(1) The nine-day sale reached gross receipts of $89,622,495, up 13.5% from last year, and the second-highest aggregate in the history of the vendue .(2) The Hong Kong international sale is conducted by Keeneland's experienced crew, but with a theatrical flair not seen at the Lexington vendue .(3) Next day I was put up by the vendue master to know how much I was worth, and I was valued at one hundred pounds currency.