From the publisher’s rulebook

Who goes first in Smile?

Z-Man Games English rules, 2017

The last player to have seen a firefly starts.

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Rule details

The last player remaining in an auction becomes the starting player for the next auction.

If there’s a tie

The cited starting-player instruction does not specify a tie-break. We don’t infer one.

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