As the bids were continued to be yelled out, she whispered, “Listen carefully. The bid is now at ten million. Normal people won’t be able to offer more than five hundred.”
I pursed my lips and sighed. There were some rules that we could never change.
The higher one rose, the more unscrupulous affairs they would witness. One wrong slip and you would end up amongst the muck, an accessory to the thugs.
Finally, an elderly person won the gold hair ornament with a bid of ten million.
Such events were common.
There was no point in being surprised.
The second item up for bid was a blood jadeite. Apparently, Robert had brought it back for his wife when he went overseas for business in the nineties.
Although this was premium jadeite, it lacked a bangle. Thus, the bid only went up to five million.
Joseph frowned and he seemed to be trying to puzzle something out.
The auction was starting to bore me, so I chatted with Stacey.
Stacey’s gaze had swept the entire auction area and took in all that there was to see.
She introduced all the artifacts to me and sighed in awe. “Wow, these are all worth tens of millions. These collectors are hoarding all these riches. Some of these items are priceless.”
I looked around and agreed with her. “If someone stole one of these, the money they would make off of it would last them for a lifetime.”
Stacey’s lips twitched and she deadpanned, “See? The items are being protected by diamond containers, and there’s two highly skilled personnel assigned to each item. There’s no way a regular person could dream of getting close to any of the items. A professional comes to do a check every five minutes as well.”
It was tough.
“The sandalwood box is here. Look!” Stacey said as she pointed towards the stage and patted me.
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