**Les paid $2000 at an auction for an item even though he knew most of what made it valuable was fake. What is it and why did he pay so much?
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No to all.
Currency?
Plates to make currency?
No
Would Les have paid a high price for it were it not mostly fake?
Is Les counting on someone else not knowing that it’s mostly fake?
Was it known to all of the people bidding on it that it was mostly fake?
Is it a copy of some original that isn’t fake?
Is it a piece of artwork?
Is it a historical artifact (or replica of one)?
Is it a paleontological artifact (or replica of one)?
Is it something utilitarian?
Did Les expect to profit from his purchase of it?
Did he intend to buy the item and sell it for a profit ?
Did he have an emotional attachment to or feelings for the item ?
Did he have an emotional repulsion to the item ?
Did he buy the item to destroy it ?
Is the item an antique or a replica ?
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Is it mostly fake because there is at least one in existence not mostly fake?
Is it fake because it was at some point it was presented as real to fool someone?
Or is fake in the same way mannequin is a fake person but everyone knows it is not a real person?
Is it fake in the way the Piltdown Man was fake or the alien autopsy was fake?
Would the item be of value to a lot of people not at the auction?
Would the average Joe know it is mostly fake?
Was the value of the item that it was mostly fake?
Was the value of the item in the part(s) not fake?
Is Les a human rational adult?
Could Les sell the item a month or two later and expect to get about what he paid for it?
Did Les buy it because he is a collector?I
If any of the not fake part living?
The item, was it:
An object?
An animal?
A human?
An idea?
A concept?
A plant?
Made mostly of metal?
Made mostly of wood?
Made mostly of plastic?
Bigger than an average person?
About as big as an average person?
Smaller than an average person?
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Is the fake value
Historical?
Religious?
The monetary value of the material itself?
Amusing?
Kitschy?
Related to a famous person? Animal?
Was the item made in the 21st century?
Was the item made in X century (assuming I am going to type them all, please fill in X)?
If you posted the name of the item not in the context of this thread, would we know what it is?
Was it used in movies, tv, or theater?
Does special care need to be used to preserve the item?
Did the fake object resemble:
- precious metal ?
- other metal ?
- gemstone(s) ?
- paper ?
- canvas ?
- wood ?
Was it created by a famous forger? Van Meegeren?
Is it made of stone?
Is it jewelry?
Was it’s original function decorative?
Is it something you could hold in your hand?
**Les paid $2000 at an auction for an item even though he knew most of what made it valuable was fake. What is it and why did he pay so much?
**
Is the famous creator an artist?
An actor/actress?
Chef?
Still alive?
Is it a book?
A manuscript?
Was it the fake Hitler diaries?
NO to everything.
Does the paper bear writing on it?
Does the paper bear a picture on it?
Does the paper bear any sort of markings on it?
Is there anything about the paper that would be remarkable if it didn’t have markings on it?
Is it a blueprint?
A map?
Scrolls?
Is the paper a fake banknote?
NO to everything here
NO