For sale.
Painting.
Ten dollars.
Buyer emails:
Is that an original?
Seller responds:
This piece of art is called
Der Wanderer über dem Nebelmeer,
In English,
The Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog,
painted by Caspar David Freidrich
in 1818.
It is considered to be
an excellent example
of the Romantic period of art.
It currently hangs in the
Hamburger Kunsthalle,
an art museum in Hamburg, Germany.
If it were to come up for auction,
it would most likely fetch
in excess of three million dollars.
So, um, no, it’s not an original.
Buyer emails:
Okay, thanks, I’ll pass then.