Title: Magic Lingerie

Characters:

David Jardine, age 29 – makes a living selling antiques online – Played by: Andreea

Debbie Misho, age 20 – Female friend and confidant – Played by: Miki Yamuri

Scene: An auction of goods from the clearance of an old manner house in the village of Axford, Hertfordshire.

The day of the auction finally arrived. David has picked up Debbie and driven her to the auditorium. David has come there, hoping to pick up something valuable at a bargain price.

As they enter … the room is packed with prospective buyers. The buzz of excited voices echo through out the room. Debbie is holding onto David’s arm as he picks his way to the front row and finds 2 adjacent seats.

Just as they sit … A rather old man with thick glasses comes out on the stage.

He says, “Good morning Ladies and Gentlemen. Today we are going to auction off lots from the Victorian era. We have many items that are as old as 16th century. They come from the estate of The Earl of Doncaster.”

David is finding it hard to concentrate, the room being rather hot and stuffy. He loosens his tie and undoes a couple of buttons … but daren’t go further.

He is acutely aware his secret might show. Debbie is using the program to fan herself … a small warm stirring of the air can be felt from the overhead fans that provides little relief.

David untucks his shirt. There is the briefest flash of pink nylon waistband before he lets it fall lose.

The hubbub of the room grows silent as they bring a very large Gold Framed floor mirror out. It is obviously made of near solid gold and has many rubies set in the frame.

The old man says in his strong clear voice. “The bidding on this item shall Start at 300,000 pounds sterling … who shall open the bidding?”

There is a wild flurry of bidding for the mirror. The price quickly skyrockets into many hundreds of hundreds of thousands.

There is a short bidding war between an old man and a young woman … the young woman wins the bid at 4 million pounds. David realizes he cannot afford this, and perhaps the whole auction will be way beyond his means.

The objects that came out on the bidding floor were absolutely fabulous one of a kind pieces. David and Debbie were awed at most of them. The bidding started in the hundreds of thousands and quickly mounted into the millions of pounds.