00:21:00,843 Sold to Mrs. Fletcher. 399 00:21:04,931 --> 00:21:07,684 And the next item is lot number 436, 400 00:21:07,767 --> 00:21:09,936 Arrangement in Grey and Red. 401 00:21:10,019 --> 00:21:13,064 American Contemporary, oil on canvas, by Angus Neville. 402 00:21:13,147 --> 00:21:17,902 And I suggest we open this at $25,000. 403 00:21:17,986 --> 00:21:19,988 25? 25. 404 00:21:20,071 --> 00:21:21,823 25, 25, $27,000? 405 00:21:21,906 --> 00:21:23,950 Thirty! 406 00:21:24,033 --> 00:21:25,618 [Giles] $30,000. I have $30,000 here. Thank you, Sir. 407 00:21:25,702 --> 00:21:27,537 35. 35. $40,000. 408 00:21:27,620 --> 00:21:30,289 $40,000. $40,000. 50. 409 00:21:30,373 --> 00:21:32,750 -$70,000. -[Giles] $70,000. 410 00:21:32,834 --> 00:21:36,254 $70,000. 70? 70? 70? 70? In the rooms. 411 00:21:36,337 --> 00:21:37,463 Eighty. 412 00:21:37,547 --> 00:21:39,215 80. $80,000. I have $80,000. 413 00:21:39,298 --> 00:21:40,842 Thank you very much, Sir. 80? 80? 80? 414 00:21:40,925 --> 00:21:42,468 Make it 100 grand. 415 00:21:42,552 --> 00:21:45,013 $100,000. I have $100,000. 416 00:21:45,096 --> 00:21:48,224 -That’s all she wrote. -[Giles] $100,000? $100,000? 417 00:21:48,307 --> 00:21:49,684 -105. -105. 418 00:21:49,767 --> 00:21:53,021 $105,000. With you, Sir, 105. 419 00:21:53,104 --> 00:21:55,606 105. Fair warning. It’s gonna be sold. 420 00:21:55,690 --> 00:21:58,776 $105,000. 105. 421 00:21:58,860 --> 00:22:02,780 Does the bidder in the second row mean to bid $400,000? 422 00:22:04,073 --> 00:22:05,616 Very well, fair warning then. 423 00:22:05,700 --> 00:22:08,036 $400,000. Sold. 424 00:22:08,119 --> 00:22:11,539 $400,000 to Mr. Charles Garrett. 425 00:22:22,216 --> 00:22:24,427 Yeah, where did you find this idiot Garrett anyway? 426 00:22:24,510 --> 00:22:25,970 I’ll kill him! 427 00:22:27,555 --> 00:22:29,474 Look, is there any chance that you can get that money? 428 00:22:29,557 --> 00:22:32,560 What? What, if you can’t come up with the other $300,000, 429 00:22:32,643 --> 00:22:34,520 where the hell do you think I’m gonna find that kind of money? 430 00:22:35,396 --> 00:22:37,857 I want this painting, Milt. Do you understand? 431 00:22:39,609 --> 00:22:41,194 Look, I gotta go. 432 00:22:44,030 --> 00:22:46,115 All in all, a successful evening. 433 00:22:46,199 --> 00:22:47,325 Yes, it was. 434 00:22:47,408 --> 00:22:49,202 With a few surprises. 435 00:22:49,994 --> 00:22:52,038 You mean the Angus Neville painting? 436 00:22:53,289 --> 00:22:55,666 I’ve just had calls from a pair of our regular customers 437 00:22:55,750 --> 00:22:57,376 who were bidding on the Angus Neville. 438 00:22:57,752 --> 00:23:00,213 Van Eyck in Amsterdam, Sinclair in London. 439 00:23:00,296 --> 00:23:03,382 They both said you put them on hold and suddenly, they were disconnected. 440 00:23:04,717 --> 00:23:05,843 They were very unhappy 441 00:23:05,927 --> 00:23:08,429 until I told them the selling price. 442 00:23:08,513 --> 00:23:10,264 They weren’t prepared to go that high. 443 00:23:11,474 --> 00:23:12,809 I’m sorry, Giles. 444 00:23:13,601 --> 00:23:14,852 Oh, I’m sure. 445 00:23:15,937 --> 00:23:17,063 Curious, though. 446 00:23:18,272 --> 00:23:20,691 The bidding for that item also seemed to have a profound effect 447 00:23:20,775 --> 00:23:23,903 on Lawrence Mezznou, Felix Wesker. 448 00:23:24,987 --> 00:23:26,823 Well, I wouldn’t know anything about that. 449 00:23:27,198 --> 00:23:28,825 Mmm-hmm. 450 00:23:28,908 --> 00:23:31,285 Well, the good news is, we can meet next month’s rent. 451 00:23:33,955 --> 00:23:36,332 -Good night. -Good night. 452 00:23:39,210 --> 00:23:41,129 I’m afraid your client is right. 453 00:23:41,212 --> 00:23:43,422 You are liable for the entire amount. 454 00:23:43,506 --> 00:23:45,508 -400,000 bucks? -Yes. 455 00:23:45,591 --> 00:23:48,719 And the gallery’s commission, plus legal fees, if any. 456 00:23:48,803 --> 00:23:51,389 On top of that, he wants his money back, all of it. 457 00:23:51,848 --> 00:23:53,850 How could I have been so dumb? 458 00:23:53,933 --> 00:23:56,978 And his anonymous buyer can’t come up with it? 459 00:23:57,228 --> 00:24:00,940 Or won’t. Either way, I’m definitely up the mall without a credit card. 460 00:24:02,358 --> 00:24:03,359 Which reminds me, 461 00:24:03,442 --> 00:24:05,987 this is a very expensive restaurant. 