The auction proceeded as scheduled.
A brown-haired beauty in her thirties stood on the auction stage, wearing a dark black women's suit. The Patek Philippe LOGO nameplate pinned to her chest identified her as an employee...
In the vast auction room, everyone was very timely in not making any noise, silently waiting for the auctioneer to begin.
"Welcome everyone to our monthly routine Patek Philippe auction. Since our first routine auction in 2006, we've held 355 auctions and facilitated transactions for over 1,000 watch collectors.
I am Celia Olympia, the auctioneer for this Patek Philippe routine auction. It's an honor to meet everyone on this occasion."
After speaking, Celia stepped away from the auction podium to the front row of the high platform, bowing to the more than thirty participants of the auction...