"Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to Stanford University, I'm Stefanie-Mertens, and I'm going to be in charge of the auction next."

Standing on the stage is a tall woman, about early thirties, the royal blue dress is dressed against the wheat-colored skin exuding a radiant light, the long black hair pulled up high reveals a slender and soft neck line, with rose-red lipstick to light up the whole makeup, capable with a little/delicate/glamorous, it is easy to attract the attention of the audience.

"Thank you for your presence, 100% of the donation amount won in today's auction will be donated to the 'Lu Ke Foundation', which will be used for more different charitable activities in the future, hoping to help more residents in the entire Bay Area. This is the second round of today's charity auction, and I think everyone already knows the main content of the auction, so I won't repeat them one by one. ”

"After the first round of auctions, the reserve price for all items is now $3,000, with a $100 markup each time. We have thirty-one lots in our hands, and the preciousness of time is obvious, so let's let the auction begin. ”

Although Stephanie looks quite young, she can be seen from the rhythm and gesture of her words and deeds, she should be an experienced auctioneer, and her words can control the whole audience, firmly grasp the attention of all the guests, and follow her rhythm to officially enter the auction process.

Then, the second round of auctions began.

The first auction item turned out to be a set of figures: five models of "Pokemon", including the most well-known Pikachu; A group of six "Avengers" models, Captain America, Iron Man, Thor, Black Widow, Hulk and Hawkeye, the six original Avengers superheroes are all complete.

In addition, all of them are fully packaged and have not been opened.

The eleven tiny models look very inconspicuous, each one the size of a third of a palm—or the size of three fingers, and they will not be found if they are thrown into a drawer, and they may be lost in a corner of the bedroom and never found again; But in reality, these figurines are worth a lot of money, and, for collectors, they may even be valuable gifts.

Lu Ke does not have the habit of collecting figures, but he collects game cards, and naturally, he knows more or less about the figures, and he knows that this set of models is not cheap, and the collection value may be far more than three thousand dollars.

“…… Oh, how did I not know Alex had such a hobby of collecting? The slide projected on the wall shows that this collection is from Lu Ke's right-attacking tackle Alex Boone, which is definitely an unexpected surprise!

Compared with other forward players, Boone and Lu Ke do not communicate much; In fact, Boone's presence in the team is usually not prominent, and he has always completed the game tasks in a down-to-earth and conscientious manner, but he has not been publicized outside the stadium, and even the fans do not know him well enough.

Many professional analysts and commentators have said that Boone is the most affordable player above the San Francisco 49ers' forward line, and he deserves a professional Bowl seat, but he has not been selected so far because he is too low-key and lacks a flash of popularity that fans don't know that they should vote for him.

Candace couldn't help but smile, "When you go back, you can communicate with him, I think, you should be able to have a common topic." ”

Obviously, Lu Ke was not the only one who knew the goods at the scene, and in the end, this set of figure models was successfully auctioned for 9,300 US dollars, far exceeding expectations.

This craze continued all the way, and the whole auction continued this "premium" trend, showing the enthusiasm of the guests, and the scene was even more surprisingly expensive, detonating wave after wave of exclamations, which can definitely be called high/tide and wonderful:

Aldon donated an autographed baseball cap, baseball bat and gloves from last season's MLB "Best Pitcher" R-A-Dickey, as well as the Toronto Blue Jays' home jersey and postcard, which easily sparked a frenzy of bidding and was eventually crowned the winner for $30,000.

But before Aldon's title was even hot, he was surpassed by a figure of $50,000, and a painting donated by Marcus was so honored, a painting he bought at a London art gallery that was originally sold for $20,000 and now easily sold for more than double the price.

Immediately afterwards, a piece of antique pocket watch donated by Logan sparked a boom on the spot, and the bidding price went all the way up, breaking through $50,000 and then going all the way to $80,000, and finally sold for $85,000, far exceeding the expectations of the auction planning stage, causing an exclamation.

The grand occasion truly explained what it means to be "wave after wave", the rising frenzy cannot be stopped, and the price continues to hit new peaks as if losing their minds, which really makes people feel the fun of auctions, and the expectations continue to rise, and then, the finale officially debuts.