462 00:24:06,779 --> 00:24:08,990 Don’t worry about that, Jessica. I’ve got that covered. 463 00:24:09,073 --> 00:24:10,658 [waiter] Excuse me. 464 00:24:11,159 --> 00:24:12,451 Mr. Garrett, there’s a phone call for you 465 00:24:12,535 --> 00:24:13,828 on the house phone near the restrooms. 466 00:24:13,911 --> 00:24:15,830 -For me? -Yes, Sir. 467 00:24:15,997 --> 00:24:18,040 Nobody knows I’m here. 468 00:24:18,124 --> 00:24:20,877 The gentleman asked for Mr. Charles Garrett, dining with Mrs. Fletcher. 469 00:24:20,960 --> 00:24:22,545 -You’re sure? -Yes, Sir. 470 00:24:22,628 --> 00:24:25,882 Huh. Look, put this on Mr. Solomon’s account, 471 00:24:25,965 --> 00:24:29,302 -And write in a nice tip for yourself. -Thank you. 472 00:24:38,519 --> 00:24:39,937 Yeah. Hello? 473 00:24:40,021 --> 00:24:42,148 Thank you for taking my call, Mr. Garrett. 474 00:24:43,983 --> 00:24:47,153 Regrettably, either Angus Neville failed to convey to you 475 00:24:47,236 --> 00:24:50,489 the sincerity of my warning not to bid on his painting, 476 00:24:51,365 --> 00:24:53,326 or you chose to ignore it. 477 00:24:53,659 --> 00:24:56,329 You talking about the painter? He never said anything. 478 00:24:56,746 --> 00:24:58,289 Hey, look, pal, don’t crowd me, huh? 479 00:24:58,623 --> 00:25:01,042 [grunts] [Jessica] Mr. Mezznou. 480 00:25:01,125 --> 00:25:04,712 I suggest that you both leave immediately, or I’ll call the police. 481 00:25:13,930 --> 00:25:15,723 Oh! 482 00:26:03,104 --> 00:26:04,230 Yes. 483 00:26:10,611 --> 00:26:12,321 [Charlie] You know, Jessica, you seem 484 00:26:12,405 --> 00:26:14,156 pretty well-connected in this art business. 485 00:26:14,573 --> 00:26:16,409 You know anything about this Angus Neville, 486 00:26:16,492 --> 00:26:19,036 the guy who painted Arrangement in Grey and Red? 487 00:26:19,120 --> 00:26:21,872 No, but that fellow Mezznou’s companion, 488 00:26:21,956 --> 00:26:24,667 the guy who hit you, he had a gun. 489 00:26:24,750 --> 00:26:26,544 -You’re kidding. -Mmm-mmm. 490 00:26:26,627 --> 00:26:28,421 Now, you knew that, Charlie. 491 00:26:28,504 --> 00:26:31,007 Now, you and I both know 492 00:26:31,090 --> 00:26:33,634 that there is something about that picture that isn’t quite right. 493 00:26:34,552 --> 00:26:36,762 You know, it’s getting late, and I gotta run. 494 00:26:36,846 --> 00:26:40,224 I got a very heavy day tomorrow trying to come up with all that scratch. 495 00:26:40,308 --> 00:26:42,226 Look, Charlie, slow down. 496 00:26:42,310 --> 00:26:45,229 And besides, you know, Mezznou and that Felix what’s-his-name... 497 00:26:45,313 --> 00:26:47,023 -Wesker. -Yeah. 498 00:26:47,106 --> 00:26:49,525 They had their faces fixed on buying that turkey, 499 00:26:49,608 --> 00:26:51,736 and I took it away from them. 500 00:26:51,819 --> 00:26:54,196 -They’ll get over it. -I’ll call you before I leave for Chicago. 501 00:27:10,212 --> 00:27:11,589 [knock on door] 502 00:27:21,015 --> 00:27:23,851 Hey, look, if it’s about my painting... 503 00:27:23,934 --> 00:27:25,394 No! [screams] 504 00:27:37,740 --> 00:27:39,992 [Unger] And naturally, the victim, 505 00:27:40,076 --> 00:27:41,827 he had to have been at an art auction with maybe 506 00:27:41,911 --> 00:27:44,038 100,000 people I’ve gotta talk to. 507 00:27:44,288 --> 00:27:46,707 Anyway, thanks for coming over. 508 00:27:46,791 --> 00:27:49,585 When I heard you were there, I figured that makes one less person 509 00:27:49,668 --> 00:27:51,504 I’ve gotta track down. 510 00:27:51,587 --> 00:27:54,131 Well, I expected you to be halfway to Niagara Falls. 511 00:27:54,215 --> 00:27:56,801 Yeah. The call came in just as we were leaving. 512 00:27:56,884 --> 00:27:58,761 Arlene’s flying up. 513 00:27:58,844 --> 00:28:01,639 I’ll join her there in a couple of months if I’m lucky. 514 00:28:01,722 --> 00:28:04,934 The officer at the door said that it looked like a burglary-homicide. 515 00:28:05,017 --> 00:28:06,811 Well, at first glance, yeah. 516 00:28:06,894 --> 00:28:08,896 Perpetrator cleaned out the victim’s wallet, 517 00:28:08,979 --> 00:28:10,856 wristwatch, et cetera, cabinets rifled. 518 00:28:10,940 --> 00:28:13,275 But there’s no sign of forced entry. 519 00:28:13,359 --> 00:28:16,445 Now, the 911 call came in at 2:15 a.m. 520 00:28:16,529 --> 00:28:18,739 a neighbor heard some thumping noises. 