Rebirth of the Deadly Beauty

Chapter 260

After the host finished speaking, the hall erupted with enthusiastic applause.

Among those present that day were some of Riverdale's top families and business elites. Some were emerald collectors, others were purely here for charity, and a portion saw this as a stepping stone to connect with other influential families.

Everyone had their own motives, but they all shared the same goal to bid for items they fancied at this auction.

Queenie attended because she had angered her grandfather, Oliver Thompson, during a previous banquet when she offended Gavin. This resulted in her shares in the subsidiary company being taken back.

Oliver had always been fond of emeralds and antiques, so Queenie saw this charity auction as the perfect opportunity to buy an emerald piece and present it to Oliver to appease him and regain her standing in his eyes.

"Today's first auction item is a Mother Mary statue carved from AAA-grade emerald. The raw stone was sourced from the Longhern emerald mine in Myaten and was meticulously crafted by the renowned Havarian emerald carver, Mr. Seinfield.

"It holds significant value as a collector's item. The starting bid is set at one million dollars."

than one million dollars, so those who

"1.2 million dollars!"

1.3

offer 1.35

the bidding but felt that giving Oliver an emerald Mother Mary was somewhat lacking, so

bid on it for you," Gavin asked in

auction this time were all fairly mediocre. The only item that stood out was the Night

she didn't like and preferred to donate to charities directly at the end of the auction by dropping a

and merely observed the others as they scrambled to outbid one another. In the end, the first item was sold for

emerald paperweight. Oliver loved collecting emeralds and was a calligraphy enthusiast. This item would be the perfect

starting bid was within her budget, so she decided not to bid on any other items and to focus solely on that