Sorry everyone, I hit the enter button too soon again.

I don't have an answer for this one. It sounds like the Brits are putting on a good show for a perspective buyer.

I just hope it's not Hilton!

60's-that's a good thought!...but I don't think it will be Hilton. Good thread, but I haven't got a clue, can't wait to read what others come up with.

60s, what if it's Duck's agency? Oooo. Imagine that.

Is it possible for Sterling-Cooper to get their autonomy back? I don't know anything about business ... I'm just saying.

Hi Greg!
Great idea! I never thought of that...let the games begin!

I heard that Betty Draper just came into a lot of cash......

Don might buy it. He has a lot of money.

I don't think Roger can/would part with whatever he has left that Jane hasn't spent already.

Bert would if he could, but I doubt even if he sold his ranch in Montana he'd have enough to make the buy himself. Don would chip in, in exchange for cancelling the contract. Perhaps sister Alice will once again come to the rescue. Or they announce of the early employee-owned company with everyone buying a piece of the business. Maybe Dr Rat Bastard will keel over and Joanie will put up his life insurance payout in exchange foronce more being manager.

I think it'll be a non-event, saved for the time between Season 3 and 4 (kinda like Roger's and Joan's weddings). We already went through the drama of the Brits buyout, this would be a repeat of the same.

@Greg, Duck's agency, Grey, is a real-life agency, and I don't know what the implications would be with that. It might be tricky. If you can recall, when Duck was introduced in Season 1, they said he came from Y&R in London (another real-life agency) but by the time the Brits came into the picture, it became the fictional PP&L.

@ A-line, it's possible, but the price has gone up, and do Roger, Bert, his sister and Don really want to spend their recently acquired wealth?

I can't remember, so please forgive, but during the phone call Lane Pryce had with St. John Powell, did Powell say there was someone already interested in buying Sterling Cooper or just that PP&L were now willing to sell if a buyer could be found? I gather the party was to call attention to Sterling Cooper's success, and to assure any potential buyer that they were not getting a pig in a poke?

I read on another talk forum something about perhaps Don is behind the scenes arranging a deal to buy back SC, maybe with Hilton...I don't know if I believe that. I think the idea that Grey might become a suitor is more plausible.

Or that's truly the end of SC and then Don and someone else become partners (perhaps he and Roger mend their rift, though I doubt it) and they take Pete, Peggy, Sal and Joan, among others to start a new firm.

IIRC Sinjin said it was for sale and they had an interested buyer but wanted all the flowers in the vase at the banquet in order to show the company off - maybe to start a bidding war with a second or third company?? As Pryce said, it would be sold to the highest bidder. The deadwood has been trimmed (staff cuts) so SC is in "move-in" condition, ripe for a quick - and, they hope - profitable takeover.

Connie won't buy the agency but... The former partners could buy back SC using a loan provided by Connie at the reasonable interest rates back then. This would be how Roger and Don begin working together again. If Pryce (for a reasonable accommodation) gives the current offer to the SC guys, they might purchase it at the lowest price.

"I say, St. John, my curiosity has been piqued. What has the bidder offered for this company now that we've improved it?"