521 00:28:18,823 --> 00:28:20,741 Preliminary indicates he was stabbed through the heart. 522 00:28:20,825 --> 00:28:22,743 Now, this individual, you said, 523 00:28:22,827 --> 00:28:25,162 bought the victim’s painting last night... 524 00:28:25,246 --> 00:28:28,207 looks like maybe a painting was cut off this canvas stretcher, Sergeant. 525 00:28:28,290 --> 00:28:30,459 It’s hard to tell if it was recent. 526 00:28:30,543 --> 00:28:32,294 Hmm, that’s old wood. 527 00:28:32,378 --> 00:28:34,588 And I found this on the floor. Looks like a phone number. 528 00:28:34,672 --> 00:28:37,049 And I just heard from Downtown. 529 00:28:37,133 --> 00:28:40,428 There was a theft last night at the Greylight Auction Galleries. 530 00:28:40,511 --> 00:28:43,389 Only item stolen was a painting by the decedent. 531 00:28:43,472 --> 00:28:46,892 Something called Arrangement in Grey and Red. 532 00:28:46,976 --> 00:28:51,063 -About 1:45 a.m., they took it. -What? 533 00:28:51,147 --> 00:28:53,858 Well, that’s the painting that Mr. Garrett bought. 534 00:28:53,941 --> 00:28:56,277 Mac, check out that phone number 535 00:28:56,360 --> 00:28:57,945 and this canvas stretcher against that stolen painting. 536 00:28:58,028 --> 00:29:00,698 Okay. 537 00:29:00,781 --> 00:29:04,160 Anyway, you happen to know this Garrett’s first name? 538 00:29:05,327 --> 00:29:06,620 Charles. 539 00:29:07,455 --> 00:29:10,708 Charles Garrett. I ran into a guy by that name once 540 00:29:10,791 --> 00:29:13,335 on an extradition from Chicago. 541 00:29:13,419 --> 00:29:15,713 Not the kind of bozo you’d ever have anything to do with. 542 00:29:18,048 --> 00:29:21,051 Jessica, you’re kidding. 543 00:29:21,760 --> 00:29:23,220 That Charles Garrett? 544 00:29:28,851 --> 00:29:31,604 [Reggie] Pete, Jessica recognized the security code. 545 00:29:31,687 --> 00:29:35,483 It’s just a matter of time until they find your fingerprints on that paper. 546 00:29:35,566 --> 00:29:37,902 But how did it get into Angus Neville’s studio? 547 00:29:37,985 --> 00:29:39,987 Well, thanks. 548 00:29:41,405 --> 00:29:44,241 Here are the new photos. What do you think? 549 00:29:45,242 --> 00:29:47,870 Oh! They’re great. 550 00:29:48,329 --> 00:29:51,165 I’m going for it. I think everything will be okay. 551 00:29:51,248 --> 00:29:54,627 But why all the sudden confidence? 552 00:29:54,710 --> 00:29:57,338 I was wrong, and you were right. 553 00:29:57,421 --> 00:30:00,674 We have to begin living our lives now, and the money will come. 554 00:30:00,758 --> 00:30:03,636 Fantastic. 555 00:30:04,220 --> 00:30:08,766 Now, about the previous owners of the Conan Doyle journal? 556 00:30:08,849 --> 00:30:11,560 Jessica wanted to know if you were able to speak to any of them. 557 00:30:11,644 --> 00:30:13,395 Oh, no luck. 558 00:30:13,479 --> 00:30:15,397 The phone numbers in the computer, 559 00:30:15,481 --> 00:30:17,816 two in Manhattan, one in Queens, are stale, 560 00:30:17,900 --> 00:30:21,862 and there aren’t any current listings in any of the five borough phone books. 561 00:30:21,946 --> 00:30:23,989 So it’s like they left town or disappeared. 562 00:30:24,073 --> 00:30:26,033 Those printouts you showed us, were you able to find out 563 00:30:26,116 --> 00:30:27,952 what the "T" next to any of those names meant? 564 00:30:28,035 --> 00:30:30,037 Yeah, it means that they weren’t at the auction. 565 00:30:30,120 --> 00:30:31,205 They just phoned in their bids. 566 00:30:33,374 --> 00:30:35,334 [Giles] Absolutely, Mrs. Foster. 567 00:30:35,417 --> 00:30:37,920 Yes, I understand completely, 568 00:30:38,003 --> 00:30:40,089 and I assure you, our security will be tighter than ever. 569 00:30:40,172 --> 00:30:43,384 [door opens] What? Oh, I can be there... 570 00:30:43,467 --> 00:30:47,179 it’s 2:55. Yeah, I can be there in half an hour. 571 00:30:48,138 --> 00:30:50,057 Yes, splendid. And goodbye. 572 00:30:50,140 --> 00:30:54,144 [sighs] That was yet another client I had to talk out of withdrawing her collection 573 00:30:54,228 --> 00:30:55,646 from our next auction. 574 00:30:56,146 --> 00:31:00,484 Oh, uh, here’s that list of unsolved art thefts you asked for. 575 00:31:01,443 --> 00:31:03,571 I don’t suppose you care to give me a hint 576 00:31:03,654 --> 00:31:05,322 as to how that mind of yours is working. 