: During the auction at the Readford Auction House, Richard Bennett’s body falls out of a large cabinet put up for sale.
: Jessica is summoned to Boston by her old friend, actor Richard Bennett, who entrusts her with a $1 million check to secure and then destroy the diary to protect Evangeline's reputation. "Murder, She Wrote" One Good Bid Deserves a Mur...
: The episode features Hurd Hatfield (as William Readford), who starred alongside Angela Lansbury in the 1945 film The Picture of Dorian Gray . A scene where characters gaze at a full-length portrait of Evangeline pays homage to that film. : During the auction at the Readford Auction