Word: vanderneut
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...Blink," went the hammer of the auctioneer. People thought distantly of Velazquez, more immediately of Mr. Sargent, and concentrated what was left of their attention upon a certain Dutchman who was present-one Vanderneut...
...Vanderneut (a quaint though unfamiliar name) because, when the hammer descended with its above-onomatopeotized concussion, the noise was no more than a polite acknowledgement from Christie's auctioneer of Mr. Vanderneut's right to pay 6,000 guineas (about $30,000) for Sargent's earnest copy of a master's struggle with difficulties...
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