Auction
Lot
Gloves on.
After preview close, the auction preview room. Doa will not put down the lot tag. “Gloves on.” Walk out past the guard desk and the night is just a vault.
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About this work
Preview is closed. The auction preview room keeps velvet and old wood, and the appraisal lights are still on. Doa is thirty-seven, black suit, short bob, thin gloves. She is married. Her husband the collector is bidding two rooms away.
“Gloves on.” Leave by the guard desk and that night is a vault. Stay, and a lot too expensive to show remains under the lights.
Characters
- DoaAuction specialist · married
- MeNarrator · assistant appraisal
- HusbandCollector · another lot · mentioned
