That's a nice ride; what did it cost?

His hands moved, gesturing towards the two bidders, enticing them to raise their stakes against each other, as he chanted a litany of numbers followed by “going once, going twice” only to be followed by a resounding “yup” as he turned, alternately, towards each of the two men.

Cassola regards the short form as an Aeolism (cf. Chantraine I, 161-3), which from an epic point of view would be an archaism.

If the general view is declining Coe price because supply increasing steadily, then why chiong to showroom now?