Cap and Bells
A newly rich man tours a famous art gallery and is told a 3,000 year old Greek sculpture is worth about $100,000. He asks how much a new one would be, prompting a skeptical or amused reaction.
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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1927
Page
6
A newly rich man tours a famous art gallery and is told a 3,000 year old Greek sculpture is worth about $100,000. He asks how much a new one would be, prompting a skeptical or amused reaction.
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A humorous exchange asks what a valedictorian is and concludes that a mother could be the valedictorian since she speaks last. The joke hinges on the idea of final words as a mark of distinction.
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