577 00:31:05,406 --> 00:31:09,410 -Not just yet, Giles. Thank you. -Right. 578 00:31:09,994 --> 00:31:12,371 How do we know that you didn’t kill Angus 579 00:31:12,454 --> 00:31:14,248 and take the painting for yourself? 580 00:31:14,331 --> 00:31:16,500 Darling, I understand how upset you are, 581 00:31:16,584 --> 00:31:18,877 so I’ll discount the fact that you could even think such a thing. 582 00:31:18,961 --> 00:31:21,005 Yeah, well, if you didn’t do it, then Garrett did. 583 00:31:21,088 --> 00:31:24,341 And if the police get to him... 584 00:31:24,425 --> 00:31:26,510 if the police get to him, then you’re gonna look 585 00:31:26,594 --> 00:31:29,138 -an awful lot like an accomplice. -Along with you. 586 00:31:29,221 --> 00:31:32,933 [chuckles] That’s where you’re wrong, Milt, darling. 587 00:31:36,353 --> 00:31:39,273 Disappointed? You don’t understand, Mr. Wesker. 588 00:31:39,356 --> 00:31:42,359 I’m... I’m... I’m crushed. 589 00:31:42,443 --> 00:31:44,612 I loved Arrangement in Grey and Red. 590 00:31:44,695 --> 00:31:47,823 -It spoke to me. -I’m sure. 591 00:31:47,906 --> 00:31:51,785 Look, Garrett, I’m not about to discuss Angus or his painting. 592 00:31:51,952 --> 00:31:54,997 I know nothing about this Mezznou fellow, and I have work to do, 593 00:31:55,080 --> 00:31:57,124 -so if you’ll excuse me. -Wait a minute. Uh... 594 00:31:58,834 --> 00:32:01,128 suppose I told you that I could lay my hands on 595 00:32:01,211 --> 00:32:02,921 Arrangement in Grey and Red. 596 00:32:03,005 --> 00:32:04,882 What’d it be worth to you? 597 00:32:04,965 --> 00:32:07,635 Zero, friend. Bupkis. 598 00:32:07,718 --> 00:32:11,138 Bupkis? You wanted it pretty badly last night. 599 00:32:11,221 --> 00:32:13,766 Well, that was before people started getting murdered. 600 00:32:13,849 --> 00:32:16,101 Besides, look around you at all these Angus Nevilles. 601 00:32:16,477 --> 00:32:17,978 Now that he’s dead, 602 00:32:18,062 --> 00:32:20,314 the price of his work is going to go through the roof. 603 00:32:20,814 --> 00:32:23,442 Garrett, I don’t know what your agenda is, but... 604 00:32:23,525 --> 00:32:25,194 I’ve been wondering about that myself, 605 00:32:25,486 --> 00:32:27,821 and you’re about to satisfy my curiosity. 606 00:32:28,155 --> 00:32:31,367 Wait a minute, don’t I know you? Sunger, bunger, uh... 607 00:32:31,450 --> 00:32:33,661 -Unger. -Right. 608 00:32:33,744 --> 00:32:36,580 Now, where was it? 63rd and Stony Island. 609 00:32:36,789 --> 00:32:39,249 You were having trouble trying to arrest some poor schlub 610 00:32:39,333 --> 00:32:41,335 who’d locked himself in the back of your car. 611 00:32:41,418 --> 00:32:42,795 That’s enough, Garrett. 612 00:32:43,337 --> 00:32:46,090 Come on, there’s a lot of questions you’re gonna have to answer. 613 00:32:46,298 --> 00:32:47,716 Yeah? Like what? 614 00:32:47,800 --> 00:32:51,261 Like how a guy with 247 bucks in his checking account 615 00:32:51,345 --> 00:32:54,723 can afford to buy a painting for 400 large, 616 00:32:54,932 --> 00:32:58,310 like where you were between 2:00 and 5:00 this morning, 617 00:32:58,560 --> 00:33:00,938 and like how the hell a lady like Jessica Fletcher 618 00:33:01,021 --> 00:33:02,940 ever got involved with you. 619 00:33:03,399 --> 00:33:04,692 All right, let’s go. 620 00:33:11,990 --> 00:33:13,158 [Jessica] There it is. 621 00:33:13,242 --> 00:33:15,953 Now, this one died five years ago, 622 00:33:16,036 --> 00:33:18,247 and that’s why you couldn’t locate them. 623 00:33:21,542 --> 00:33:24,044 The last three people who owned the Conan Doyle journal 624 00:33:24,128 --> 00:33:26,714 were all dead when they bought it. 625 00:33:26,797 --> 00:33:28,215 Well, I don’t understand. 626 00:33:28,757 --> 00:33:30,634 I think I’m beginning to. 627 00:33:33,595 --> 00:33:36,098 Pete, look. Kenneth Rundle’s obituary. 628 00:33:36,181 --> 00:33:39,727 Ah, the guy whose wife put Angus Neville’s painting up for auction. 629 00:33:39,810 --> 00:33:40,894 Exactly. 630 00:33:41,437 --> 00:33:44,231 You know, we may have stumbled onto something far more important 631 00:33:44,314 --> 00:33:47,443 than my concerns over Mr. Doyle’s journal. 632 00:33:48,152 --> 00:33:49,278 According to this, 633 00:33:50,362 --> 00:33:52,698 Mr. Rundle was never married. 