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Today in Persepolis Convention Center we will be holding an auction of various artistic pieces acquired from Hataria Mammalia (OOC: Pillaged). Any people who desire an invitation should contact Imperial Art Dealers located in Persepolis, Parthia.

The first piece up for auction is a Claude Monet. Bids start at 7.5 Million dollars

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v327/parthia/monet14.jpg

OOC: Handy. Would you have any way of knowing if a mysterious wealthy businessman were to specify a certain address for them to be delivered to just who he was?

OOC: Contact the dealer, the Shah is the one having this art auctioned and it's rather hard to get into Persepolis Palace.

OOC: Come on, I got 100 Billion in art to auction.

Letter sent to the dealers, Imperial Art Dealers of Parthia.

Sir;
I am a wealthy man living abroad who has long sought fine works of art, and would very much appreciate being able to enter the bidding for these works.

Should I be allowed to enter, I would have one of my freighters pick up the shipment, no matter how small. The personnel board would be fully briefed.

I await eagerly your reply.

Yours Faithfully,
Mr. D. B. Parker (KCB)

The letter had no return address or postmark.

Quite fine, we will allow you use of the Imperial Shipping Industry wharf in Hormuz to dock your ship. The auction itself will be in Persepolis, which is 30 miles northwest of Shiraz.

Sir;
I am very appreciative of your generosity. I assure you you will not be disappointed.

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Parthenon was an aging freighter. Laid down on the Tyne in the late 1930s, the ship was still fired by coal and still powered by triple-compound reciprocating engines in her engine room, still carried the great Yarrow boilers that she had been built with. Her crew of 95 men consisted of 11 officers and 84 other hands, of whom 70 were stokers or engineers. She chugged through the choppy, slate-greay sea, mirroring the slate-grey sky, toward her destination. Her holds were totally empty. But her crew were alert all the same. piracy was unknown in these waters. They were not alert for pirates. They were alert because each man was a trained Navy sailor and each had assigned to him a rifle and pistol with ammunition. They had been told to keep quiet if at all possible, saying that they spoke not much English or something to that effect. The ship's DPUO registration and number had been hastily altered; now she was a nameless tramp steamer.

I hope you've checked up on the fine art you're selling Parthia, nearly half of your loot is made up of cheap fakes, as I explained in another thread.

I hope you've checked up on the fine art you're selling Parthia, nearly half of your loot is made up of cheap fakes, as I explained in another thread.
What do you mean... This art is all real, no one RPed setting up fakes in the museum.

"Luckily, the damage done to Hataria Mammalia's building had been minimal, and the Hataria Mammalian Reserve building had not been touched; Mattius had made that building a priority.

Inside the reserve lay some of the finest and most expensive jewellery ever carved in the western hemisphere and, it appeared, around 30% of the Hataria Mammalian diamonds and almost half of Hataria Mammalia's historical artwork. It had turned out, on studying masses of paper work, that the Hataria Mammalian government had begun a policy of switching the real diamonds and artwork for cheap fakes, and hidden the real stuff deep within the Reserve faults. It appeared that in their rush to leave the Parthians had forgotten about the reserve."

I posted this almost 24 hours ago in the same thread in which you pillaged HM. As I said, I sincerly hope that you have checked your artwork. And as you appear to only know about this now...

Godmoding to the extreme... but we'll go along with it.

We stole-
750,000,000 in Diamonds
50,000,000 in art
300,000,000 in other goods.

And yes, the artwork has been checked.... anything being auctioned is real.

How is this godmodding? It was posted shortly after your terrorist attacks, I can link you if you want...

fine, fine....
We still did make off with the value of the goods posted above, since I halved the value of the artwork stolen.

Maybe you should try to take back the art in this auction....

OOC: Come on, lets get some bidding.

Godmoding to the extreme... but we'll go along with it.

We stole-
750,000,000 in Diamonds
50,000,000 in art
300,000,000 in other goods.

And yes, the artwork has been checked.... anything being auctioned is real.

Ooc

I made off with:

Gold: 1,000,000,000,000
Currency: 4,000,000,000,000
Diamonds: 500,000,000,000
Art: 500,000,000,000
Other goods: 4,000,000,000,000

About 10 trillion total. :D

Ooc

I made off with:

Gold: 1,000,000,000,000
Currency: 4,000,000,000,000
Diamonds: 500,000,000,000
Art: 500,000,000,000
Other goods: 4,000,000,000,000

About 10 trillion total. :D

OOC: Personally, I seriously doubt that Hataria Mammalia had that much. And isn't currency backed up by gold? Just observations, not accusations.

OOC: Personally, I seriously doubt that Hataria Mammalia had that much. And isn't currency backed up by gold? Just observations, not accusations.

Currency hasn't been backed up by gold in over 6 decades!

Gold standard was dropped long time ago. :D

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fine art for sale, get it while its hot.

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*Launches all nukes at CM*

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Joke. For now.

But you're pushing me.

bump

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Jarridia would like to find some way to get this artwork into the Jarridian Art and Music Gallery (largest in the world). Perhaps we could work out a deal?

OOC: There is a link to the thread about this at the bottom.

Of course, the piece is valued at 8.1 million... However, we will sell it at the auction price of 7.5 million.

We would be honored to have this piece of wonderful HM art in out halls. We shall pay 7.6 Million for it.

8.9 million. (All of my posts are from the wealthy Gent.)

8.1 million, eh? We were going to simply sell it to a museum, but if you want an auction....

OOC: Jarridia, is an auction ok?

we'll go 9 million

we have nine million, do I have a higher bid?

9.1

"We have 9.1 million...."

9.5 Million

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9.5 million going once.

12 million

-Sheik Mon

We have 12 million.

