"You can come up and have a look." Mikhainov put down the vase, and seeing that no one had moved, he thought he hadn't mentioned it earlier, so he added a reminder, "But please don't damage the auction item, or else the compensation may be something you can't afford."
Japanese and Korean men immediately stood up and approached, apparently very interested in this prunus vase.
However, Sean Knight didn't move.
Kenton Nelson asked softly:
"Mr. Knight, aren't you going to have a look?"
"As long as it's the real thing, and there is no damage, I won't look."
When the Japanese man and the Korean man finished looking, Mikhainov glanced at Sean Knight, confirmed that he wasn't coming forward, looked a little surprised but soon started the auction.
Andrew Petrov looked disappointed as Sean Knight did not come forward.
"The reserve price is 10,000 US dollars, and each bid must be no less than one thousand dollars." Mikhainov began, "Let the auction begin!"