634 00:34:00,372 --> 00:34:02,332 Mr. Dunning, you got a minute? 635 00:34:02,416 --> 00:34:05,461 -Sergeant Unger. -Oh, yeah. Sure. 636 00:34:05,544 --> 00:34:07,254 -Here, honey. -Huh? 637 00:34:07,337 --> 00:34:09,131 Could you go get the car, please? 638 00:34:09,214 --> 00:34:10,549 Yeah. Sure. 639 00:34:11,175 --> 00:34:13,302 Is there something I can do for you, Sergeant? 640 00:34:13,886 --> 00:34:15,137 Yeah, there is. 641 00:34:15,220 --> 00:34:17,222 You can explain to me what you were doing 642 00:34:17,306 --> 00:34:19,391 in Angus Neville’s studio last night. 643 00:34:19,725 --> 00:34:21,977 Oh. Oh, the security code numbers. 644 00:34:22,060 --> 00:34:24,188 -Bingo. -Ah. 645 00:34:24,271 --> 00:34:27,149 -I was gonna call you. -Sure, you were. 646 00:34:27,232 --> 00:34:29,401 No. Really, really. I’ve been tied up all day. 647 00:34:29,485 --> 00:34:31,904 I have never been to Angus’ studio. 648 00:34:32,780 --> 00:34:34,740 What do you do here 649 00:34:34,823 --> 00:34:36,950 at the auction gallery, Mr. Dunning? 650 00:34:37,034 --> 00:34:40,996 Yeah. Anything, everything. It’s just my day job. 651 00:34:41,079 --> 00:34:44,833 My real career is photography. But listen, Sergeant... 652 00:34:44,917 --> 00:34:46,960 Must be a tough row to hoe, huh? 653 00:34:47,044 --> 00:34:48,837 Hanging around all those zillionaires, 654 00:34:48,921 --> 00:34:50,464 schlepping million-dollar paintings 655 00:34:50,547 --> 00:34:52,508 for what, 20 bucks an hour? 656 00:34:52,800 --> 00:34:54,218 Ten. 657 00:34:54,301 --> 00:34:57,679 Pete. You gave me the house key by mistake. 658 00:34:57,763 --> 00:34:59,223 Oh. 659 00:35:00,933 --> 00:35:03,519 -You nervous, Mr. Dunning? -No. 660 00:35:03,602 --> 00:35:05,395 Don’t make any travel plans, okay? 661 00:35:07,105 --> 00:35:08,398 Goodbye. 662 00:35:08,482 --> 00:35:09,650 Bye. 663 00:35:10,526 --> 00:35:12,903 Hey, it’s... it’s okay. 664 00:35:14,404 --> 00:35:16,740 [Jessica] A murder, an old stretcher, 665 00:35:16,824 --> 00:35:19,952 a new painting, a dead, unmarried art collector 666 00:35:20,035 --> 00:35:22,204 whose nonexistent widow puts it up for sale, 667 00:35:22,287 --> 00:35:25,833 a lot of people very interested in bidding on it. 668 00:35:26,500 --> 00:35:28,710 And then, that report of unsolved art thefts 669 00:35:28,794 --> 00:35:31,171 that Giles Havelock got for me. 670 00:35:31,255 --> 00:35:34,466 Now, it’s called The Dancing Class. 671 00:35:34,550 --> 00:35:38,303 The dimensions are identical to Arrangement in Grey and Red. 672 00:35:39,054 --> 00:35:40,889 Hmm. 673 00:35:40,973 --> 00:35:44,810 Stolen two years ago from the Brinfield collection right here in Manhattan. 674 00:35:44,893 --> 00:35:48,814 Charlie, are you certain that you had no idea? 675 00:35:49,022 --> 00:35:52,150 Well, I mean, of course I knew that there was something twisted. 676 00:35:52,234 --> 00:35:56,029 I mean, after all, you got Milt Solomon, Mezznou, this Wesker fellow. 677 00:35:56,113 --> 00:35:59,241 I mean, they all had to know. I was just the patsy. 678 00:35:59,741 --> 00:36:02,327 Now, tell me about the painting, this dee-gas. 679 00:36:02,411 --> 00:36:03,787 Degas. 680 00:36:04,246 --> 00:36:06,915 Whatever. It’s worth a bundle, right? 681 00:36:07,332 --> 00:36:09,126 Well, according to my friend at The Daily Chronicle, 682 00:36:09,209 --> 00:36:10,544 even on the black market, 683 00:36:10,627 --> 00:36:12,421 it can bring upwards of four million. 684 00:36:12,504 --> 00:36:14,423 Four million? 685 00:36:14,506 --> 00:36:16,550 That’s a lot of money. 686 00:36:17,509 --> 00:36:19,595 Uh, Charlie, wait. 687 00:36:19,678 --> 00:36:22,472 You don’t really intend to try trafficking in stolen goods 688 00:36:22,556 --> 00:36:24,975 instead of doing the honorable thing. 689 00:36:25,058 --> 00:36:28,353 Jessica, I mean, it’s hard to walk away from that kind of dough. 690 00:36:28,854 --> 00:36:30,898 No. I am not going to look the other way 691 00:36:30,981 --> 00:36:34,318 -while you chase after one more brass ring -But... 692 00:36:34,401 --> 00:36:36,528 and very likely get yourself killed in the bargain. 693 00:36:36,612 --> 00:36:38,864 Now, before we go to the police, 694 00:36:38,947 --> 00:36:42,075 are you sure you’ve been truthful with me about everything? 