How things usually go

[sienamystic]

I'm sorry to tell you, dear person who just phoned me up, but unless the Met's security has gone remarkably downhill in the past year or so, I don't think that you have the original Rembrandt Aristotle Contemplating the Bust of Homer, no matter how many times you tell me that it's signed! It's signed and dated! Signed!

Either that was one of the most clueless people I've ever spoken to, or I was just the victim of an elaborate sorority hazing stunt. Hard to tell.

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[(Anonymous)]

As Wart from Sword in the Stone would say, "Wha--wit, whoa!"

What??

This strikes me as very sad. And why would you call the Midwest to tell this info?? Too weird.

jess

[sienamystic.livejournal.com]

Well, she cleans houses here in Lincoln, see - and she was either given it or rescued it out of the trash - and she was convinced she had something terribly valuable on her hands. So she called us to authenticate it for her!

It took me ten minutes just to get her to tell me that it was some sort of paint-on-canvas reproduction as opposed to a poster-type reproduction...every time I asked she told me it was signed! A signed painting! I finally had to ask her, "When you put your hand down on the surface, do you feel paint?" before she answered my question.

[coneycat.livejournal.com]

That's... pretty funny!

[sienamystic.livejournal.com]

I had a moment of wondering if it was a prank call - but I really don't think so. I think she was just vastly excited about the fact that she had a Signed! Dated! Rembrandt! on her hands.