A 285-year-old lemon found in the back of an old cabinet drawer was auctioned for $1,780 in England.
Brettells Auctioneers in Shropshire said a 19th century cabinet was brought to the auction house by a 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.
Jack Lemon would have felt good about this.
Neat! I love the handwriting on the lemon.
Should have wrote “Mene Mene Tekel Upharsin”.
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Just look at the 1000 year old lemon they foisted on us as “president.”
When life gives you lemons, sell ’em for big bucks.
What did it signify that Mr Franchini gave Miss Baxter an inscribed lemon?
Was that a courtship thing??
Miss Baxter threw that lemon in the back of the drawer.
She was hoping for a lime.