But no matter how reluctant they were, what could they do? With just the few of them, bringing these things back was never going to be easy. Even if they really did win a few lots, the rest would still end up in other people's hands. Compared to all those relics scattered overseas, what they were doing was just a drop in the ocean.
"One hundred and fifty thousand!" "Two hundred thousand!" "Two hundred and fifty thousand!" "..."
"Eight hundred thousand once, three hundred and fifty thousand twice, is there anyone else who wants to raise their paddle? No? All right, then this last Gilded Silver Plate with Double-Fish Pattern goes to gentleman number 235!"
