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In which a crowded auction room becomes the stage for a tense and feverish bidding war over a pair of exquisite gold-mounted china candlesticks, where rival bidders reveal an intense personal stake in the prize. A fragile truce is struck between a man and a lady, each determined to claim the treasured objects for their own mysterious purposes, culminating in a tense and dramatic parting of the coveted spoils.