Chapter 137: Top-notch Congealedfat Jade (1/2)

Translator: Soldier

Before an auction started, there was always a verbose warm-up speech, but in fact, that only made people feel impatient.

But the Dragon Cabinet's reputation was well-earned. Though this chief auctioneer looked so young, her manner was very brisk and decisive.

”My master said that since this was the day the Thirteenth Branch of Dragon Cabinet Auction House opened for business, Dragon Cabinet would only charge the highest bidder half price during the auctioning of the first lot, no matter how high the under-the-hammer price is.”

After saying this, Ruo Ling waved her hand and with that a female carried a crystal clear, fish-shaped jade plate to the platform.

”This jade plate was carved out of top-notch Congealedfat Jade. It calms the nerves of the wearer and makes the wearer feel cool in summer and warm in winter. The starting price is 1,000 taels of silver. Each bid should be no less than 100 taels of silver higher than the previous one.”

This was the first lot, and there was also a fifty-percent discount. Obviously, it didn't count as precious. Besides, its efficacy was not impressive at all.

It was widely known that what made the auction house of the Dragon Cabinet different from other auction houses was that they never disclosed any information of the lots before the auction.

But there were always some surprising treasures in their auctions, some of which were even of extreme rarity, especially the last lot of every auction which always caused a sensation.

As a result, though the Dragon Cabinet never disclosed what they were going to auction, all their auctions had full house. In some cases, seats were booked out a month in advance.

But on this day, the first lot of the auction seemed a little disappointing.

It was totally quiet in the auction house.

Nobody took a second glance at that jade plate, as if nobody was interested in it at all.

Though a thousand taels of silver was not much, people were unwilling to waste money on such a small jade plate. They would rather save money to bid for the last lot which was the most precious.

Everybody remained silent for quite a while.

If nobody bid, the first lot would go unsold.