article_snippet: Located 415-417 Collins Street, The four-level property was auctioned off in front of a crowd of 200 spectators, while 12 parties vied to call the place 12 parties own.
article_snippet: Following that auctioneer Phillip Kingston called for a higher bid of successive eights, a lucky number according to Chinese tradition. '
article_snippet: As the number $8.888888 flashed up on an electronic screen next to the auctioneer, The Ry family from Shanghai province stormed off.
article_snippet: The last property to be sold on Collins Street was in 2009, when police had to be called because of the huge crowd which had gathered at the time.