As soon as Harris made his bid, Hans immediately followed. "Thirty thousand dollars!"
Frank snapped his fingers and said, "Thirty-one thousand dollars!"
Li Du nodded. Hans continued to bid, "Thirty-two thousand dollars!"
At this point, it was basically a three-way battle. The other treasure hunters had withdrawn from the competition.
There were several pieces of mahogany furniture in the storage unit. According to the market price, a complete set of mahogany furniture could sell for 20,000 dollars in the United States.
There were more than a dozen chairs and a few tables. If they were all real, they could sell for at least 100,000 dollars.
What troubled the treasure hunters now was that they did not dare to determine whether the items in the storage unit were real or not.
Whether they could make money or not depended on their judgment.
To make money in storage auctions, one would never rely on picking up leftovers. In other words, picking up leftovers was not the way to go in storage auctions, because it required luck.
Luck could favor you once or twice, or three or four times, but it would not always be with you.
Ever since Li Du joined the storage auction industry, he had been picking up leftovers and making money. However, his reputation was limited to Flagstaff. Later, he became famous in Phoenix because he defeated Frank and York at the Los Angeles auction.
The reason for this was that, in the eyes of the treasure hunters, he was too reliant on luck.
This time, with the mahogany furniture, luck was no longer a factor. It was more of a test of judgment.
The treasure hunters had to judge whether the furniture was real or fake, and how much it was worth, from a distance.
But most people could not judge, because mahogany furniture rarely appeared in storage auctions. It was the focus of furniture collection, but it was not popular in storage auctions.
Without being able to judge its value, the treasure hunters did not dare to bid casually. Otherwise, the price of the storage unit would have reached 100,000 dollars.
Hans was also a little hesitant. He asked, "Should we continue?"
Li Du said, "If it's less than 50,000 dollars, feel free to bid!"
Hans said in a low voice, "But what if they give up?"
Li Du said, "Then we'll take the furniture away. At most, we'll use it ourselves. Look, the furniture looks good."
Hearing this, Hans was emboldened. He raised his hand and shouted, "We'll start at 50,000 dollars!"
There was a lot of discussion in the crowd:
"50,000 dollars, d * mn 50,000 dollars, I don't even have 50,000 dollars!"
"These furniture are real? Big Li and Big Fox seem very confident! "
"God, this price is too risky. Let's wait and see. This is not our market!"
Harris asked Rick, "If we sell all this furniture, how much can we get for?"
Rick said, "One hundred thousand is no problem."
Harris said decisively, "Then bid!"
Rick hesitated. "I'm not sure if they're the real deal!"
Harris said, "I'm sure."
Without waiting for them to make a bid, Frank shouted, "Fifty-one thousand!"
Rick gritted his teeth and said, "Fifty-two thousand dollars!"
The auctioneer was so happy that his eyes narrowed into slits. He pointed at Rick and shouted, "Fifty-two thousand dollars, guys. The price has reached fifty-two thousand dollars. Anyone else?"
Li Du shook his head. He and Hans withdrew from the bidding.
Borl and York were still hesitating. The two of them made a pause gesture and gathered together.
Seeing this, Li Du was stunned and said, "You can pause the auction?"
Hans said, "It all depends on the auctioneer. If the price is low, there's usually no pause. If the price is high, the auctioneer is more than happy to give the pause."
York's worry was the same as the others. "Forget it, buddy. The furniture might not be real."
Borl said, "From the information we have on rosewood in our database, they should be real! Besides, isn't an auction a risk? What, you don't have the spirit of adventure anymore? "
York shook his head. "No, I just don't want to lose money!"
Borl said, "We got a set of Silver Armor. This trip to Arizona should have netted us at least a few hundred thousand dollars. What's there to lose?"
York said, "The problem is, when we bought the Silver Armor unit, we were very confident in it. But are you confident in the furniture? "
Borl shrugged. "Of course, I'm confident. And look at this …"
He turned on the computer and showed York a webpage. The webpage was about a rosewood warehouse having a clearance sale.
Seeing this news, York was also confident. He raised his hand and said, "Fifty-five thousand dollars!"
Harris looked at Rick. Rick had no choice. He gritted his teeth and said, "Sixty thousand dollars! That's the bottom price! "
These words made Harris very disappointed. He said, "Are you a rookie? Are you going to expose your bottom price? "
Rick said in a low voice, "I know what to do."
Hearing the bottom price, Borl's spirits rose. He waved his hand again and said, "Sixty-one thousand dollars!"
Just when he thought he would definitely win the unit, Rick shouted again, "OK, sixty-two thousand dollars!"
By doing so, he was going back on his word and going back on his word. The crowd booed. Frank and York were so angry that they were about to go crazy. They roared, "Shameful, man, what you did was very shameful!"
Rick stood at the side, expressionless. Borl was exasperated. He shouted, "Sixty-five thousand dollars!"
Seeing this, Rick shrugged and backed out of the competition.
Harris pulled him back and said in a low voice, "D * mn, you're giving up on this unit?"
Rick said, "There's more to come. As far as I know, there are quite a few units with rosewood furniture!"
Borl and York took down unit 41. The two of them gave each other a high five. Clearly, they were very confident in this unit.
Next was unit 42. The shutter door opened, and some brightly-colored furniture appeared in front of the crowd.
Borl was stunned. "F * ck, there's rosewood furniture in this unit?"
York felt that something was wrong. He said, "One unit with rosewood furniture can be explained as the seller forgot to take it away, but two units?"
Harris smiled and patted Rick's shoulder. "Very well, then let's take this unit."
Rick was still hesitant. "Mr. Harris, I suggest you give up on these units. I don't think the furniture is real — there's too much of it!"
Harris was not a fool. Two consecutive units with rosewood furniture, and so many of them — he also felt that something was not right.
The treasure hunters lined up to take a look. Li Du was at the front.
He stood at the door and looked in. He said to the auctioneer, "Buddy, this won't do. We can't tell if the furniture is real or fake. How about we go in and take a look?"
The auctioneer said firmly, "No, don't even think about it. These are the rules. Don't you know the rules?"
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