"The next auction item is a suit donated by Miles Scott himself."

In Stephanie's introduction, the Batboy suit, which has sparked countless discussions, finally officially appeared, and a slight commotion can be clearly detected at the scene.

"The story of this auction item must not need me to introduce it further, the Christmas miracle of three weeks ago is still vivid, and this suit is the special existence that accompanied Miles to complete his transformation and transformation. Because he had to go to school, Miles couldn't get to the scene today. ”

Stephanie's introductory remarks made the audience burst into good-natured laughter, and even if you didn't hear it yourself, you could feel Miles's immature but serious voice.

"Miles has some messages that he conveyed to us through Lu Ke; Bat Boy said that this was his favorite thing, and although he was reluctant, his father told him that if he wanted to donate, he should choose his favorite thing, because it was like a Christmas gift, which should bring blessings, and Miles hoped that his courage and luck could be conveyed through this gift. ”

"Personally, this is our Christmas miracle."

The whole venue was slightly restless, and there was a kind of excitement in the quiet, which reminded people of the golden sea before Christmas - it was moving because of the visual impact brought by the vast and bright sea of people, but also because of the perseverance and strong will hidden in it.

"So, let's start this auction."

As soon as Stephanie's words fell, a sign was held up at the scene, as expected, this is the most interesting and collectible item in the audience.

"Thirty-one, thirty-two, thirty-three......"

Even if each price increase was only a hundred dollars, Stephanie's call still soared, like a number of treasures, it only took a few seconds to break through from three thousand dollars to five thousand dollars, and then the price increase evolved into five hundred dollars, but it still could not control the enthusiasm of the scene, and it had already exceeded ten thousand dollars in less than 30 seconds, which also forced Stephanie's every price increase to evolve into a thousand dollars.

Lu Ke looked back, but found that there were still at least a dozen signs held high in the audience, and the price increase rate continued to explode at full strength, from $10,000 to $20,000, and then to $50,000, and then Stephanie's price increase had increased to $5,000 each time, and the number of signs on the scene was significantly reduced, and everyone gradually regained some reason, and now they need to be cautious in bidding, otherwise if they are not careful, the price may soar out of control.

Despite this, the frequency of the price of the card is still rising in an orderly manner, 55,000, 60,000, 65,000...... The interval between an offer and an offer is very short, the enthusiasm has not cooled down, and all the guests in the audience have begun to faintly stir - because now there is basically no suspense about breaking through the "standard king" price, it depends on what height the price can reach, even if it is just a bystander, it is inevitable that it can't help but be excited.

Really.

"Eighty thousand." When Lu Ke raised the card, the price had reached the highest value before, but before Lu Ke's quotation brand could be put down, the quotation was refreshed again, Lu Ke turned his head to look at Candace, and a smile appeared in his eyes-

As special guests of the auction, Lu Ke and Logan and others can naturally join the auction, in addition to donating items, they can also contribute to charity by auctioning their favorite items. Previously, in the first round of auctions, Lu Ke had already harvested two small objects, which cost less than $4,000 in total; In the second round of auctions, Lu Ke also auctioned a group of Lego-built artworks for $25,000 - the king of bidding before Aldong was Lu Ke's auctioned item.

Now, Lu Ke also hopes to praise Miles for his kindness in his own way.

"Ninety thousand." Following the eighty-five thousand, the next offer did not pause for too long, Stephanie directly called out, Lu Ke turned his head and saw that it was Logan.

Obviously, Logan and Lu Ke are in the same mood, they both want to be able to contribute to charity, and at the same time, they can also help the bat boy; However, after the auction was successful, Lu Ke believed that Logan's handling should be different from him, and Lu Ke had his own ideas about this suit.

In the short time when Lu Ke turned around, Stephanie called out the price of "ninety-five thousand" again, and Lu Ke hurriedly raised his sign again:

"One hundred thousand dollars, number fourteen. Mr. 14 quoted $100,000, and now the price has exceeded $100,000, so does anyone want to continue to quote $150,000? ”

As an auctioneer, Stephanie naturally hopes that she can auction for a higher price, and the atmosphere at today's auction is even more rare, which also strengthens Stephanie's belief in constantly creating miracles, and now the offer has entered a new stage!