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Smashing Will
Dick Hitch's Grandfather (the Richest antique kebab dealer in Madadia) had died recently and as part of the will he had left his favourite Grandson (Dick) a extremely valuable China figurine. Once Dick received the figurine he took it home and smashed it to pieces with a large hammer. As a result of his strange actions he was now a lot better off than before.
How could this be?
How could this be?
Answer
Because at home Dick already had a matching figurine at home, and by destroying the other one he made his unique, and as a result much more valuable.Hide Answer Show Answer
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Rubbish if you had two identical very valuable pieces, then the pair would be worth more than one even it was unique. Some fairly boring antiques can be very valuable in pairs
everytime a rare stamp is discovered the value of any already existing stamps of the same type would perhaps not decrease but the rarity value would decrease. But if all the stamps bar one were destroyed in a fire, then the one remaining stamps value would rocket, due soley to it uniqueness. The same applies in this teaser.
good teaser
Hmmm. While the value of the remaining piece would no doubt increase, I doubt if it would double. The nephew already has the "cornering the market premium" on the object in question, plus he can do more things with two of them than just one.
My answer was that the figurine had an even more valuable object (the Ruby of the Grand Kebab?) secretly embedded inside. I believe there was a Sherlock Holmes story involving a similar
plot line (involving busts of Napoleon), although the individual busts were not very valuable by themselves.
My answer was that the figurine had an even more valuable object (the Ruby of the Grand Kebab?) secretly embedded inside. I believe there was a Sherlock Holmes story involving a similar
plot line (involving busts of Napoleon), although the individual busts were not very valuable by themselves.
A clever answer to a mediocre problem, leading me to believe that you started with a clever idea and back-filled the problem to fit. Is this how you create your teasers? In any case, you're on a good track with this one - just needs some refinement to make it fun.
Just wanted to confirm about very rare items, that are incredible in value. For example the violins made by Stradevari. There are like 5 in the world left (maybe I am off on the number). You buy all of them and break the other four, the price of the remaining one will rocket more than 10 fold. (Ofcourse the problem is that you will probably be assasinated shortly thereafter, by true fans of the art)
this is in a mensa book
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