695 00:36:42,159 --> 00:36:45,203 -Absolutely. I... -That’s very reassuring, Mr. Garrett, 696 00:36:46,121 --> 00:36:50,125 because I can assume that what you have told Felix Wesker is accurate-- 697 00:36:50,751 --> 00:36:52,002 That you do indeed 698 00:36:52,085 --> 00:36:56,048 know the whereabouts of Arrangement in Grey and Red, 699 00:36:56,131 --> 00:36:57,966 or if you prefer, 700 00:36:58,050 --> 00:37:00,427 Edgar Degas’ The Dancing Class. 701 00:37:01,386 --> 00:37:03,931 Now I submit that it will be unfortunate 702 00:37:04,014 --> 00:37:05,891 for you, and Mrs. Fletcher, 703 00:37:06,725 --> 00:37:11,104 if you do not share this information with me, right now. 704 00:37:20,948 --> 00:37:23,283 Now wait a minute. 705 00:37:23,367 --> 00:37:25,369 You think I did Angus Neville and stole the painting? 706 00:37:25,452 --> 00:37:27,079 Huh! What are you, out of your mind? 707 00:37:27,162 --> 00:37:28,956 I was scamming Felix Wesker. 708 00:37:29,039 --> 00:37:31,792 I haven’t the foggiest idea where that painting is. 709 00:37:31,875 --> 00:37:35,629 You are going to take us there, Mr. Garrett, now. 710 00:37:35,712 --> 00:37:38,632 Charlie, at the risk of saying, "I told you so," 711 00:37:38,715 --> 00:37:41,134 do you see what playing fast and loose with the truth has finally got you into? 712 00:37:41,218 --> 00:37:42,928 But, Jessica, I really don’t know where the picture is. 713 00:37:43,011 --> 00:37:46,348 Mr. Mezznou, you don’t expect me to sit here while... 714 00:37:46,431 --> 00:37:48,308 It was your choice, Madame, 715 00:37:48,392 --> 00:37:51,311 and it probably’ll be the last one you’ll ever make. 716 00:37:51,395 --> 00:37:54,272 [exclaims in disgust] 717 00:37:54,356 --> 00:37:57,484 How disgusting! I’ve never seen anything... 718 00:37:57,567 --> 00:37:58,777 Waiter. 719 00:37:58,860 --> 00:38:00,362 Mrs. Fletcher, what’s wrong? 720 00:38:00,445 --> 00:38:02,364 There’s a creature in my soup. 721 00:38:02,447 --> 00:38:05,033 Excuse me. Jessica, that was brilliant. 722 00:38:05,117 --> 00:38:08,328 Now, where are we going? Not to the police, I hope, not for a while. 723 00:38:08,412 --> 00:38:10,455 Charlie, that’s exactly where we’re going. 724 00:38:10,539 --> 00:38:12,624 Ah, Mrs. Fletcher, Mr. Garrett. 725 00:38:13,125 --> 00:38:15,210 You’ve got an awful lot of explaining to do. 726 00:38:15,293 --> 00:38:17,671 I’m Special Agent Karla Nemeth, FBI. 727 00:38:17,754 --> 00:38:20,424 Lady, you’ve got some explaining to do yourself. 728 00:38:21,383 --> 00:38:23,677 Still keeping bad company, Jessica. 729 00:38:23,760 --> 00:38:26,722 -Sergeant, we were on our way to see you. -[Unger] Sure, you were. 730 00:38:26,930 --> 00:38:29,599 Garrett, you’re under arrest for complicity 731 00:38:29,683 --> 00:38:30,851 in the theft of a Degas painting, 732 00:38:30,934 --> 00:38:33,520 not to mention very likely murdering Angus Neville. 733 00:38:33,770 --> 00:38:36,106 And you, Jessica, if we weren’t friends, 734 00:38:36,440 --> 00:38:39,151 you’d be looking at a possible charge of obstruction of justice. 735 00:38:39,234 --> 00:38:41,653 -Oh. -[officer] Let’s go. 736 00:38:48,285 --> 00:38:51,038 Kenneth Rundle was a known international art thief. 737 00:38:51,121 --> 00:38:53,832 Our office recognized him from his obituary photograph. 738 00:38:53,915 --> 00:38:55,417 -Ah, it’s the one you showed me. -Mmm. 739 00:38:55,500 --> 00:38:57,711 We got a warrant to search Rundle’s apartment. 740 00:38:57,794 --> 00:39:00,630 I took one look at the proportions of Arrangement in Grey and Red, 741 00:39:00,714 --> 00:39:02,257 and guessed the truth, so we had it x-rayed. 742 00:39:02,340 --> 00:39:04,301 And you found the Degas underneath. 743 00:39:04,384 --> 00:39:07,721 -So Agent Nemeth... -Yeah, I’ll handle this, Sergeant. 744 00:39:08,180 --> 00:39:09,681 I posed as Rundle’s wife, 745 00:39:10,057 --> 00:39:12,059 and put it in Felix Wesker’s gallery for a few weeks 746 00:39:12,142 --> 00:39:13,977 to see who we could smoke out. 747 00:39:14,519 --> 00:39:16,938 When nobody bit, we decided to put it up for auction. 748 00:39:17,022 --> 00:39:20,442 We heard that Rundle had double-crossed his partners in crime. 