Auction short stories
6 stories tagged auction on NovelShort. Start with a hook; the first ending is free.
The Bidder Number
A newly fired gallery coordinator recognizes the billionaire bidder at an auction and discovers he knows the painting's history better than her family does.
RevengeR-009The Locked Storage Unit
A woman buys back the storage unit her ex abandoned and finds evidence that changes the financial settlement without turning the story into a fantasy windfall.
BillionaireB-028Bid Number Seven
A restaurant owner's daughter enters a charity auction to recover her mother's sketchbook, only to find the developer who displaced them bidding against her for reasons neither can admit publicly.
BillionaireB-019Bid on Me
A fired editor buys one public evening with her former CEO, intending to expose him, but discovers the evidence he needs is hidden inside the very story that cost her newsroom.
RevengeR-017I Bought His Startup
He pitched her logistics platform as his own, took the funding, and fired her for 'misalignment.' Two years later she bought the company at auction with her own name on the bid.
BillionaireB-015The Painting He Outbid
A woman sells her mother's favorite painting for medical debt, then discovers the high bidder is searching for another work tied to both their families.
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