Chapter 278 Deputy Battalion Commander, Fire Your Cannon! (2/2)

”I’ve heard bits and pieces—that there are lots of brand goods here. Look at the dining ware on the shelves, they are all Royal Copenhagen. You can almost consider them national treasures.

”See that saddle? Hermès leather—worth a ton, fellas.

”That oven there isn’t bad either—a Royal Doulton ceramic oven—if it's new, it could be worth tens of thousands.”

That was something Li Du and Hans couldn’t do. They knew that those things were worth a lot, but the specific brands, and other details, they didn’t know. That was the difference between them and a true elite treasure hunter.

Hans was the kind of treasure hunter that knew just about everything, but was an expert on none of it. He was extremely familiar with the geography and culture of Arizona, but didn’t have much knowledge of luxury goods.

Li Du was even more clueless. Before he had entered this trade, he had almost nothing to do with luxury goods.

The Playboy was different. In fact, his expertise was in second-hand luxury goods.

Hans had told Li Du before that many wealthy people, when purchasing luxury goods, would contact the Playboy. They would try to get some advice or info from him.

After viewing the unit, the three gathered together. Hans asked, ”How much do you think it’s worth?”

The Playboy said, ”A rough estimate: everything could total up and sell for about 200,000 dollars easily.”

”Sh*t, that much?!” Hans said in surprise.

”That’s just how it is,” the Playboy shrugged. ”It’s all luxury goods. Seriously, I really can’t understand who would abandon so much great stuff!”

The other treasure hunters probably could not properly evaluate the price of the unit, but they all knew that it had immense value. After the viewing, most of the people started forming alliances.

The bid would surely be high. If they were alone, they wouldn’t have enough funds.

Once the auction started, the auctioneer capitalized on the opportunity and chirpily started the bidding, ”I see all the good stuff here, no doubt about it, right? So, we have to give it a good starting bid, or else we’ll be insulting it…

”Starting bid is 5,000 dollars, and each raise must be at least 1,000—everyone start bidding!”

Andrew eagerly rose his hand, shouting, ”10,000 dollars!”

Some of the greenhorns sucked in a breath and exclaimed, ”Sh*t!”

That price turned off a number of treasure hunters, as they didn’t even have 10,000 dollars in funds.

Seeing that Andrew had made his move, the Playboy’s eyes turned serious, and he raised his hand to bid.

Li Du held him back, and nodded to Hans.

Hans yelled, ”20,000 dollars!”

One of the treasure hunters butted in and shouted, ”21,000 dollars!”

”I’ll go 22,000!”

”Twenty-five thousand!”

Andrew coldly scanned the crowd and said in an annoyed tone, ”Stop playing house, kiddos—50,000 dollars, let’s go!”

Even more treasure hunters backed out now. However, there were still some standing their ground. Either they were richer, or they had accumulated enough money in an alliance.

”Fifty-one thousand dollars!” Hans exclaimed.

Immediately, someone raised the bid. ”Fifty-three thousand dollars!”

Another person: ”I’ll go 54,000 dollars!”

”Sixty thousand dollars!” Andrew shouted.

Hans smiled. He immediately opened his mouth and said, ”61,000 dollars!”

Li Du and Playboy high-fived. Hans had done well.