749 00:39:20,525 --> 00:39:23,820 -Mr. Mezznou and Orlando. -Yes, and apparently, 750 00:39:23,904 --> 00:39:26,531 they were in bed with your friend here and his so-called client. 751 00:39:26,615 --> 00:39:28,325 Oh, come on, lady, give me a break. 752 00:39:28,992 --> 00:39:30,869 You’re as far out in left field as this guy. 753 00:39:30,952 --> 00:39:33,205 -[whispers] Charlie! -Sergeant, getting back to business, 754 00:39:33,288 --> 00:39:35,290 we got a lot of questions to ask this man. 755 00:39:35,373 --> 00:39:36,708 So when are you going to be finished with him? 756 00:39:36,792 --> 00:39:38,627 I’ll let you know, Agent Nemeth. 757 00:39:39,544 --> 00:39:42,339 Meanwhile, this is my case, my collar, 758 00:39:42,422 --> 00:39:45,926 and I want you out of here, now. 759 00:39:46,009 --> 00:39:48,762 [woman chattering on P.A.] Mrs. Fletcher. 760 00:39:48,845 --> 00:39:51,598 Telephone, Sergeant. 761 00:39:52,641 --> 00:39:53,683 Yeah. 762 00:39:53,767 --> 00:39:56,061 [man] Sergeant, the waitress confirmed Garrett’s alibi. 763 00:39:56,144 --> 00:39:58,105 [sighs] 764 00:39:58,188 --> 00:40:00,899 All right, thanks. And keep looking for the murder weapon. 765 00:40:02,275 --> 00:40:03,610 Okay, Garrett. 766 00:40:04,069 --> 00:40:06,613 The waitress in the all-night coffee shop confirms your alibi. 767 00:40:06,988 --> 00:40:08,406 Didn’t I tell you? 768 00:40:08,490 --> 00:40:11,952 She said that waiting on you was like time stood still for her. 769 00:40:12,327 --> 00:40:15,080 -[Charlie] Yeah? -Yeah. 770 00:40:15,163 --> 00:40:18,917 She said she’ll never forget pouring you six cups of coffee for a 20-cent tip. 771 00:40:20,669 --> 00:40:22,754 Get him out of here, Jessica. 772 00:40:24,381 --> 00:40:26,133 Time stood still. 773 00:40:26,216 --> 00:40:28,510 Jessica, what are you talking about? 774 00:40:28,593 --> 00:40:31,471 I think I know where to find the painting and who murdered Angus Neville. 775 00:40:31,721 --> 00:40:34,641 Really? Aren’t you gonna let me in on it? 776 00:40:34,724 --> 00:40:37,394 [sighs] I don’t think I can trust you, Charlie. 777 00:40:55,328 --> 00:40:57,956 Jessica? 778 00:40:58,498 --> 00:41:01,751 Charlie, you were supposed to go and find Sergeant Unger. 779 00:41:01,835 --> 00:41:05,797 Yeah, I know I was, but fortunately, my better judgment kicked in. 780 00:41:05,881 --> 00:41:09,384 Anyway, you weren’t being that straight with me. 781 00:41:09,467 --> 00:41:12,554 Well, with good reason, obviously, Charlie. 782 00:41:13,263 --> 00:41:14,848 The truth is, ever since I met you, 783 00:41:14,931 --> 00:41:17,851 I’ve been afraid that something like this would happen. 784 00:41:18,727 --> 00:41:20,353 Is there anything that I can say? 785 00:41:20,437 --> 00:41:23,064 Not this time, Jessica. The stakes are just too high. 786 00:41:23,148 --> 00:41:24,900 I must say I’m greatly relieved. 787 00:41:25,483 --> 00:41:26,860 Giles? 788 00:41:27,277 --> 00:41:28,486 Because you and Mr. Garrett are friends, 789 00:41:28,570 --> 00:41:30,197 I had serious doubts when he called me. 790 00:41:30,447 --> 00:41:32,324 I was afraid I was being set up. 791 00:41:32,407 --> 00:41:34,201 But you see, I made him an irresistible offer. 792 00:41:34,993 --> 00:41:37,662 Half of everything in exchange for keeping my mouth shut. 793 00:41:38,205 --> 00:41:40,624 I’ll probably hate myself, Jessica, but... 794 00:41:40,957 --> 00:41:42,083 Charlie. 795 00:41:42,167 --> 00:41:44,419 You can’t trust him. He’s a murderer. 796 00:41:45,045 --> 00:41:47,839 That’s a rather outrageous thing to say, Jessica. 797 00:41:48,131 --> 00:41:49,382 And quite untrue. 798 00:41:49,925 --> 00:41:51,676 Well, not really, Giles. 799 00:41:52,052 --> 00:41:55,889 When I stopped in here earlier today, you were on the phone. 800 00:41:57,307 --> 00:41:58,433 It’s now 2:55. 801 00:41:58,516 --> 00:42:00,644 I can be there in half an hour. 802 00:42:00,727 --> 00:42:03,563 And yet, your clock said 2:37, 803 00:42:03,647 --> 00:42:05,315 just as it does now. 804 00:42:05,690 --> 00:42:08,944 At the time, I simply assumed it was a few minutes slow. 805 00:42:09,277 --> 00:42:11,071 But when Sergeant Unger mentioned the words, 806 00:42:11,488 --> 00:42:13,198 "time stood still," 807 00:42:13,281 --> 00:42:16,201 I remembered that the pendulum wasn’t moving and realized 808 00:42:16,284 --> 00:42:20,580 it had actually stopped at 2:37 this morning, 809 00:42:21,039 --> 00:42:23,625 when you returned from having murdered Angus 810 00:42:23,917 --> 00:42:25,752 and stealing Arrangement in Grey and Red, 811 00:42:25,835 --> 00:42:30,090 and inadvertently jammed the clock’s mechanism 812 00:42:30,590 --> 00:42:34,261 by concealing this inside-- 813 00:42:34,636 --> 00:42:38,640 Arrangement in Grey and Red, painted over the Degas. 