The items fetched over $1 million at auction.

(An expert estimated that if the owners prove their claim, the item could fetch $2 million to $5 million.)

No doubt the items on Dellius's list would fetch ten thousand talents, but he needed far more than that.

The auctioneers and appraisers estimate the items will fetch between $20,000 and $30,000.

By the end of the day the items had fetched nearly $33,000.

Some items, such as a half-dozen large carved elephant tusks, might fetch even more.

A Christie's auction official guessed that each item might fetch $1,000.

Rare items can fetch thousands of dollars.

And all 12 items could fetch as much as $110,000.

Many of these have become valuable collector items and particularly ornate and antique items can fetch high prices at the finest auction houses.