While the other players were busy bidding for the Escape Dagger, Zhang Heng and Ding Si clicked on the tablet in front of them. It was the first time he saw so many game items on the list. There were more than eighty pages, and most of them only had a single photo, accompanied by a name, quality, and a few short introductions.
Zhang Heng knew that this was to maximize the buyer's interests. For example, if the Dreamland of Death's trigger and death conditions were known, its value would be greatly reduced. Of course, it wasn't without risks. Take the Escape Dagger for example. Without a detailed teleportation distance, the buyer could only rely on their own estimates of the item's quality. If there was a deviation from their expectations, they would suffer a loss.
Zhang Heng noticed that Ding Si did not look at the items in front of him. Instead, he flipped to the end of the list. If you're interested, you can take a look. The starting price for these items is 100 game points, but most of them are Grade-F, and a small number of them are Grade-E. Under special circumstances, you might even get a Grade-C or even Grade-B item. I know a guy who was lucky enough to get a Grade-B item from an auction two years ago. However, that's just a rare case. Most players who bet on unappraised items will lose money in the end. That's because the person who would sell an appraised item in this manner must have done a lot of research before deciding that the item is worth less than 100 game points. "
Zhang Heng flipped to the end of the list and saw pictures with serial numbers. Some of them had already been quoted, but most of them were still blank. Ding Si then reminded, "Some people who aren't sure will try to outbid others. However, this strategy is quite dangerous. If you don't have a rough estimate of the item's value, you won't know when to stop. In fact, if you really fancy an item, you can consider selling it at the last moment."
Zhang Heng thanked him. Although these items weren't secrets, Ding Si's experience from the previous auctions was evident. Since Ding Si was willing to share them with him for free, Zhang Heng was grateful for that.
"You're welcome. Just treat it as an investment. If you want to buy or sell items in the future, you don't have to wait until the end of the year. Fulou's prices are very fair."
Zhang Heng did not rush to study the unappraised items. Instead, he looked at the prices of the appraised items in front of him to get a general idea of their market value. Basically, an E-grade item was worth 80 to 100 game points, and a D-grade item was worth 300 to 600 game points. The difference in price for C-grade items was even greater, going up to thousands. Of course, this wasn't absolute. The value of an item depended on its use. If it was particularly good or bad, its price might be significantly higher than this range.
In the end, the Escape Dagger was sold for 2,050 game points.
Ding Si judged from the perspective of his profession. "That's a little too high. Although this item is good, it's not that good. 1,500 is a reasonable price. However, life-saving items are very popular. Perhaps the person who bid for it urgently needs it."
Soon, the auctioning master took out the second item.
He opened the wooden box made of tule wood and showed the bone to the players in the hall.
"Moresby's Bone, Grade C, creates a time loop. Remaining uses: 2. More information will be available after the auction. The starting bid is 1,900 game points, and each bid increment is 50 game points. The deal is sealed after three strikes of the hammer. Now, let's begin the bidding."
This time, the auditorium fell silent. No one made a bid for half a minute.
Unlike the [Escape Dagger], the [Moresby Bone]'s description was vague and it was hard to tell what it was used for and the base price of 1900 Points was quite high as well.
However, all the items that were auctioned tonight were sent to the organizing committee two days in advance to be appraised by professionals. No one doubted that it was worth 1,900 game points, but they were worried that they wouldn't be able to use it. After all, it was worth tens of millions of yuan, and it could only be used twice. Even the richest man would have to think twice before buying it.
"This thing … is interesting," Ding Si said as he rubbed his chin.
"What do you mean?" Zhang Heng asked.
Of all the people present tonight, Zhang Heng was probably the only one who knew what the little bone on the stage was. He was the one who gave it to the bartender lady for her to appraise, and he was also the one who asked her to put it up for auction. Zhang Heng flipped through the catalog, but he couldn't find it. At that time, he wondered if it was one of the 12 items to be auctioned. He didn't expect to see it again so soon.
"Time-type items are very rare," Ding Si said. "There's no problem with the price. However, it's hard to get too much useful information from the word 'time loop'."
"So, will this thing be left unsold?"
"No, no, no. It's impossible for it to be left unsold. Time-type items are definitely worth gambling on just because they are rare. I guess the reason why no one is raising their paddles now is because they are weighing the value of this thing in their hearts." As soon as Ding Si finished speaking, someone on Zhang Heng's right raised his paddle.
With the first person taking the lead, the second and third person soon followed. However, unlike the explosive auction of the Escape Dagger, the people who raised their paddles this time seemed a little quiet. Sometimes, there would even be an awkward silence in the middle of the auction. Only when the third hammer was about to fall did someone raise their paddle again.
Hence, it became a very strange situation. Not many people were bidding, but the auction never ended. Ten minutes later, the old man in charge of the auction frowned and announced, "From now on, the price increment will be changed to 100 game points."
This way, many people would have to think twice before bidding. There were fewer people bidding, but the speed of bidding had increased. Now, there were only three bidders left.
These three were also the most determined to bid. However, when the price reached 2,600 game points, one of them decided to give up. When the price reached 2,900 game points, another person began to hesitate. In the end, he gave up on raising his paddle, and the final price of the Moresby Bone was set at 2,900 game points.
"This price is quite high for a Grade-C game item," Ding Si commented as usual. This time, however, he did not set a target price. Even a professional like him would find it difficult to set a price for a time-type item without a complete evaluation report. However, Zhang Heng knew that the person who bought the Moresby Bone did not lose out. This item was very useful. It could create an independent 60-second time loop, and no matter what the user did in this time loop, they would return to 60 seconds ago.
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