814 00:42:41,685 --> 00:42:44,521 I’m impressed, Jessica. 815 00:42:46,690 --> 00:42:48,233 Yes. 816 00:42:49,025 --> 00:42:52,153 Yes, I did it. 817 00:42:54,948 --> 00:42:56,992 Garrett, what are we going to do with her? 818 00:42:57,826 --> 00:42:59,661 Well, I don’t know about you, pal, 819 00:42:59,744 --> 00:43:02,789 but I’m gonna give her a great big hug for cooking up this charade. 820 00:43:02,872 --> 00:43:06,001 And I’m placing you under arrest for murder, Mr. Havelock, 821 00:43:06,084 --> 00:43:07,877 along with grand theft. 822 00:43:08,795 --> 00:43:10,463 We have found this dagger in a dumpster 823 00:43:10,547 --> 00:43:12,340 on Third Avenue and University Place, 824 00:43:12,424 --> 00:43:14,384 one block from Neville’s studio. 825 00:43:20,473 --> 00:43:23,143 I worked late last night... 826 00:43:24,352 --> 00:43:25,729 after the auction, 827 00:43:26,688 --> 00:43:29,441 writing checks to creditors, as a matter of fact, 828 00:43:29,691 --> 00:43:33,903 in anticipation of the fat commission from this. 829 00:43:35,613 --> 00:43:39,367 Then I began thinking about Diana’s behavior, and Felix Wesker, 830 00:43:39,451 --> 00:43:43,038 Lawrence Mezznou and the ridiculous price. 831 00:43:44,122 --> 00:43:47,709 And then, your request for that list of stolen artworks. 832 00:43:48,960 --> 00:43:50,962 There was obviously more to it than met the eye. 833 00:43:52,297 --> 00:43:56,217 I let myself into the storeroom and examined the canvas. 834 00:44:01,806 --> 00:44:05,393 And then, I realized it was one of Degas’ stretchers. 835 00:44:05,477 --> 00:44:09,147 I was contemplating what to do next, when the decision was made for me. 836 00:44:19,532 --> 00:44:24,371 I watched from the shadows as Angus stole the painting. 837 00:44:29,834 --> 00:44:33,296 When he left, I came back in here, grabbed my letter opener, 838 00:44:34,672 --> 00:44:36,549 and followed him to his studio. 839 00:44:41,262 --> 00:44:45,642 Those three generations of tradition, 840 00:44:49,771 --> 00:44:53,024 they were a formidable burden, Jessica. 841 00:44:56,861 --> 00:44:58,488 It was the only way I could see to keep 842 00:44:58,571 --> 00:45:01,449 Greylight Auction Galleries from going under. 843 00:45:02,200 --> 00:45:03,368 Well, nobody’s perfect. 844 00:45:10,208 --> 00:45:13,169 Reggie, I know how the board feels, 845 00:45:13,253 --> 00:45:15,547 but I really am more convinced than ever 846 00:45:15,630 --> 00:45:17,715 that there’s something about this journal 847 00:45:17,799 --> 00:45:20,176 that is just not quite right. 848 00:45:20,260 --> 00:45:23,012 Well, the fact that Felix Wesker used dead people to bid on it 849 00:45:23,096 --> 00:45:25,432 does raise a few more questions. 850 00:45:25,515 --> 00:45:27,851 At any rate, for the moment, I really do recommend 851 00:45:27,934 --> 00:45:32,480 that the museum should stop payment on the check until we sort this thing out. 852 00:45:32,564 --> 00:45:34,065 [man on tv] ...only a few years earlier. 853 00:45:34,149 --> 00:45:37,277 Ellis island was finally closed in 1924. 854 00:45:37,360 --> 00:45:41,406 But today, restored and reopened as a national monument, 855 00:45:41,489 --> 00:45:43,825 Americans have the opportunity to once again... 856 00:45:43,908 --> 00:45:46,744 1924. That’s it! 857 00:45:46,828 --> 00:45:49,247 -That’s what’s wrong. -Of course. 858 00:45:49,330 --> 00:45:50,790 He described his visit to Ellis island. 859 00:45:50,874 --> 00:45:52,667 And the immigrants’ faces. 860 00:45:52,750 --> 00:45:55,753 And the place had already been closed for two years. 861 00:45:56,171 --> 00:45:58,465 Hmm. Well, I can’t wait to get home. 862 00:45:58,548 --> 00:46:00,884 At least with the Chicago crooks and con men, 863 00:46:00,967 --> 00:46:02,802 you can tell the good guys from the bad guys. 864 00:46:02,886 --> 00:46:06,139 Not always, Charlie.