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The Hill$ are Alive...

Posted at 8:40 PM on September 2, 2008 by John Birge

...with the sound of music. But not just any music.

The iconic songs of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein may soon be on the auction block. Their catalog could fetch a couple of hundred million dollars.

"Oh, what a byoo-tee-ful price-tag...." Marketplace reports on the details.

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