Vettori was among those to go under the hammer in India last night, at the end of the second day of the test, with the Bangalore franchise picking him up for NZ$723,000.
Batsman Ross Taylor was bought by Rajasthan for $1.3 million, Brendon McCullum fetched $620,000 in being signed by new team Kochi, while two players not involved in the test, James Franklin and Nathan McCullum, were picked up by Mumbai and Pune, respectively, each for $131,000.
New Zealand team manager Dave Currie said the team's focus was purely on the test, and Vettori reiterated that sentiment when quizzed at a post-match media conference, though their second innings batting performance yesterday in being bundled out for 110 on a good batting surface was hardly concrete proof of those claims.
"No, I don't think so," Vettori said when asked whether the auction had impacted on their performance.
"Obviously those things can be misconstrued. It is part of cricket and you have to deal with it, but if you use it as an excuse for your performance then that's not good enough.
"It shouldn't be a motivating factor for your performance, either, it's about test match cricket. That's why most of us play the game, to perform at test level."
Meanwhile, Vettori's health has improved and his blood tests have come back clear after he struggled with a mystery illness during yesterday's play.
"I feel a lot better," he said. "I need a couple of days rest but I'll be right for the (second test, at Wellington starting on Saturday).
"I think I may have caught something in the subcontinent but sometimes you don't even know what those things are. It was a 72-hour thing and I'm starting to feel a lot better now."
