“Lemon sells for 64,000 baht”
A 285-year-old lemon found in the back of an old cabinet drawer was auctioned for $1,780 in England.
That’s the equivalent of 64,000 baht.
Auctioneers said a 19th century cabinet was brought to the auction house by a Shropshire family who said it had belonged to a deceased uncle.
A specialist was photographing the cabinet for sale when the lemon was discovered in the back of a drawer.
The fruit was inscribed with the message: “Given By Mr P Lu Franchini Nov 4 1739 to Miss E Baxter.”
The auction house decided to attempt to sell the aged lemon, and officials were shocked when it fetched a high bid of $1,780.
The cabinet, meanwhile, sold for just $40.
คำศัพท์
lemon (n.) มะนาว
cabinet (n.) ชั้นหรือตู้วางของ
drawer (n.) ลิ้นชัก
auction (n.) การประมูล
auctioneer (n.) ผู้ขายทอดตลาด
deceased (adj.) มรณะ
equivalent (adj.) เท่ากับ
inscribed (adj.) ซึ่งสลักไว้
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