Treasure hunt begins in England

Chapter 493 Auction
"Why are there so many people here?" When she arrived at Edinburgh Airport and found the place where the auction was held, Joan looked at the group of people queuing up for registration outside the room with a shocked expression.

She has participated in similar auctions several times before, but there were only twenty or thirty people participating in those auctions. It can be said that it is almost rare to see such an auction where nearly 200 people came in one breath.

"Of course there are many people. This kind of auction is only once a quarter on average, and there are four times a year, but each auction will sell about 1000 items, so it can naturally attract a large group of people."

Pierce obviously did his homework, so he naturally knew what was going on in this auction, so he explained the situation to Liang En and Joan of Arc.

"I have a small question. Will so many tourists lose their luggage at the airport?" When everyone went through the formalities and walked into the auction, Liang En looked at the hangar full of luggage. something asked.

"Not only luggage, but also some unaccepted goods." Pierce said, looking at all kinds of things in front of him. "Of course, these things don't just come from Edinburgh Airport. There are also some from the surrounding smaller airports."

The auction here is naturally different from the auctions they have participated in before. According to the regulations, they will have an hour of inspection time after the auction starts.

During this time, they can look at these items, or even touch these items with their hands, but they are absolutely not allowed to open the original packaging or take any damage to these items.

"I think it's impossible for us to finish reading these things. According to them, there are more than 300 items in these auctions, and the three of us alone can't finish them in an hour anyway."

After taking a general look at the situation at the scene, Joan's face suddenly became serious, because the biggest problem with this auction compared with the previous auctions is that everyone may not even be able to see all the auction items.

"Don't worry, this kind of auction itself doesn't need to look at everything." Pierce whispered. "We only need to focus on those goods, and look at the suitcase when we have time."

This should be considered a trick of the airport auction, because passengers have everything in their suitcases, and unless they are very lucky, it is difficult to come across high-value items, but the same is not the case with consignments.

So if you don't put too much energy on the suitcase, it is not impossible to see the auction items within an hour, at least for a small group of three people, the time is definitely rich.

Soon, the inspection began. Liang En immediately used [Prophecy (SR)], and after consuming 7 legendary points, they determined the direction of the most valuable thing in this room.

The reason why so few points are consumed this time is because it is to choose fixed things from fixed things, and at the same time, the Buddha's prayers do not require particularly precise answers.

When Liang En and the others walked over, they found that there were six containers in this area, all of which were large wooden boxes with a side length of about 1m. After getting started, they found that these boxes were not light.

"The price of these boxes won't be high when they are auctioned." Pierce glanced at the box and said, "Because there are mechanical parts written on the outside of the box, I guess it might be something like a compressor or a pipe."

"I plan to buy these things in a while, because I have a hunch that there might be some valuable things in it." Liang En shrugged and said, "After all, it's a bit strange that some mechanical parts are placed here."

You should know that this place is an airport, and few mechanical equipment will be transported by plane.This is mainly because mechanical equipment does not have too many requirements on transportation time, and is more sensitive to freight.

Therefore, it is always a bit strange to have such a large box containing such ordinary mechanical parts in this kind of place, so Liang En's reason for wanting to buy these things can also withstand scrutiny.

"I think this thing is very likely to be a sample product for a large-scale transaction or some kind of urgently needed machinery." Pierce glanced at the label on the box that said machinery.

"However, I believe that the people at the customs should have roughly inspected this thing with X-rays, so there is a high probability that there are indeed some mechanical parts, or things that look like mechanical parts."

"I think these things will be bundled for auction, so if the auction price is not high for a while, you will not lose money if you hold it. So if you think it is suitable, there is no problem buying it."

"Thanks, I decided to buy this thing." Liang En nodded after hearing what Pierce said, and then asked. "By the way, what are you looking at here, do you need me to look at it for you?"

"There really is one." Pierce said as he led Liang En to a display stand, on which were some auction items that had been taken out individually.

"These auction items are all core auction items." Pointing to those items, Pierce introduced, "I have taken a fancy to some of the antiques. But I don't know if these items are real."

"Well, I think I can help you with this." Liang En nodded. He felt that an important reason why Pierce called him here might be related to these things.

The prices of antiques at this kind of auction are often either very high or very low. This is mainly because people cannot confirm whether these are genuine or not, so naturally there is no definite answer when it comes to bidding.

And this kind of uncertainty is also an important reason why Pierce came here to buy things, because only in this way can he ensure that he can purchase at a more suitable price and make money in future sales.

However, the overall condition of these auction items today is not very good. For example, the pair of vases that Pierce is most interested in look like vases from the Qianlong period of China, but Liang En told him that they are all imitations.

And these things are not imitations of the later dynasties as imagined, such as the Jiaqing or Daoguang years, but purely modern handicrafts.

This is mainly because these imitations are really rough, so that anyone who has briefly studied this aspect can see that the above are obviously painted by modern chemistry.

However, the other rococo-style table was a serious 19th-century French product, but because this table looked like a good thing at first glance, Liang En felt that it might not be worthwhile to take it.

After inspecting the things they were interested in, Liang En and the three of them started to spread out and inspect the whole warehouse, and each of them saw some interesting things.

Soon the auction entered the auction process, and the box Liang En had his eyes on was auctioned among the first batch of 100 items, and there were not many competitors.

So after two simple rounds of price increases, Liang En bought the set of six boxes at a price of 550 pounds.It can be regarded as fulfilling my goal of coming to this auction.

However, Pierce's auction was not so smooth. There were seven or eight people present who were interested in this item, so when the price was raised to 1200 pounds, Pierce gave up and continued to bid.

(End of this chapter)