14 million.
- Provincial-Governor Jonas Keani of Santana, on orders from Dominus Pele Kawau.

we have 14 million.

18 million

Sheik Mon

Price has been raised to 18 million, can I hear 19 million?

Price has been raised to 18 million, can I hear 19 million?
22 million!

Hadula bids 22 million. Do I hear 25 Million?

22 million going once.

25 million

Sheik Mon

The Governor cedes, and lets Sheik Mon get the artwork. It is not worth that ridiculous amount.

Your right it isnt but I really liked it. Thank you.

Money wired.

Sheik Mon

Hold it, there are a few others who need to bid. Jarridia and DPUO might still want the artwork.

Stick around, this auction will be going on for many days with new pieces when the old one is sold.

okay telegram me if i am the final winner

okay telegram me if i am the final winner
will do.
Bidding ends at 10:00 AM central tommorrow.

CEO Sanderson of Hybalt Industries notices the Monet piece on action. Turning to his wife, he spoke, "It will go nice with my collection, don't you think so dear?" Mrs. Sanderson just mumbled her consent. "Very well," contined Sanderson, "I'll bid $30 million for the piece." He summoned a servant, who immediately sent out a transmission with the bid.

OOC: Won't there be other pieces of artwork?

OOC: Won't there be other pieces of artwork?
OOc: Yes, we plundered the entire Hataria Mammalia museum of art.

CEO Sanderson of Hybalt Industries notices the Monet piece on action. Turning to his wife, he spoke, "It will go nice with my collection, don't you think so dear?" Mrs. Sanderson just mumbled her consent. "Very well," contined Sanderson, "I'll bid $30 million for the piece." He summoned a servant, who immediately sent out a transmission with the bid.


We have 30 million, can I hear 31 million?

"This art was plundered?!" exclaimed Sanderson. "Withdraw my bid at once! I will not have my foes seize this bit of information, it could lead to unneccessary complications."

"This art was plundered?!" exclaimed Sanderson. "Withdraw my bid at once! I will not have my foes seize this bit of information, it could lead to unneccessary complications."

OOC: Thats ooc information. The art was accquired from Hataria Mamalia, thats all we're telling anyone.

25 million going once.

36 million.

We have 36 million, can I hear 38 million?

36 million going once.

Jarridia withdraws. The Jarridian International Art and Music Gallery cannot afford such an expense at this time.

36 million going twice

Sold

Next up is this Baroque painting by Peter Paul Rubens, early 17th century

http://employees.oneonta.edu/farberas/arth/Images/110images/sl14_images/Rubens_Chateau.jpg

Bids start at 9.4 Million

Excellent. It shall be transferred to my ship immediately. And I bid 9.6.

We will send it under armed guard.

Your bid is logged, can I hear 9.7 million?

9.7

9.8

10 million

$11.3 million.

bid logged, can I hear 11.5 Million

12 million

12.2

Bid logged, can I hear 12.5?

$12.5 million.

12.65

ooc: C'mon, let me have one....


ic:

$15.2 billion.

OK, that's just silly. I could outbid that mind you :p

ooc: Haha, oops. I'm so used to buying things in the billions. Let me fix that.


ic: $15.2 million.

OOC: lol, wish I was that well-endowed :p

IC: OK, I concede, fair enough.

OOC: lol, wish I was that well-endowed :p

IC: OK, I concede, fair enough.


ooc: Heh. I'm so used to buying ships and stuff at store fronts for billions of dollars that I automatically type "billion" after any amount of money. I did it for my other bids too, but I caught myself. I just didn't catch myself this time.

OOC: I know it's a relative bargan for NS.

OOC: I know it's a relative bargan for NS.

I just want a piece of Hatarian history, since I imagine he's going to fade into oblivion now that pretty much everyone ignores him.

I just want a piece of Hatarian history, since I imagine he's going to fade into oblivion now that pretty much everyone ignores him.

LOL :D This is true....

16 million

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16 million going once.

16 million going twice.

$16.1 million

bid logged, can I hear 16.3 Million?

16.5 million!

$17 million

$17 million
The man looks a bit nervous.

"Eighteen million."

$18.6 million

ooc: Mind you, this is the Imperial government representative bidding here. The Dominion wants a piece of Hatarian history to commemorate the war.

The man begins to sweat, and begins to speak, hesitantly.

"Twenty million!"

The Jarridian International Art & Music Gallery must step down yet again. We do not currently have such funds for frivolous spending at this magnitude. Perhaps we will be able to bit on later HM artwork to decorate our halls.

The Jarridian International Art & Music Gallery must step down yet again. We do not currently have such funds for frivolous spending at this magnitude. Perhaps we will be able to bit on later HM artwork to decorate our halls.

We understand fully, there shall be many more pieces to bid upon at the close of each auction.

$21.1 million.

ooc: I'm interested in why this man is so nervous....

$21.1 million.

ooc: I'm interested in why this man is so nervous....
[OOC: He doesn't have an unlimited pocket of money.]

The man almost yells out.

"Twenty five million!"

bid logged. Can I hear 25.2 Million?

25 million going once

[OOC: BTW, is it an original, or a copy? If its just a copy, we will withdraw our bid, as only the originals deserve to be displayed in the Grand Hovel.]

[OOC: BTW, is it an original, or a copy? If its just a copy, we will withdraw our bid, as only the originals deserve to be displayed in the Grand Hovel.]

OOC: It's an original stolen from the Hataria Mammalia museum of Art.

25 million going twice

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Ah, come on, its mine ;)

Ah, come on, its mine ;)

Sold, Hadula is the new owner for 25 million.

Sold, Hadula is the new owner for 25 million.
Money wired.

The man, who was the Chairman of the Ministry of Foundation, was quite pleased, and was sure the painting would make a great addition to the Mandolin National Museum of Classic Art.