Desc: Wives at Auction: Directed by Elmer Clifton. With Edna Murphy, Gaston Glass, Marie Schaefer, Arthur Donaldson. When Violet Kingston is attacked by tramps, wealthy socialite Mark Cameron comes to her rescue. Sylvester Hatch, the Kingstons' social-climbing landlord, does everything in his power to further a romance between them, hoping to gain acceptance in high society. Mark eventually asks Violet to marry him but she refuses. Sylvester then proposes to Violet, and her avaricious mother insists that she accept. On the day of the wedding, Mark learns of Violet's plight and takes her to a justice of the peace to be married. Soon after, Sylvester is found dead and Mark is arrested for murder. However, the real criminal is quickly discovered and Mark is set free to begin a belated honeymoon.