"Mm," he hummed with a slight nod. "The owner has invited a select number of collectors to make offers on it. It's not a traditional auction with an auctioneer or an agency taking bids on the owner's behalf. They're doing it all themself."

Su-jin hummed again, letting his fingers trail mindless patterns over Silvio's bare skin. "I don't know if they're taking any other criteria into consideration other than price." He secretly hoped so since he (on Tiras' behalf) was a prolific collector. "Are you familiar with Rosetti's works?"