Warehouse auctions have long been heard in the Tang, Song and Yuan Dynasties.
In Western countries, many people like to rent warehouses to store things. For example, they rent a small temporary warehouse when traveling. They also rent a warehouse for temporary storage of idle items that cannot be stored at home or old furniture that has been replaced with new ones.
And they are basically short-term rentals. When the time is up, if the payment has not been renewed and the completion procedures have not been completed,
The items in these warehouses automatically belong to the warehouse company.
Warehouse companies generally auction these expired warehouses.
Before the auction, people from the warehouse company will not open the warehouse to check the contents, otherwise the auction will be meaningless.
When the auction starts, the auctioneer will use pliers to cut the lock on the warehouse door, and let the treasure hunters participating in the auction stand at the door. It usually only takes three to five minutes before bidding begins.
Some will also deal with it as a blind box, directly stating the price of one unit, and it is a complete one-time sale.
"Santa Monica Street?" Tang Songyuan pondered this English place name, but asked: "Do they have any restrictions on participating in the auction?"
"Why are there restrictions, haha!" Keith King laughed and said, "As long as you bring money."
Tang Songyuan nodded happily and said: "That's good, I will ask Franco to contact you for me then..."
Saying goodbye to the two fat brothers, Tang Songyuan and Lu Qingliu took two suitcases and took a taxi back to Franco Li's antique shop.
"Oh my God!"
Seeing the two people entering the door with various suitcases that were obviously shabby, Franco exclaimed:
"Did you really go to the suitcase auction?"
Tang Songyuan smiled slightly and said: "I originally wanted to sign up for the competition, but I didn't expect that the auction was still going on. In order to experience the atmosphere, I tried to take two pictures."
"At the same time, please help me see if there is anything good in it!"
"I'm so happy!" Franco Li smiled, then went to the storage room to find tools, and prepared to open the two suitcases through violent disassembly.
Tang Songyuan picked a hammer from them and struck the first suitcase combination lock two or three times, and the lock was completely broken.
When I opened the box, I was greeted by the smell of old sweat.
On the top are several worn jerseys, and below are sneakers.
Franco frowned and asked curiously: "How much did you spend on this box?"
Tang Songyuan turned out the clothes and threw them aside, and replied: "Three hundred and fifty US dollars."
Franco shook his head and said: "Look at this, they are all used clothes. They won't fetch much money at the flea market, and the sneakers are not special models for football stars."
"Oh, there's a tablet, show me..."
Tang Songyuan pulled out the tablet computer hidden in his clothes, and Franco took it over to identify it.
He asserted: "The original price of this tablet is 600 US dollars, but now it is only 30% new. It is estimated that it can only be sold for 100 US dollars."
All the clothes in the box were emptied out, and a few scattered coins were also found. Tang Songyuan finally found the complete set of NBA championship star cards.
"Wow, this is not bad!" Franco praised, took the star card handed over by Tang Songyuan and examined it carefully.
He also said: "The price of star cards has been rising crazily in the past two years, and has dropped slightly in recent times. But whether it is a single card or a box of cards, the price has increased a lot."
"However, your set is not particularly rare. Only the one signed by Curry is slightly more expensive. I can pay $17,000 for the complete set. What do you think?"
It was auctioned for $350 and sold for $17,000.
"Haha! It scared me..."
Tang Songyuan smiled happily and said, "Franco, the way you talk, I thought it wasn't worth it."
Franco glanced at Lu Qingliu next to him and said, "You have to understand this. Chinese is not my mother tongue. I haven't learned your ups and downs yet."
Tang Songyuan gave him a thumbs up and said, "Compared to my English, it's pretty good."
Franco played with the well-packaged star card and said: "Song Yuan, if you don't know the price of such items in the future, you can log on to Amazon or eBay official website to check. It's very convenient."
Tang Songyuan nodded to express understanding, and then both parties happily reached a deal.
Tang Songyuan then opened the second suitcase.
Most of this bag is filled with clothes, but compared to the previous one, the clothes this time look to be of much higher quality.
And they are neatly stacked without any unnecessary bad smell.
"This shirt is good, it should be customized!" Franco pointed to the shirt on his face and said:
"Professional men in Western countries have very high requirements for shirts. For example, those who work in finance need to buy a closer fit, and there cannot be any obvious brand marks on the shirt..."
Then he stretched out his hand to feel the material of the shirt and said, "This shirt is worth $150."
What?
A second-hand shirt that someone else has worn is still worth $150?
This is definitely rare in China, but Franco's tone sounded normal when he said it.
What surprised him was what came next. Not only the shirt, but also the trousers and jacket underneath, Franco gave different prices, adding up to a total of one thousand and fifty yuan.
This is only the purchase price of Franco, which means that the price of these second-hand clothes on the market will at least double.
"Oh, there's another box here!"
Tang Songyuan pretended to be surprised and grabbed the watch box at the bottom of the box, and said happily: "Let's see if there are any treasures in it!"
Dang Dang Dang!
The box was opened, and an exquisite silver watch lay quietly inside.
"Oh my God!"
Franco, who had been very calm just now, was no longer calm at all.
His eyes were as wide as bells, and his mouth was as wide as if he could swallow a whole dragon fruit. His face showed surprise at first, then shock, and then surprise and excitement.
The beard at the corner of his mouth couldn't stop trembling slightly, and he even spoke in his native language. The moment he saw the watch, he blurted out: "Patek Philippe-Sky mOOn tOUrbillOn Ref.5002P!"
With trembling hands, he slowly stretched out towards the box in Tang Songyuan's hand, but quickly retracted it halfway.
He looked at Tang Songyuan nervously and said, "This, Patek Philippe, can you show it to me?"
Tang Songyuan and Lu Qingliu looked at each other with a slight smile, and the former said: "Of course, Franco!"
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