"Congratulations, Mr. Ferguson!”
"Congratulations...”
Everyone seemed to be interested in this brief exchange, but it was quickly forgotten.
The third item in the auction was an astonishingly beautiful string of black pearls.
It was a vintage necklace with three 15 mm black paragon pearls that had a natural bronze hue to it. It was precious, rare, elegant, and flawless. There was not even a reference price on the market because it was shockingly expensive and rare.
The necklace was lying in the white box, emitting a cold light.
Everyone in the venue seemed to hold their breaths.
Industry experts knew that this necklace was worth a fortune.
The value even exceeded the sum of the previous two auction items!
After a moment of silence, the host smiled. "There's no starting price, so please bid freely.”
There was no question that this necklace had no marked price.
After some commotion, people began to bid one after another.
"$10 million..."
"$20 million..."
Nicole only stared at the necklace for a moment. It was impossible not to be amazed, but she also knew that even if she bought this, it would only stay on the shelves with little practical use.
What was more, Nicole did not want to come to the limelight in today’s auction.
Just as Nicole was thinking carefully, Clayton, who was beside her, suddenly raised his hand.
”$50 million."
Nicole was stunned.
Immediately after that, Eric's low voice rang out. "$70 million."
Clayton continued. "$80 million."
Eric followed. "$100 million.”
The value of this necklace was different from the last bidding contract. The last one was a moneygenerating business, and this was a collector’s item.
This necklace was already considered very expensive t o be auctioned at this price.
Clayton had no intention to be modest and surprisingly raised his hand again. “$150 million..."
Clayton lowered his head and smiled at her.
"Well, it's pretty, isn't it?"
'Just because it’s pretty?’ Nicole thought.
"$400 million..." Eric's tone was icy.
Nicole looked at Eric, whose face was glum and looked like he was determined to get what was in front of him.
The so-called price was just a string of numbers for Eric.
Seeing the two men's confrontation, Nicole could really feel their financial strength.
She looked at Clayton and thought that he was simply no match for Eric Ferguson.
Nicole hesitantly spoke, "Mr. Sloan, I don't think it's necessary to buy this..."
Clayton froze for a moment. "Do you not like it?"
Nicole was stunned. 'What does it matter if I like it or not?'
With such explicit words, Nicole was a fool if she did not understand Clayton’s intentions.
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