midnight sealed-bid salesroom — botanical specimens, provenance documented

hinagiku.bid

a darkened vitrine corridor. nine lots. a single daisy per enclosure. move laterally — wheel, trackpad, arrow keys, or swipe — past the glass. bids are sealed; ciphers reveal on inspection.

SESSION H-2026-K47F-9B3C — gavel at 00:00 GMT

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LOT 01 / I
leucanthemum · "first vellum"
provenance: H-2026-A11C-44DE
sealed-bid closes in 00:14:08
soil pH6.42
latitude35.0116° N
longitude135.7681° E
growth mediumcleanroom hydroponic
batchB-0009 / 14 petals
custodial chainfield → lab → vault

a curator's note in the margin: petals unusually thin; vellum-class translucency confirmed under raking light.

hammer estimate
¤ 6,400 — 8,200
current sealed bid
¤ 7,200
LOT 02 / II
bellis perennis · "smoke hairline"
provenance: H-2026-K47F-9B3C
sealed-bid closes in 00:09:51
soil pH5.98
latitude48.8566° N
longitude2.3522° E
growth mediumarchival loam, sub-zero kept
batchB-0017 / 12 petals
custodial chainestate → escrow → salesroom

margin note: ray florets count verified twice; the twelfth is half-formed and disputed.

hammer estimate
¤ 11,000 — 14,500
current sealed bid
¤ 12,800
III

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LOT 03 / IV
leucanthemum vulgare · "carbon veil"
provenance: H-2026-C9A9-6E22
sealed-bid closes in 00:21:33
soil pH7.05
latitude51.5074° N
longitude0.1278° W
growth mediumfab-grade silica substrate
batchB-0023 / 16 petals
custodial chaingrower → sealed transit → us

margin: the disc florets show faint trace-residue — see PCB overlay; provenance ambiguous but compelling.

hammer estimate
¤ 18,000 — 24,000
current sealed bid
¤ 21,400
LOT 04 / V
bellis · "brushed-gold reticle"
provenance: H-2026-A47F-9B00
sealed-bid closes in 00:05:12
soil pH6.10
latitude40.7128° N
longitude74.0060° W
growth mediumclean room, class-1000
batchB-0031 / 13 petals
custodial chainsingle owner, undisclosed

margin: the lightest specimen of the session; weighs less than its own catalog card.

hammer estimate
¤ 9,000 — 12,000
current sealed bid
¤ 10,650
LOT 05 / VI
leucanthemum · "tarnished annotation"
provenance: H-2026-7A6B-4F18
sealed-bid closes in 00:33:40
soil pH7.42
latitude59.3293° N
longitude18.0686° E
growth mediumfield soil, hand-tilled
batchB-0044 / 18 petals
custodial chaincollector → us, full receipts

margin: eighteen rays — the densest crown recorded; possible polyploid anomaly, untested.

hammer estimate
¤ 26,000 — 34,000
current sealed bid
¤ 29,900
VII

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LOT 06 / VIII
bellis perennis · "vellum glow"
provenance: H-2026-F4EA-D8C1
sealed-bid closes in 00:02:47
soil pH6.66
latitude52.5200° N
longitude13.4050° E
growth mediumarchival board offcuts, composted
batchB-0052 / 11 petals
custodial chainunknown prior to 2024

margin: closing soonest of the session — three minutes at stamp time. provenance gap noted but not disqualifying.

hammer estimate
¤ 7,800 — 10,200
current sealed bid
¤ 9,150
LOT 07 / IX
leucanthemum · "velvet void"
provenance: H-2026-0A09-0801
sealed-bid closes in 00:48:19
soil pH5.74
latitude35.6762° N
longitude139.6503° E
growth mediumdeep shade peat, lightless
batchB-0061 / 15 petals
custodial chaingrown in the dark; flowered anyway

margin: the headline lot. cultivated entirely without light and bloomed regardless — the catalog calls this "the most mysterious hinagiku on record."

hammer estimate
¤ 40,000 — 60,000
current sealed bid
¤ 52,000

end of procession — the corridor closes

closing notes

all bids sealed until 00:00 GMT. results posted by encrypted pedigree code only. the salesroom catalogs, permits, and withholds — it does not convince. you may copy any provenance code or pH value above; the daisies, however, do not travel.

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