Some people won’t spend 50 cents more for an organic lemon . . . so this would REALLY be out of the question.
A super creepy-looking, 285-year-old lemon was just auctioned off for $1,780 in England. And no, that isn’t a typo.
A 19th Century cabinet was brought to the auction house by a family who said it had belonged to a deceased uncle. A photographer was taking photos of it for the sale, and that’s when they opened it up and saw the lemon.
It was dried out, round, and very well-preserved . . . but it’s brown and leathery-looking. And, even crazier, it was inscribed with this message, “Given By Mr. P Lu Franchini, Nov. 4, 1739 to Miss E Baxter.”
The auction house figured “what the heck,” so they decided to auction off the lemon as well, with a starting price of $50. The lemon shocked everyone by going for $1,780 . . . while the old, antique cabinet only went for about $40.
(BBC / Daily Mail)
(Here’s the lemon.)
