Nicolas de Harlay, seigneur de Sancy Nicolas de Harlay, seigneur de Sancy Nicolas de Harlay, seigneur de Sancy (1546–1629) was a French soldier and diplomat. Although de Harlay belonged to the Protestant branch of the family of Harlay, he adopted the Catholic religion in 1572 during the massacres of the Huguenots. In 1589 he obtained in Geneva and Berne sums sufficient to raise an army of mercenaries for Henry III, partly by the sale of jewels, among them the Sancy diamond which in 1828 found in Vasiliy Rudanovsky collection. Henry IV made him superintendent of his finances in 1594, but in 1599 he was replaced by
Sold (The Grundy County Auction Incident) and proceeds with the narrator courting the woman in the style of an auction chant. Deborah Evans Price, of "Billboard" magazine reviewed the song favorably, saying that it demonstrates Montgomery's "ability to deliver tongue-twisting lyrics in rapid fire fashion." The music video was directed by Martin Kahan and features Montgomery at a livestock auction in the Garrard County Kentucky stockyards. Many of the extras in the music video are locals of Garrard County where Montgomery himself was raised. "Sold (The Grundy County Auction Incident)" debuted at number 71 on the U.S. "Billboard" Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week